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Medscape
18 minutes ago
- Health
- Medscape
Residency 101: How to Survive a 24-Hour Call Shift
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Let's talk about surviving 24-hour call shifts, because they're brutal but manageable with the right game plan. First, prep like an athlete: Hydrate the day before, eat a solid meal before your shift, and bring snacks that give real energy. Think protein and complex carbs, and not just sugar crashes. Second, stay organized. A simple to-do list or a notes app helps you keep track of tasks when your brain gets foggy at 3:00 AM. If your hospital allows it, take strategic microbreaks. Even 10 minutes to close your eyes or stretch can help reset your system. And please, if you get a chance to sleep, take it — no guilt, no heroism, just rest. Also, try to stay connected. A quick text to your friend or a funny meme can help lift your mood even when you're running on fumes. And finally, after call, go home, shower, eat something comforting, and sleep. The world can wait. You made it through, and that is a win.
Medscape
18 minutes ago
- Health
- Medscape
Pneumonia 101: When to Admit and When to Treat Outpatient
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Pneumonias are very commonly encountered diagnoses and something that we see in many patients, whether it is in the outpatient field, in urgent care, or in a hospital. We treat these patients generally based off symptoms, whether they're acute, mild, moderate, or chronic, important for us to check out what type of organism is growing within their sputum. This can help guide us in terms of therapies. We can use different scores, like the pneumonia severity index or the CURB-65, to guide us as to whether a patient needs to be hospitalized or we feel we need to escalate care from oral to [intravenous] antibiotics. Sometimes these patients require hospitalization in the ICU with mechanical ventilation to give them a chance to recover, their lungs to function better, and to help with the mucus and sputum that they are feeling. It's important to remember prevention strategies for our patients, as some of our patients are chronically sick and can get worse with pneumonia. Aspiration precautions are very important. Also, it is important for patients to get vaccinations, such as pneumococcal, [ respiratory syncytial virus], flu, and COVID-19, for which they are indicated. Making sure to counsel our patients on vaccinations can be important and life changing.
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Yeovil parents accused of murdering baby son deny harming him
Parents accused of murdering their premature baby in a special care hospital unit told police they did not harm him, a court has Staddon suffered injuries to his jaw, head, neck and legs at Yeovil District Hospital, Somerset, on 5 March Gunter, 27, and Sophie Staddon, 23, are on trial at Bristol Crown Court accused of his murder, and causing or allowing the two-week-old boy's pair, of no fixed address, deny the charges against them. The jury heard how nurses discovered Brendon's injuries - described as "catastrophic" by the prosecution - after Ms Staddon told hospital staff her son was cold, and asked them to check on who was born at 33 weeks, weighing 1.83kg at birth (4lb), did not respond to treatment and was pronounced dead at 04:59 Wednesday, jurors were read transcripts of Mr Gunter and Ms Staddon's police interviews after they were Staddon said: "I went to check him. I felt him. He was cold. I told the nurses. They turned the light on and saw he was blue."I started crying. Dan pulled me away and said 'let them do their job'. I was crying and really upset. Dan was also upset."Doctors and nurses came in and surrounded Brendon."The couple were arrested after going outside to get some fresh air. 'He was my world' "I remember asking if they were telling me my baby was dead," said Ms Staddon."I had done nothing to harm Brendon at all. I love him. He was my everything. I would not have harmed him."After his arrest, Mr Gunter was recorded as saying: "How can you say that we killed our baby?" and "That kid was my world, I would do anything for him."In a separate statement, he said: "I would never hurt my baby boy."A post-mortem examination found Brendon died of "blunt force impact(s)" from "non-accidental head injuries".The trial continues.
The Sun
an hour ago
- Health
- The Sun
Ex-Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri taken to hospital with ‘sudden illness' after leading Lazio training session
FORMER Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has been taken to hospital with a "sudden illness". The Europa League winner was leading a training session at Lazio when he was taken ill. 1 Sarri was immediately taken to hospital for health checks. But there was good news as Lazio gave an update. They confirmed that Sarri had been given the all-clear after thorough tests from doctors. And the gaffer is due to take a training session on Wednesday evening. It's reported by Dagospia that Sarri may have fallen ill due to the warm temperature in Rome. The Italian capital hit a toasty 35 degrees today. And that may have played some part in Sarri's hospitalisation.
CTV News
2 hours ago
- CTV News
Worker assaulted in Vancouver General Hospital parkade
The Vancouver General Hospital is seen on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. (Ben Miljure/CTV) A staff member at Vancouver General Hospital was left with serious injuries after being assaulted near the building Monday night, according to police. The Vancouver Police Department told CTV News it responded to a 911 call just after 7 p.m. and found a woman in her 40s in a parkade next to the hospital. Police described her injuries as serious, but not life-threatening. She is currently recovering in hospital. The VPD's Major Crime Section is investigating and no arrests have been made.
