Andrew Helmers

Paediatric Intensive Care Physician, Bioethics MHSc, Humanities enthusiast; lucky husband, dad to loving daughters + skeptical wishes, warmest regards.

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

"Embarrassment" is an understatement, this is appalling: https://t.co/nJRHSGOwOq

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

3/21: Happy World Down Syndrome Day!

[Reena Pabari @reena_pabari]

Today is World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), 03/21, for 3 copies of the 21st chromosome. Today (and everyday) we advocate for inclusion and equality for individuals with DS. We hope you will join us in celebrating that which makes us all unique! #endthesterotypes 🧦💛🧵

[Briseida Mema @memabriseida]

Thank you @yourICM and @UofTPGME for supporting this work. @SickKidsCCM @HelmersAndrew @Cathe_Proulx @medica_ars

[pascal siakam @pskills43]

Toronto, thank you for everything. This one’s for you. ❤️ @PlayersTribune
https://t.co/Ds2GQbTZJs

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

Aloha! 🏄Surprised to see this pair of Monk Seals surfing the wild waves at Velzyland Beach (video credit @reena_pabari 🤙) Called it in to the @NOAA 🦭

[Impact Ethics @ImpactEthics]

Non-Directive #Prenatal #Counseling: A Myth Under the Shroud of #Ableism - by Stephanie H. Meredith. https://t.co/KIwybW9x2F

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

Happy World Pharmacists Day to the incredible pharmacists @SickKidsCCM!

[SickKids Department of Pharmacy @SickKidsRx]

Happy World Pharmacists Day! Join us in celebrating our @SickKidsRx pharmacists whose passion and dedication to @SickKidsNews patients is unwavering. They manage patients' drug therapies to optimize health outcomes each and every day!

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

Oh dear, the British Museum is the victim of artifact theft...irony is dead

https://t.co/fbGgkJ5e6W

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

As a pediatrician I'm horrified at the built-in trampolines but otherwise agree with Copenhagen as a model for us all 😉

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

In Copenhagen, like in so many great European cities, it’s a joy to simply wander and be inspired by the different ways a city can be designed for its people.

Rather than parking spots, why not have a harbor promenade with built-in trampolines for the populace? It can be done!

[Luciano Gattinoni @gattinon]

"Back to the future: ARDS guidelines, evidence, and opinions."
Luciano Gattinoni, Giuseppe Citerio and Arthur S. Slutsky
....for those who may be interested
https://t.co/1GLCUucB7I
@yourICM
@Dr_Cit

[Canadian Paediatric Society @CanPaedSociety]

Health Canada approves new antibody drug to help prevent serious #RSV in babies https://t.co/VbxZiA0PAo via @cp24

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

Useful link to track Toronto's air quality health index: https://t.co/0p6JUYXcPT (and a good article on protecting your health, including use of N95 when applicable for the particulate matter factored into the index: https://t.co/uabUtnWjK8)

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

Congrats @RoxanneKirsch @ElaineGilfoyle @LennoxHuang @SickKidsCCM !! 🍾

[Meredith Irwin @drmeredithirwin]

🎉🎉🎉Congratulations to these incredible 30 faculty @uoftmedicine Dept of Pediatrics on their promotion to Associate and Full Professors- from across the GTA-@SickKidsNews @UnityHealthTO @HBKidsHospital @theWilsonCentre @SouthlakeRHC @SHNcares @SickKidsCCM👏👏

[UVA PICU @UVA_PICU]

Beautiful narrative piece by our former #PedsICU fellow, current @ClevelandClinic #PedsCards fellow, and toddler mom, @MIOgden in @PedCritCareMed

Thinking of the Moms

@UVAPediatrics @UVaNICU @CleClinicMD @CleClinicNews
https://t.co/AxIAQzMAMW

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

Another reminder that healthcare as a whole is very much a novice learner rather than a leader in equity, diversity, and inclusion

[Louise Kinross @LouiseKinross]

'Their stories illustrate a health-care system entrenched in #ableism, from infrastructure to interactions.' @UofT https://t.co/UgUfS4dnS2

[J Gordon Boyd @jgordonboyd]

Amazing infographic put together by my colleague @JeffSinghMD @TrilliumGift summarizing some of the key ways the new Death Determination guidelines will affect our day-to-day practice #medtwitter

[CJA - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia @CJA_Journal]

A brain-based definition of death and criteria for its determination after arrest of circulation or neurologic function in Canada: a 2023 clinical practice guideline - https://t.co/Xv0l1RyPWh
#DefineDeath #CJA #CJA2023 #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology @CritCareSociety

[Andrew Helmers @HelmersAndrew]

ATS: we see you. We see that you have failed to acknowledge that organizing conferences in certain states with restrictions relating to reproductive health will exclude members whose well-being is imperilled. You can't fix "feelings of abandonment" with actual abandonment.

[American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity]

See below for a message from the ATS Executive Committee regarding conference site locations: