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Omnitrician

@DrPuls

Board Certified Family Physician. Asst Prof of Clinical Medicine, Wilderness Med Colorado Native. Tweets NOT medical advice/ Endorsements.

 Colorado, USA
Joined September 2012
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Memo to self: *Twitter won’t make you happy. *Followers are not friends *Likes and re-tweets are fleeting. *Your kids need you to be present. *The real world needs your attention. *Tweeps won’t miss you if you check out for a while.
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The physician's job is much like clergy: To comfort the afflicted...and to afflict the comfortable .
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General philosophy for primary care: "Let's try not to die from something stupid. If we can see it coming a mile away lets get out of the road."
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Mentor Wisdom: "It is very difficult to make asymptomatic patients feel better."
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Mentor Wisdom: "I'm a good doctor...and a lousy prophet"
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Things you never want to see how it's made: LAWS, SAUSAGES, Medical insurance reimbursement.
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First World Problem: Ruined my iPhone because it was in my pocket while I was in the hot tub.
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Asking Astra Zeneca or Pfizer to build a vaccine is like asking Ford to build a truck. Yes, the process is complicated; but not difficult for those who do it for a living.
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One of the key jobs of the PCP is to translate what the specialist just told your patient from “doctor” back to English.
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Just to be clear here... A broken bone and a fractured bone are the same thing. One is not worse than the other.
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Therapeutic harmony is achieved when the doctor and patient are equally concerned. @medicalaxioms
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“Virtue is found in the mean between the extremes”– Aristotle
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When I have to fill out forms and paperwork, I feel my soul leaking out of my fountain pen.
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Medical professionals don't care about skin color...Unless its blue or grey. THEN you get "special" treatment!
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Male pattern blindness: dx, Inability of male human to see sought after objects that may or may not be right in front of him. See also- snake would have bitten him.
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Student tip: don’t lose your non-medicine hobbies. They are part of what makes you unique. You will need a way to unplug without having to do medicine.
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Student tip: Precepors are looking for synthesis. When writing an assessment and plan, show what you would do next. Show us you are thinking 🤔
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This works to make febrile #kids who are uncomfortable feel better: - lukewarm baths - Fever reducer meds - lightweight, breathable clothes - time This does not: - ice or alcohol baths - aspirin - sleeping w/onions or potatoes in socks (really) #pediatrics
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Dear Dr. Hoopenlooper, Will you please tell your telephone robots to stop calling my answering machine to remind me about your computer email from your patient portal?
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Omnitrician@DrPuls27 Mar 2019
Replying to @WCInvestor
You owe it to your Medical Assistant to help him/her get a 401k set up. Take care of the people that take care of you!
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