#anaesthetic tip for doing long prone cases with arms flexed 90 degrees: Utilise the happy glove 🧤 hands to prevent pressure on the wrist and fingers from lying on the arm boards. Cheap and effective and also fun to do.
Ultrasound physics course FINISHED! 🎉 Available on YouTube (linked in next tweet).
This has been a mammoth effort! Would really appreciate it if you could share with friends and colleagues who are writing soon 🙂
Next up, the big boy, MRI physics 🧲
#ultrasound#radres
PE thread:
One of the challenges with fighting private equity in medicine is the lack of data. We need to look at costs, outcomes, burnout, etc pre/post PE acquisition. We all know pushing medicine further into for profit territory is bad, but we need data to show how bad it is
“The recent diagnoses of pancreatic cancer in three of my anesthesia colleagues have both saddened me and piqued my interest as to the potential causes of this cluster.” - David Sherer, MD. https://t.co/TnkQMStb2E
The physician shortage isn't just about the number of doctors, it's also about the distribution.
We need to address the disparities in access to care and ensure that all communities have access to the doctors they need. #healthcare
The US is currently facing a physician shortage, with projections estimating a shortage of up to 139,000 physicians by 2033. It's time to start investing in our healthcare workforce.
#physicianshortage#healthcare
6) Folks — this Ohio vinyl chloride spill and fire 🔥 plume is horrific and seriously bad. I would evacuate anyone in 50 sq miles and also evacuate anyplace downwind of the plume, wherever it travels & can still measure the chemical in the air. @EPA needs to get serious!
@Cigna is now denying patients access to their primary care doctors via telemedicine. Instead, they will be forcing patients to use “MDLive” “providers”. How is this legal? Doctors can’t tell patients which pharmacy or specialist to see, but insurance can? PATIENTS, SPEAK UP 📣
How do you decipher the TEG or ROTEM result? Tweet us your department crib sheet!
Read our #BJAEd article on POC Viscoelastic testing by @Maddie5789, Drs Meera Raja and Suehana Rahman.
#anaes#anes#MajorHaemorrhage#clotting
https://t.co/PzeAiP5eMh
Graphical summary of the three components used to describe the standard #echofirst views:
(1) Sonographic window
(2) cardiac imaging plane
(3) the cardiac region or structure of interest.
Courtesy: Thoracic Key/Dr. Bernard E. Bulwer
#POCUS#MedEd#IMPOCUS
Today's Shock themed OnePager is a duo on hemorrhagic shock.
What blood products should you give & what is the fastest line to infuse them? These #OnePagers cover all the details. (Hint: don't try to use a PICC for resuscitation; you'll be disappointed)
https://t.co/U43uqsm5P2