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Most bang-for-buck things every intern should know before starting inpatient wards

Source. A collection of Meddit resources and advice on what bread-and-butter topics interns would most benefit from brushing up on/memorizing prior to the beginning of their internship. 1) Fluids. How and when to use them, dosage, timing and other pearls.

2) Nausea. When to treat, how to treat and at what dose.

3) Standard pn orders: pain killers, sleep aids and antiemetics aka how to reduce nighttime calls from nurses by 25%

4) “Reflex” antibiotic choice for routine inpatient infections.

5) Initial work-up and treatment of dyspnea. (more realistic to approach by symptoms as, unfortunately, you first have to diagnose whats wrong. E.g. heart failure, pulmonary edema, embolism, COPD, pneumonia).

6) Initial work-up and treatment of oliguria/anuria.

7) A sensible initial approach to suspected ileus.

8) Blood. When, how, why to replace.

9) Pain. Optimal management without inducing narcosis.

10) Potassium. When, why and how to shift or replace.

11) Hyponatremia. Most common electrolyte disturbance, commonly mismanaged.

12) Resuscitation aka commit the ACLS algorithms to memory.

Would love a video series, interactive cases etc.

13) Basic EKG interpretation.

Whole EKG video courses

EKG video cases

– If you like Dr. Mattu’s cases (and you most certainly will) he is still posting every single week on his new site https://ecgweekly.com. It costs 4 starbucks coffees a year and is going to save someones life.

Practice EKGs with answers

EKG blogs

EKG resource libraries

14) Know when to order ABGs and how to interpret them.

Bonus 15) Basic CXR interpretation

CXR video lecture course

Step-by-step guides to basic CXR interpretation

All inclusive resources

Bonus 16) Overnight o-shit-what’s-that Head CT interpretation

Hey, self: review before NCLEX. Xo, me.

Oh hell yes

For future reference.

Must. Study.

Scheduled to post right before intern year starts. Gulp.

Reblog to save a life. You got this, bbs.

we need it all

reblogging this for my future self. you welcome.

Things I routinely forget and scramble to relearn.

Need this since I’m finally about to be an intern!

so you dated the wrong person and learned a hard lesson. you chose the wrong major and had to start over again. you cherished a friend who backstabbed you. it sucks, but it’s also going to work out. that’s life; you learn, hurt, love, cry, laugh, and keep going. you experience setbacks and you grow and it’s all okay.

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Drinking is bad, feelings are worse.

If somebody REALLY wanted to fuck wit u heavy they’ll find at way to get to you.. all that pride shit and ignoring shit is a no for me

— Jojo Moyes