And the mobile ECMO unit is ready for patients! Just like that … 3 years later post a pandemic and countless hours of planning! Which EMS will the first to join us?!!
Called to crashing patient with tension pneumothorax. Chest tubes had not been restocked in unit. Improvisation with needle decompression followed by triple lumen CVL to water seal while somebody ran down to get a proper chest tube. Nice work 1st year PCCM fellow Charlie!
I just had a debrief with the incredible team who kept me alive during childbirth.
I was told that as I was being transfused 11 units of pRBCs, I reminded them to check + replace my calcium.
^^ Forever an intensivist 🦾
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1/ Why are hypodermic needles and IV catheters referenced by gauge numbers?
And why does the needle diameter get smaller as the gauge number increases?
Let's explore the obscure history of IV sizing in the following #histmed#tweetorial.