EM PA here — looking for education that moves the needle in the first five minutes. I did an 8-hour POCUS course last month and it immediately changed my approach to undifferentiated hypotension; what else has given you tangible gains — airway labs, advanced ECG, tox updates?
changed my approach to undifferentiated hypotension; what else has given you tangible Same here — the Difficult Airway Course: Emergency was my biggest first‑5‑minutes upgrade, dialing in BVM seal, bougie‑first, and apneic O2. It’s 2–3 days and not cheap, but it paid off the next shift more than any advanced ECG or tox update.
Short answer from my side: I’m seeing the same pattern — one concrete thing that helped was writing down the exact handoff and timebox it to 15–20 min. Does that match what you’re running into?
Amal Mattu’s advanced ECG workshop was my biggest “first five minutes” upgrade — getting comfortable with OMI patterns (de Winter, posterior, hyperacute T waves) lets me activate earlier and not be lulled by a non‑STEMI ECG; it’s dense, so I did 10 minutes/day of case review afterward — have you tried an ECG‑focused CME yet?