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All 31 (actually 32 I double counted one number, bonus🎉!) #NeuroPostItPearls
Hopefully helpful for those taking care of neurocritically ill pts!
Now in one place with lots of links/resources for further reading 🧠📚
#FOAMncc
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I'm tired of hearing that "book smart" people don't make good paramedics
It just ends up perpetuating a culture of mediocracy and stifles those who want to study more or grow in other areas
Book smarts aren't everything, but they certainly aren't a disadvantage
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?!!
The Jif single shot can be tricky. Ideally, a saltine double is available to use as a scoop. The preferred technique is to bite the corner of the saltine, allowing the now shortened edge of the cracker to sit flush against the bottom of the Jif pod resulting in maximum scoopage.
Our thoughts are with 🇺🇦 #EMS providers as they deal with the worst of war in their country. If this video is true Russia has violated the Geneva convention.
#UkraineUnderAttack
Etomidate lasts ~3-5 minutes.
Rocuronium lasts ~30-90 minutes depending on dose etc
They did not get etomidate for sedation, they got it for induction.
Resident eagle: A rare eagle that has thrilled bird lovers and baffled scientists since arriving in Maine last month might not be in a hurry to leave. https://t.co/TKbxqoZKe4 #odd
🧵1/ How to provide constructive feedback to paramedics following a bad call or patient safety event. I don't claim to be an expert on this topic but I have some thoughts after 25-years as a front line paramedic, field supervisor, and chief officer. Your mileage may vary.
Here are two CT scans showing how needle decompression at the 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line can be ineffective due to the catheter not actually reaching the pleural space.
I think it’s crazy that you can only get hooded by family if they have a terminal degree… what if I want my teacher wife to hood me? She’s been a bigger support than any campus dean that would do it otherwise🙄🙄
If someone comes to you for nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea in the setting of antibiotic use, please take ten seconds and explain to them that this is not an allergy.
Then please please do not add it to their allergy list.
This is actively harming patients.