Hashim Kareemi
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Hashim Kareemi
@hashimkareemi.bsky.social
ER doc in Vancouver 🏥
Researcher in digital tech and AI 🧑🏾‍💻
Music 🎵 Football ⚽️ Outdoors 🏔️
It's been an exciting few months with some new publications and projects in the works, some of which will be presented at #ICEM2025

Kicking off with a hot-of-the-press @thesgem.bsky.social episode. Had fun recording this - thanks Ken and Kirsty!
April 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Exactly how NOT to implement a model.

Important lessons for medical field, especially with the AI boom. Models need to guide human judgment, not replace it.
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.

Why?

Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"It is not the clinical decision instruments that drive low-resource care, but likely our risk-intolerant culture."

Excellent philosophical debate on the benefits and pitfalls of clinical decision rule in #emergencymedicine

@cjemonline.bsky.social
CJEM debate: clinical decision rules–thinking beyond the algorithm - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine -
link.springer.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
#Machinelearning triage tools must be part of a larger triage system that involves human judgment and assessment of variables that cannot easily be handled electronically or are essential, but poorly captured by machine learning.”

Fantastic study showing potential for #AI in #emergencymedicine
Machine learning outperforms the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) in predicting need for early critical care - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Study objective This study investigates the potential to improve emergency department (ED) triage using machine learning models by comparing their predictive performance with the Canadian Triage Acuit...
link.springer.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cutting edge #medicalresearch in the works at VGH #EmergencyMedicine! We're asking: Can wearable vital sign monitors improve #patientsafety in our ED waiting rooms?

Our #clinicaltrial is set to kick off this year.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
With Winnipeg's ER woes in the spotlight, some ask if tech can help make waiting rooms safer | CBC News
The death of a patient who’d waited hours to be seen at a Winnipeg emergency department has some people considering whether the province could innovate its way out of its health-care woes.
www.cbc.ca
January 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reposted by Hashim Kareemi
1/ Keppra (levetiracetam) loading dose isn’t 1-2g for all status epilepticus patients.

Recommended dose is 60 mg/kg (max 4.5g) as per the landmark ESETT trial.

Important to give full dose especially when case warrants it.

#medsky #pharmsky #EMsky #HMsky
December 2, 2024 at 3:10 PM