Vanderbilt Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Medical Director -Metro Nashville Fire Department and BNA Int'l Airport

Nashville, TN
Joined May 2015
Hyper K: a few pearls… -save Ca for significant ECG changes (wide QRS, severe brady/block) -kayexalate is a drug looking for an indication: don’t waist your time using it Mattu vs Slovis smack down @EssentialsofEM #EEM19 #essentialsofem – at The Las Vegas Strip, Paradise
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Slovis: Thinking about taking a Mg level to assess for hypoMg? Just don’t! Won’t reflect low body Mg. If hypoK -> hypoMg Suggest high Mg foods (potato, banana, avocado) or give IV @EssentialsofEM #EEM19 #essentialsofem – at The Las Vegas Strip, Paradise
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Global Sounds donated more ultrasound equipment. This week we're donating Butterfly iQ systems to Diamond Hospital in Guyana and the residency program at Georgetown Public Hospital Corp. This was the first time our board member @SriJagjit helped lead a course.
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Thank you for all the twitter love! Check out the slides to each talk for full context vanderbiltem.com/handouts
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Ranked No. 1 in the Southeast region for volume for its combined adult and pediatric procedures, VUMC performed a record 97 total heart transplantations in 2017. spr.ly/6016DM2Dp
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Just arrived at the #vumccelebrate17 event. Getting to have fun with so many wonderful colleagues!
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Corey Slovis retweeted
Watch this week's #AAEM Online from @CoreySlovis IV Admin of Epinephrine: Anaph. Shock & LifeThreatening Asthma ow.ly/VUkf3054GDe
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Nicotine replacement, other meds make it easier to quit smoking. Via @southernhealth spr.ly/6011BFDqP
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Check out the Class of 2016 at our Grad Dinner: facebook.com/permalink.php?s…
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How to safely do IV Epi by @CoreySlovis #AAEM16
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Replying to @MedicJoshMD
@MedicJosh @ketaminh @CoreySlovis reasonable to start epi, norepi, isuprel @10ug/min in adults.
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Dr Timmons in our "Case of Week"
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Conference highlight anyone? #FOAMed
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Check out our latest Ultrasound Video! vimeo.com/149721939
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Check out the best Emergency Medicine website in the United States: vanderbiltem.com/
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Hypertension-related ER visits on the rise... news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/12/…
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The holidays bring more time with family and a prime time for spotting health issues that … ift.tt/1lEEkbH
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Growth factor FGF1 required for new pancreatic beta cells to form in response to overnutrition. #diabetes #type2 spr.ly/6012BRYuO
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ACA plans may not allow enough access to specialists. spr.ly/6015BPUqh