Michael Macias
@EMedCurious
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Emergency Physician; Global Ultrasound Director; Trying to be a jack-of-all-trades in a specialized world. #pocus #healthdesign #workflow #userempathy
San Diego, CA
Joined October 2013
Being an effective leader ultimately leads to being a successful clinical Ultrasound (US) director. Unfortunately, we don’t get taught how to do this during residency or fellowship. 🧵👇
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Blockheads & Sound and Surf is almost here (Aug 7&8)!! Full day of hands-on block teaching + food/drink + CME + SD weather. https://t.co/ZD5QOAqaON **** Friday = SOLD OUT!. Thursday = 1 spot left. Thanks you @Mindray_NA, @BBraunUSA and Civco for your support @soundandsurf
soundandsurf.com
Sound & Surf brings you innovative and engaging point of care ultrasound (POCUS) courses to improve care of your patients. From the creators of Core Ultrasound & The POCUS Atlas.
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Join us in sunny San Diego for a hands-on nerve block course designed specifically for emergency & acute care physicians. 1-day course: August 7th & 8th ✅ High-impact blocks ✅ Expert instructors ✅ Awesome venue (Stone Brewery) Learn more: https://t.co/MEGj8EmTSc
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Meet our Team: Michael Macias, MD, FDP-AEMUS Why They Love Teaching Nerve Blocks Once you see the benefits of complete pain relief in serious traumatic injuries first-hand, you realize what an impact this skill can have on the care we are able to provide in the ED.
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Bringing multimodal pain management strategies to acute care, this is the future of Emergency Medicine practice!
🚨 Only 10 days left to save $200 on The Block Course – a hands-on, one-day regional anesthesia course for EM & acute care docs. Join us at Stone Brewery in San Diego, Aug 7th or 8th, 2025! 🖱️ Register now: https://t.co/eB6JTfMNvD
#FOAMed #ultrasound #nerveblocks #EM
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Stay current in Emergency Medicine! 🚨 ACGME has proposed significant changes to Emergency Medicine residency training. Notably, there's a new emphasis on regional anesthesia, requiring residents to now perform a minimum number of nerve block procedures during their training.
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We’re excited to share that we’re hosting a 1-day ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia course with @BlockHeads21G in San Diego on August 7–8, 2025, at Stone Brewery!
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✅ Learn Nerve Blocks August 7th & 8th, 2025 We’re hosting the nerve block experts from Blockheads to bring world-class ultrasound education & emergency pain management together for an amazing 1-day course in San Diego! Visit https://t.co/JAxwPT4SyE to learn more!
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I am proud to share our groups recent publication. We are moving the needle on Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks! @NagdevArun @harvardsono @HamidShokoohiMD @EMedCurious @ACEP_EUS @emrap_tweets @josephbrown152 @lachlandriverEM @PericeLeland
https://t.co/is3BMMf5Kb
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This cohort study uses data from a US registry to assess the complication rates of ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks performed in an emergency department (ED) setting as well as the associated...
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Do you find yourself wanting faster access to the content of @thepocusatlas when you're running #POCUS image review and need to demonstrate something? If so, check out our new Chrome extension! https://t.co/EN9FW7i6mF
@EMedCurious @mriscinti @Yale_EUS
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After a 1 year hiatus we are bringing back our #POCUS Course to San Diego! It's going to be bigger and better than ever!!! Nov 6th-8th, 2024 https://t.co/MEGj8EmTSc
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UPDATE: Our GI Jr Page is now live! -> https://t.co/i211KqB69q We now have 4 pediatric POCUS pages on our site and more underway! ▶️ Biliary ▶️ GI ▶️ MSK ▶️ Pulmonary Thank you to contributors of this project who have helped make this free resource grow!
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Excited for the start of another year teaching the @CWRUSOM M1/M2s POCUS with this great team! I just need to get them on X (Twitter). @MetroHealth_EM @MH_EMultrasound @drjgutt @jminardi21 @PratsEM @SmallsSono Hey @EMedCurious -recognize the t-shirts?
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Check out this easy-to-use, free, bedside app for fracture management ➡️ https://t.co/fFpMf4iGMk
#MedEd #FOAMED #MedTwitter
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📢 Recent POCUS Atlas Jr Submission courtesy of @ZachBoivinMD! This is a clip from a teen presenting with scrotal swelling...You're not supposed to see bowel and testicle in the same image! Calling all PEM POCUS Peeps - we needs more submissions to build our image atlas!
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Introducing the OMI Pocket Guide. Smith ECG Blog Posts organized into an amazingly educational collection, with examples of each type of subtle OMI and of mimics. Also on the banner at the top for easy access any time https://t.co/80q2sBdCAA
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Stoked to start a brand-new #POCUS fellowship with the one/only @EMedCurious! A few of our highlights: 1.) Teaching/knowledge translation emphasis 2.) Heavy content creation resources/training 3.) Great location/residents/faculty 4.) Moonlighting opportunities 5.) Mike Macias
📢 It’s official! @EMedCurious and I are starting a #POCUS fellowship in sunny Southern California! Check out the application information here: https://t.co/wPnE9VvMu4 (And of course, feel free to send a DM for more info!)
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📢 It’s official! @EMedCurious and I are starting a #POCUS fellowship in sunny Southern California! Check out the application information here: https://t.co/wPnE9VvMu4 (And of course, feel free to send a DM for more info!)
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Here's a clip from our new pediatric MSK page showing self reduction of an anterior shoulder dislocation. You can visit our page to see more clips! Pediatric MSK page (beta) 👇 https://t.co/O7F1tY75oT
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He strikes again
4/n So what did this paper actually do? Well, the authors took two previous studies, in which they first identified what they describe as the rate of diagnostic errors, and another where they assigned a likely rate of negative outcomes per error for certain conditions
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