The ER Break Room

This episode features an interview with Dr. Matthew Ryan and broad stroke highlights of the past year.

In this critical and time-sensitive update, the new Integrated Patients First Unit proposal is introduced with scenarios discussed.

In this operational quick hits episode, two important updates are covered:

1. Expedited Outpatient MRI Pilot

2. Admission Memoranda of Understanding in Trauma

This episode discusses an initiate to potentially avoid readmitting patients back in the ED within 30 days of being discharged from a UF Health hospitalist or resident internal medicine team.

Operational quick hits for November delivered by our favorite guest hosting duo. Updates include:

1. MRI ordering guidelines
2. N95 fit testing annual requirement
3. Admitted neurosurgery patients boarding in the ED
4. New pulmonary embolism response pathway
5. Hospital at home update

In this mini-episode, a summary of recent operational changes are delivered in a fun, conversational way. Updates include:

1. Social work rounds
2. Neurosurgery and MRI’s
3. MICU admission criteria
4. Family medicine primary care availability
5. Consultant communication
6. Documentation reliability

In this mini-episode, a summary of recent operational changes are delivered in a fun, conversational way. Updates include:

1. Policy regarding interaction with consultants

2. Social work rounding and barriers to discharge

3. Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit (MSTU) updates

Check out the latest episode of The ER Break Room featuring a conversation with pediatric emergency medicine physician Dr. Judy Lucas about her life and career. We also get an update from alumnus Dr. Graham Clifford from Hawaii where he lives and practices.

Dr. Gabe Gomez and the second-year medical students from the Ultrasound Interest Group winning 2nd and 3rd place at SonoSmackdown 2025 in Miami:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305195804468600834

Event medicine physician Dr. Alison Leung interview in the Miami Herald regarding advice for music festival attendees:

https://www.miamiherald.com/living/article304333716.html

UF MD/MPH student Michael Mathelier's public health work and winning the prestigious U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award and UF’s M.P.H. Public Health Practice Concentration Exemplary Student Award:

https://phhp.ufl.edu/2025/04/08/m-d-m-p-h-student-honored-for-contributions-to-public-health-service/

Nursing Coordinator Taylor Smith and her son Ezra's GoFundMe pages:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-taylor-and-ezra-smith-through-this-fight 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ezra-fight-cancer-with-love 

Snake envenomation in Florida: a 20-year analysis of epidemiology and clinical outcomes at a tertiary medical center (UF Health of course!):

https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/trstmh/trae128/7931938?login=false

Chief Resident Dr. Ashley Dawson reveals the fellowship match, and Adult Emergency Department Nurse Coordinator Taylor Smith discusses her career and the roles nurses perform to keep our department humming.

Season 3 of The ER Break Room kicks off with an interview with a Department of Emergency Medicine veteran and Human Resources Generalist II Amy Smith as well as a check-in with recent graduate Dr. Jeffrey Katz. As always, I lead off with updates and Highs of the Month.

Dr. Beulah Augustin's SAEM24 Basic Science Award for Best Abstract and Presentation:

https://emergency.med.ufl.edu/2024/09/12/dr-beulah-augustin-receives-saem-basic-science-award-for-best-abstract-and-presentation/

UF LSU Football Tailgate Donations:

https://givebutter.com/UFEMxLSU 

UF Benefits Information:

https://hr.ufl.edu/benefits/ 

UF Sick Leave Pool Information:

https://hr.ufl.edu/leave/sick-leave/pool/