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FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Non-Resolving Pneumonia

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · 10d

New FirstcallID Teaching Video 🎥

Approach Non-Resolving Pneumonia 🫁

A practical framework for ID consultations; covering history, exposures, investigations, and when to consider further interventions.

Watch now(and share often)!

#InfectiousDiseases #MedEd #AntibioticStewardship #idsky

Episode 11 - The Mulligan

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · 13d

If you haven't checked out this gem (odds are, you haven't yet), take a listen!

The art of "the Mulligan"...it feels great when you apply it, and it's fun to explain to trainees.

Also, it may be the best option for your patient (when used wisely).

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · 17d

⛳️ THR Episode 11 – The Mulligan

In golf, a mulligan is a do-over.

In ID, sometimes the best move is the same: stop, reset, and start fresh.

We discuss the value of this strategy and when use it (or shelve it).

#InfectiousDiseases #AntibioticStewardship #MedEd #idsky

🎧 Listen here:

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 09/21/2025 · 5m

Episode 11 - The Mulligan

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · 17d

⛳️ THR Episode 11 – The Mulligan

In golf, a mulligan is a do-over.

In ID, sometimes the best move is the same: stop, reset, and start fresh.

We discuss the value of this strategy and when use it (or shelve it).

#InfectiousDiseases #AntibioticStewardship #MedEd #idsky

🎧 Listen here:

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 09/21/2025 · 5m

FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Gram-negative Bacilli Bacteremia

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · 20d

Reason for consult: Blood cultures positive, Gram-negative bacteria.

If only there was a resource offering an approach to this
situation...

Found it! Now take a look, and share with those taking these calls and seeing these patients.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-i...

#internalmedicine #FOAMID

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · 24d

Gram-neg bacteremia is common, important, and often the reason ID is called.

It's not just about picking an antibiotic, but also asking why it happened, and what else to do?

This FCID session reviews an approach to the patient with GNB bacteremia.

#MedEd #InfectiousDiseases #FOAMed #idsky

FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Gram-negative Bacilli Bacteremia

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · 24d

Gram-neg bacteremia is common, important, and often the reason ID is called.

It's not just about picking an antibiotic, but also asking why it happened, and what else to do?

This FCID session reviews an approach to the patient with GNB bacteremia.

#MedEd #InfectiousDiseases #FOAMed #idsky

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 09/07/2025 · 5m

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · 27d

When trainee & attending aren’t in sync, it can feel awkward...like stepping out of an elevator that’s just shy of level.

In this THR, we explore how to spot the gap, and hopefully start closing it.

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Sep 7

🎙️The Host Response: Out of Step

When your plan is careful, evidence-based… and your attending still says “No, do the opposite”?

This episode is about those moments of mismatch between trainee & attending, and how to find your footing when you feel out of sync.

#MedEd #InfectiousDiseases #idsky

Episode 10 - Out of Step

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you, Isaac.

I appreciate the kind words.

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 09/07/2025 · 5m

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Sep 7

🎙️The Host Response: Out of Step

When your plan is careful, evidence-based… and your attending still says “No, do the opposite”?

This episode is about those moments of mismatch between trainee & attending, and how to find your footing when you feel out of sync.

#MedEd #InfectiousDiseases #idsky

Episode 10 - Out of Step

FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Diabetes-related Foot Infections

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Sep 4

👣 Diabetes-related foot infections aren’t just about antibiotics.

They’re about coordination, clarity, and keeping sight of the big goals:
➡️ Save the limb
➡️ Save the life
➡️ Protect what’s left

Here’s how ID can lead the way.

www.FirstcallID.ca

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 31

FirstCallID presents: “How to Do an Infectious Diseases Consultation - Diabetes-Related Foot Infections”

No two cases are the same, but a structured approach will serve you (and your patients) well.

Check it out here: youtu.be/EqI7QQ9UxYU

#idsky #meded #dfi

FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Diabetes-related Foot Infections

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 31

FirstCallID presents: “How to Do an Infectious Diseases Consultation - Diabetes-Related Foot Infections”

No two cases are the same, but a structured approach will serve you (and your patients) well.

Check it out here: youtu.be/EqI7QQ9UxYU

#idsky #meded #dfi

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Some side effect highlights
• Amox-clav: common = diarrhea; serious = liver injury
• Quinolones: tendon rupture 🦵; obscure = dysglycemia
• Linezolid: thrombocytopenia + black hairy tongue 👅
• And be careful with metronidazole…it’s Flagyl

Want the full run-down?

