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The Emergency Mindset: What Med School Got Wrong

Stimulus - Learn Tools to Crush It in Your Medical Career

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Rethinking Emergency Medicine Training

This chapter analyzes the shortcomings of traditional medical training in emergency settings, emphasizing the drawbacks of a bottom-up approach during critical moments. It shares personal experiences of a novice resident struggling to adapt assessment techniques in high-pressure situations, advocating for a more flexible and timely response to patient care. The discussion critiques the reliance on mechanical assessments like auscultation and promotes a systematic top-down method to prioritize urgent patient needs.

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