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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️

@drsarahem.bsky.social

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(she/her) 🐌 EM doc, podcaster, POCUS aficionado, fútbol mom, wannabe photographer, ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. Black lives matter. #MedSky #EMedSky #SocialJustice #FOAMed #MedEd @empulsepodcast.bsky.social ucdavisem.com/em-pulse

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Feb 3

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Jun 26

“Immunizations work, they are very effective and safe, and they save lives. Vaccines are among the most rigorously studied and effective tools in public health.”

Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.

www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...

We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations

“We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.

www.statnews.com

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thanks so much!

Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Jun 7

#BlueSkyArtShow

When #Vibrant is a vibe.

#EastCoastKin

This photo encompassed vibrance in many ways - to me, anyway. A crowded county fair on a warm summer night. Fairgoers illuminated by the neon glow emanating from the rides, games and shops. In the crowd, two friends greet each other with a hug and a smile, a toddler in her father’s arms cranes her neck to look back at all the excitement, the rest is a blur of movement, color and light.

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Jun 7

❤️🧡💛

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thanks! ☺️

Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Jun 7

Just under the wire for #Scape Friday! Here’s my contribution this week - a farmscape near my home on one of those beautifully warm evenings.

#EastCoastKin #mobilephotography

Photograph: a tomato truck drives through the fields, kicking up dust that glows in the late afternoon sun against a background of trees and distant hills.

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Kyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS @kiswanson.medsky.social · Jun 6

It’s so gross to demand proof that someone “matters” for them to deserve health care. We are a rich country and *everyone* matters

VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · Jun 6

Dr. Oz says that people must “prove that they matter,” otherwise they'll lose their Medicaid.

Enforcing work requirements for Medicaid is an assault on people who have #LongCOVID

People will have to get medical professionals to certify that they are disabled, otherwise they'll lose Medicaid. Why?

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social · Jun 6

'Canon Brook Footpath' (2021) -- Now That I am Finally Home Again, I am Pleased to be Able to Resume Posting My Acadia Images From the Magical 4 Years Living Adjacent to the Park, Dorr Mountain, Acadia National Park, ME

Let's #Scape!! ✨

#ClassicMono #ForestFriday
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

the cool, shaded atmosphere and muted tones under the forest boughs of the Canon Brook Trail Footpath in the lee of Dorr Mountain

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Jun 6

Oooo…I love this.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Jun 6

Holy smokes! Our article is on the cover of The Lancet!!!!!!!!!! Nbd 💅

The cover of The Lancet with this quote from our commentary: "If we in academic medicine give in to the campaigns against diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the consequences will include resegregation and fewer opportunities for marginalised groups."

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jun 6

Healthcare should be a basic human right.

Kicking millions of Medicaid in a pay to play system is social murder. It’s eugenics. It’s telling the most vulnerable in society that they’re not worth protecting.

Please keep fighting the Medicaid cuts. Demand Universal healthcare for all!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 5

That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Jun 6

Concur. This is terrible medicine.

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · Jun 5

“Everyone is Paying Attention”

Honestly, the middle child in me is so happy right now. But more importantly, help me send Lindsey home.

www.glamour.com/story/dr-ann...

Annie Andrews Is Running to Defeat Lindsey Graham—and Everyone Is Paying Attention

“Glamour” chatted with the mom of three and pediatrician about her viral campaign-launch video and how she’s preparing for 2026.

www.glamour.com

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · Jun 6

Just imagine this horrible thing happened to your kid. Wouldn’t you want to have a say in their health and future? Maybe let their Physician weigh in? Give your child some control over their own body?

How is it ok to take these decisions out of the hands of those who are living this nightmare?

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Jun 5

This week, Louisiana legislators objected to adding rape, in cases where a minor is impregnated as a result of a sexual offense, as an exception for one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. LA has the 2nd highest maternal mortality in the US. A 9-year-old is currently pregnant in the state

Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions for some rape cases to abortion ban

Louisiana lawmakers have for the third consecutive year rejected a bill that would have added some rape cases to the narrow list of exceptions to the state’s abortion ban.

apnews.com

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · Jun 6

Let’s Not Lose Focus….

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · May 24

If you work in women's health, or you're a woman, or you're a doctor to women, please read the new World Economic Forum report, Prescription for Change, which lays out the problem of women's exclusion from research. Impressive suggestions. So much work to do!
www.weforum.org/publications...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · May 24

“China noted a rise in outpatient cases from 7.5% to 16.2% and severe hospitalized cases from 3.3% to 6.3%”

The latest COVID variant is sweeping across Asia, causing “razor blade throat” and other concerning symptoms.

The US dismantles reporting, remove access to testing & may restrict vaccines:

China Grapples With COVID-19 Surge Marked By Severe "Razor Blade Throat" Symptom

China is facing a new COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron XDV variant, with patients reporting severe "razor blade throat" pain, fever, and persistent coughing. The outbreak, expected to peak in late ...

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · May 25

More evidence that COVID isn't cool for kids 🤬🤬

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Kidney Function Following COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents

This cohort study investigates the association of SARS-CoV-2 infection with risk of postacute adverse kidney outcomes among children and adolescents.

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Dennis Ren MD @dennisrenmd.bsky.social · May 24

To cut or not to cut? Appendectomy vs antibiotics for pediatric appendicitis. @thesgem.bsky.social @thelancet.com #FOAMed #SGEMPeds #PedSky #SurgSky #EMedSky‬ buff.ly/2hZeGKx

SGEM#476: Cuts like a Knife or Antibiotics for Pediatric Appendicitis - The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Reference: St Peter, et al. Appendicectomy versus antibiotics for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children: an open-label, international, multicentre, randomized noni-inferiority trial. The Lancet...

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · May 22

The entire MAHA platform is designed to obscure and deepen the root problems behind horrifically bad US public health. It will kill at least hundreds of thousands of people, but it will enrich billionaires—that is its only purpose.

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · May 22

If you're a nurse, a doctor, a respiratory therapist, a PA, etc., and you voted for this administration, then you're a fucking moron and a monster.

You can't sit there and say you care about your patients while voting for the very people who are working endlessly to kill them. Full stop.

Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · May 22

Work in healthcare! You'll help people! You'll make a difference!

Can't make a difference if patients can't get to you in the first place or go into unmanageable debt trying.

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · May 21

I made this video 2 years ago. I had a lot of people tell me I was being dramatic. Now we know UNH are pushing nursing home to get residents to sign DNRs. I’m so glad people are waking up.
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Health Insurance Companies Don’t Care About You

YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · May 22

We talk a lot about buprenorphine to treat #opioid use disorder - this is a good reminder that there is still a role for good ol’ methadone.

#MedSky #addictionscience

EM Pulse Podcast™ @empulsepodcast.bsky.social · May 7

Methadone is a key tool for opioid use disorder. In this EM Pulse episode, Dr. Daniel Hernandez shares when to start it in the ED, how to manage pain, and set up follow-up care. Practical tips for today’s frontline care. ucdavisem.com/2025/05/07/m...

Methadone Matters: Treating OUD in the Fentanyl Era

A podcast for healthcare providers.

ucdavisem.com

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Sarah Medeiros, MD, MPH 🩺🎙️ @drsarahem.bsky.social · May 22

This @latimes.com piece is spot on. ED boarding is a symptom of a much larger disease. The US healthcare system is cracking - education erodes, docs/trainees burn out, and patients suffer. We need a reset.

#MedSky #EMsky #EMedsky
@markmorocco.bsky.social

Contributor: The emergency in emergency medicine

Chaotic, backlogged, unwelcoming ERs are the canary in the coal mine of a dysfunctional healthcare delivery system riddled with misaligned incentives and priorities.

www.latimes.com

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