🎧 Listen here👇 or at firstcallid.ca

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 08/24/2025 · 10m

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Here’s the framework:
1️⃣ Anything can cause anything (humility!)
2️⃣ The most common side effect (what patients will ask about)
3️⃣ The most serious side effect (informed consent + safety)
4️⃣ Trivia (what your attending might quiz you on)

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Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 08/24/2025 · 10m

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 28

💊 “Anything can cause anything.”

That’s Rule #1 for drug side effects.

But there are 3 (ok, maybe 4) you really need to know for every medication.

🎙️ We break it down in the latest The Host Response: Blame It on the Drugs

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

#MedEd #pharmacology #antibiotics

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 08/24/2025 · 10m

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you. That mean's a great deal.

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 24

💊 New @FirstCallID podcast!

The Host Response Ep. 9: Blame It on the Drugs

Why you should always know 3 (ok, maybe 4) key side effects for every med you prescribe—plus a tour through antibiotics with some attending-level trivia.

🎙️ Listen now on spotify and apple.

#idsky #meded #Antibiotics

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 08/24/2025 · 10m

FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Diarrhea in Adults

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you for sharing this story — you give the rest of us hope!

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 22

Check out this FirstCallID Session: APPROACH TO DIARRHEA IN ADULTS

ID consults don’t have to be messy. Here’s a clean framework:
👉 Onset
👉 Risk factors
👉 Investigations
👉 When to scope

💭 Best viewed before your next diarrhea consult—you may not get much warning.

#MedEd #FirstCallID

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 17

New FirstCallID session available: Approach to Diarrhea in Adults

A concise framework for the ID consult — onset, risk factors, investigations, and when to consider endoscopy.

Watch here: youtu.be/bltg5oFhKQk

#InfectiousDiseases #MedEd #FirstCallID #idsky

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · S1, E8 Bonus · 5m

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 20

New bonus episode of The Host Response 🎙️

A note on bias and transparency.

A short reflection on where my own perspectives in medicine come from — and why i think it’s worth being upfront about them.

listen here 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

#InfectiousDiseases #MedEd #idsky

Episode 8 - Disclosures

FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Diarrhea in Adults

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 17

New FirstCallID session available: Approach to Diarrhea in Adults

A concise framework for the ID consult — onset, risk factors, investigations, and when to consider endoscopy.

Watch here: youtu.be/bltg5oFhKQk

#InfectiousDiseases #MedEd #FirstCallID #idsky

Episode 7 - This Email Could Have Been an Alphanumeric Page

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 14

latest THR: the consultant email — tips, traps, and tone.
they may skip your note, forget your name… but ignore your email?
impossible. probably.
🎧
#IDMedEd #idsky #FOAMed

FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 10

🎙️ New THR episode: “This email could have been an alphanumeric page”

In ID consultation, a well-written email can clarify, advocate, and prevent misunderstandings, but can backfire if done poorly.

🎧 Available on Apple Podcasts & Spotify

🔗 www.firstcallid.ca/the-host-res...
#IDMedEd #idsky #FOAMed

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 08/10/2025 · 5m

Episode 7 - This Email Could Have Been an Alphanumeric Page

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 10

🎙️ New THR episode: “This email could have been an alphanumeric page”

In ID consultation, a well-written email can clarify, advocate, and prevent misunderstandings, but can backfire if done poorly.

🎧 Available on Apple Podcasts & Spotify

🔗 www.firstcallid.ca/the-host-res...
#IDMedEd #idsky #FOAMed

Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 08/10/2025 · 5m

FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infections

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 7

Check out our latest #FirstCallID session on peri-prosthetic joint infections, where we walk through the key "components" of a PJI consult…

…and somehow avoid the pun “truth or DAIR” (almost).

📺 youtu.be/5HXOU_QNWp8
🖱️ firstcallid.ca

#PJI #IDMedEd #idsky #OrthoID

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FirstcallID @firstcallid.bsky.social · Aug 3

📺 New from FirstCallID: Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infections

We cover an approach a PJI consult:
- Key surgical + symptom history
- Clues to PJI
- Categorization of PJIs
- Optimization of collaboration with ortho

Watch: youtu.be/5HXOU_QNWp8
or at firstcallid.ca
#FirstCallID #PJI #MedEd #idsky