This is the second post from the ‘Hunting the Culprit’ Series. An appreciation that each of the 12 ECG leads is a ‘snapshot’ of the heart from a specific position is crucial for hunting the culprit vessel in STEMI patients. For a detailed explanation of ECG leads, here is the first post from this series […]
Jake: Thoughts After My First Month in EM
Jacob Lentz attended the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is in his first year at UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Class of 2019. Prior to medical school, Jake worked as a comedy writer for the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show for 8 and a half years. Here at Pondering EM, Jake blogs about his journey through […]
Jake: My time in PICU
Jacob Lentz attended the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is in his first year at UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Class of 2019. Prior to medical school, Jake worked as a comedy writer for the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show for 8 and a half years. Here at Pondering EM, Jake blogs about his journey through […]
Traumatic Brain Injury: An Insider’s Guide to Neurosurgical Referrals
Author: Aimun Jamjoom (@aabjamjoom) Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is very common; in fact, in all likelihood you have experienced one yourself at some point in your life. Fortunately, the vast majority of injuries (over three quarters of cases) are on the mild end of the spectrum [1]. However, those patients who unfortunately sustain a more […]
Lessons From South Africa
I recently completed a 3-month postgraduate EM elective in Cape Town, South Africa. I arranged the elective through Stellenbosch University, and worked in 2 hospitals – New Somerset Hospital in the Cape Town city centre, and Khayelitsha District Hospital in the nearby township. I hunted down the experience in order to sample a new flavour […]
Jake: Week 1
Jacob Lentz attended the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is in his first year at UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Class of 2019. Prior to medical school, Jake worked as a comedy writer for the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show for 8 and a half years. Here at Pondering EM, Jake blogs about his journey through […]
Why the Comedy Writer Chose Emergency Medicine
Author: Jacob Lentz After we met in a hospital in Cape Town and he laudably showed me both how to start IV lines (something nurses do in the States, so much appreciated) and how not to contract TB (also appreciated), Robbie asked me to write an entry for Pondering EM on the topic of why a comedy writer would […]
