Selene

Blacksmith, tall ship sailor, EMT, nurse, anthropologist, model, artist, aspiring autodidactic polymath. Views and opinions my own. (she/they)

[Georgina Lee @lee_georgina]

How many A&E patients wait more than 12 hours between a decision to admit them to hospital and actually being admitted?

In August 2010, England's NHS recorded one case of this. Not 100, not 1,000. Just one.

In December 2022, it was 54,532.

[Ben Weston @BenWWeston]

Below is a short 2 minute primer on xylazine with the always informative @RyanMarino

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https://t.co/7iInMTh7Km

[Ben Weston @BenWWeston]

In addition to causing horrendous skin wounds (below) #xylaxine is not reversible with naloxone (narcan) leading to challenges with bystander and prehospital care.

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[Ben Weston @BenWWeston]

.@mkemedexamine data shows that xylazine was in fentanyl overdoses in @mkecounty ...

1.0 % in 2020
7.9 % in 2021
10.4 % in 2022

In Philadelphia, it is in nearly 100%.

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[Ben Weston @BenWWeston]

NEW: data in #Milwaukee @mkecounty shows > 10% of fentanyl deaths also contain #xylazine

This is a concerning trend.

Zylazine...
🐴is an animal tranquilizer
💉added to fentanyl to prolong effects
💤compounds sedation
🩹causes skin wounds
🪦NOT reversible with narcan

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[Selene @SeleneMSC]

@campaaronapollo Yes. It is also used in resuscitation of someone whose heart has stopped for various other reasons.

[Trevor @blueteamtrevor]

@TraumaSoapBoxes Funny how the CEO makes at least 250x times a nurse and we allow insurance companies and hospitals to own each other. What’s the worst that could happen? Oh wait we are living it.

[Selene @SeleneMSC]

@TraumaSoapBoxes I mean, I coded a patient in the hallway…

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

If you want to be a hero,

Learn CPR

Its really not that hard

And yes, you can literally save a life

Here are some basic tips from @NidaQadirMD

And a short video from @American_Heart

You can do it

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Last night I captured an incredibly difficult shot: ISS transiting the moon, while gently kissing Tycho crater as it flies by at 5 miles per second. That crater is 53 miles wide, so while the station almost looks like it's orbiting the moon it's actually 1000x closer to us.

[Selene @SeleneMSC]

💚😂

[Slate @Slate]

C-SPAN has seen your memes of its House speaker election coverage. https://t.co/ncVhH0JEej

[Lina Khan @linamkhan]

1. One in five US workers is bound by a noncompete clause, which restricts them from freely switching jobs, lowering wages and undermining fair competition.

Today @FTC proposed a rule to prohibit firms from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers.
https://t.co/PucNYHIfDD

[Courtney Rose Laudick @LaudickCourtney]

A union isn't an outside organization that comes in to help you, a union is YOU and your colleagues coming together to empower each other as a collective. And trust me, that's way more powerful.

[T Karney @pecunium]

This is at least as big a deal for labor rights as passing card check.

https://t.co/aq9S8VyHye

[Planned Parenthood Action @PPact]

NEW: The FDA will now allow prescriptions for medication abortion, or the abortion pill, to be filled at pharmacies. 🫡🥹

This is BIG news for the fight to restore + expand abortion access in a post-Roe world — here’s why ⬇️ https://t.co/nDqjxmSLjo

[Selene @SeleneMSC]

@muppetK Yeah 😋

[Selene @SeleneMSC]

Work gave us a new branded water bottle. I am covering it with insurgent stickers (more to come) and will take some quiet glee in taking it to the Meet and Discuss meetings with VPs and management.