For anybody who has seen or read The Rainmaker, @UHC's actions may seem mighty similar to those of Great Benefit, the swindling health insurance company taken to court over denial of claims. Glad that as an EM doc I never have to deal with them directly. Clear villains.

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@PhysicianDoodle No way - indwelling catheter and recent procedure both make it a complicated UTI. Cephalosporin all the way.

@duloxetini @CorydonWW I promise, I love our psych colleagues and I didn't mean this as a knock on psychiatrists or the field!

@univmiami @marcorubio You...probably shouldn't be advertising this. Let's stick to alumni with less problematic pasts, like Michael Irvin and Ray Lewis.

@Mandrake_Flower @FFAJosh @thjiak @Matthewtravis08 @CoreyBayless "Facts," says the man with no supporting evidence. Girl, bye.

@Mandrake_Flower @FFAJosh @thjiak @Matthewtravis08 @CoreyBayless You call it a lie, yet have not provided a shred of supporting evidence to back up your own, far more outrageous claims. ✌🏻

@Mandrake_Flower @FFAJosh @thjiak @Matthewtravis08 @CoreyBayless As I said, emergency intubation is within the scope of practice of emergency physicians.

@Mandrake_Flower @FFAJosh @thjiak @Matthewtravis08 @CoreyBayless Prove it. What's your source?

@Mandrake_Flower @FFAJosh @thjiak @Matthewtravis08 @CoreyBayless That's not at all what she said. You're trying to make connections between what she said and what you want to believe is reality. Her comment has nothing to do with intubation or the intent to murder.

@Mandrake_Flower @FFAJosh @thjiak @Matthewtravis08 @CoreyBayless This is how we know you're not arguing in good faith. Jesus Christ, go out and touch grass. RNs aren't intubating - anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, critical care physicians, and CRNAs are the only ones who intubate. We are trying to save lives, not murder people.

@Mandrake_Flower @FFAJosh @thjiak @Matthewtravis08 @CoreyBayless You're ignoring the reality that people who get intubated in the emergency department are (almost) always critically ill to start. Intubation isn't what kills these patients - it's the underlying critical illness, from which intubation is part of a desperate attempt to recover.

@Mandrake_Flower @FFAJosh @thjiak @Matthewtravis08 @CoreyBayless I'm sorry, what part of the pandemic was a hoax? Asking as an emergency physician who worked through all of the waves of COVID, including the current one

@NancyMace Such Christian behavior right here.

@aochoa2ww @MSharifpourMD @ls_freda I don't think they're an apples-to-apples comparison though. Despite working in the emergency department, I've never had an A line that can't wait just a few moments to grab the US, or where space might be an issue. Not the case for PIVs.

@MSharifpourMD This is the hill that I will die on as well!

@aochoa2ww @MSharifpourMD @ls_freda Big fan of US-guided PIVs. An issue is that while A-line placement is a provider procedure (and I would argue that all providers should be familiar with US-guided procedures), PIVs are most frequently done by nurses and techs who are not US-trained. Speed is more important too!

@JenFWalk Not gonna lie - I don't mind a backfield with Fletcher and Lyle.