@goddek The vaccine one is stupid. Children would die without certain vaccines. Why don’t you look up morbidity/mortality rates from Polio from pre vaccine and post vaccine.
@WSJ@_melaevans Getting the majority of hospitals in the US truly capable of taking care of critical/emergent pediatric cases would require an overhauling of the healthcare system. This readiness score is a pipe dream.
@WSJ@_melaevans Better outcomes for children at hospitals with Pediatric EDs/PICUs, duh?
The real problem: The United States does not support pediatric healthcare enough for every ER to be capable of gold standard pediatric care.
Take your sick children to an ER with pediatric specialists.
@lola_chambless @VUmedicine Congratulations. Not sure why this showed up in my feed since I am burning out of academia; “professor” is something that is a toxic goal for so many junior faculty. I do want medical students to know that if you end your career as an asst prof, you are just as important.
@POTUS Hold the world together. What about our country that is a mess? Our country is a mess Joe. Healthcare is a shitshow here. Please care about that. $100 billion would save so many American families. So many American children. Use that money for our healthcare. Pleased
@amyfaithho@doximity @ACEPNow @EmergencyDocs There was a week in PICU fellowship a child died everyday for 7 days in a row. Brutal work. I’m scarred working in the picu, but it’s what is most meaningful to me; being there for families during the darkest times. I am not “happy” but deeply scarred and deeply fulfilled.
@DGlaucomflecken@Dr_ScottK I am. I do. I respect what your craft and platform. My annoyance is that most adult docs think pediatricians are lollipop/sticker giving-costume wearing jolly docs. And you are perpetuating that stereotype. Being in pediatrics is really tough these days.
@DGlaucomflecken@Dr_ScottK I am. Years of piss poor compensation and support compared to adult specialties- while trying to save kids’ lives will do that to you. Adult docs have no idea what pediatrics is.