Pharmer Kate

Doctor of Pharmacy 💊 | Clinical Pharmacist | 🇨🇦

[Pharmer Kate @PharmerKateD]

DEAR FRIENDS: check out this wonderful TED Talk about reducing your meat consumption 🐖🐓🐃🐟 | Brian Kateman | TEDxCUNY http://t.co/IbAVcbuFqg”

[KingstonHSC @KingstonHSC]

KHSC is launching a new electronic medical record system this month.

While most community members and patients won’t notice major changes, we ask for your patience as our teams adjust to the new system.

If you have a clinic appointment, please plan for minor delays and refer to the arrival time on your appointment slip.

There may also be potential delays in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Clinic. For a list of alternative care options, visit https://t.co/ZBjYlwIxxZ

Thank you for your patience!

[Pharmer Kate @PharmerKateD]

@greensborocity Ending up finding number lastnight and called it in! Saw it was fixed later in evening fyi ! 👍🏼

[Seamus O'Regan Jr @SeamusORegan]

As of today,
It is illegal to intimidate doctors
It is illegal to intimidate nurses
It is illegal to intimidate patients,
It is illegal to obstruct them from providing care or receiving it.

This law was passed unanimously in the House of Commons, and it comes into force today.

[Neurology Journal @GreenJournal]

Autoimmune Encephalitis After SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Case Frequency, Findings, and Outcomes https://t.co/KIKzlf3hev #COVID #Neurology

[Emily Fridenmaker @emily_fri]

Today I’m remembering the time I was up to my elbows in an emergency and called the evening pharmacist and basically just said “I need protamine for [this patient]!” and hung up and before I knew it she was in the room with it and clinical pharmacists are SO NECESSARY.

[Dr. Amit Arya @AmitAryaMD]

Can someone explain how people think their immune system is powerful enough to deal with a virus that has killed over 4.5 million people but not powerful enough to deal with a vaccine that over 3.4 billion people (basically half the world) has already received AND survived?

[Darren Markland @drdagly]

What keeps us away from the brink that is triage is the number of people who are dying in our ICUs. I have had to show them that though not yet dead they will never get better. I have extinguished their hope. I have had to console their children, and bear their partner’s rage.

[Dr. Alexander Wong @awong37]

Person in Regina hospital. Crying. Dying.

"I should have had my shots. My wife had hers. She kept telling me to get mine. I'm going to die, aren't I?"

He spoke w/ family one last time before going to ICU. He told them he was so sorry.

He died 3 days later, alone.

#COVID19SK

[Anova @AnovaFuture]

What women experienced at Western this weekend, while perhaps shocking, is unfortunately not out of the ordinary. How you respond to this event will inform the survivors in your own life about whether you're a safe person to tell about their own experiences. /5

[kat @katrinaxdj]

I’m a 4th year Western student and 3 time orientation leader. This entire O-Week was horrific. I helped lead a predominantly female team. There were multiple instances where myself or other sophs were screamed at, pushed, and touched inappropriately by men. 1/10

[KingstonHSC @KingstonHSC]

Around 90% of KHSC health-care workers are #vaccinated against #COVID19. For those who haven’t yet provided proof of vaccination, we are standing with our fellow health-care organizations and announcing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. MORE: https://t.co/mMconqxj8b

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

The right to choose is a woman’s right and a woman’s right alone. Every woman in Canada has a right to a safe and legal abortion. It’s time men stop telling other men that it’s ok for them to decide what women can or cannot do with their bodies.

[KingstonHSC @KingstonHSC]

Our #healthcare heroes received some back-up today - #superheroes brought smiles to the faces of our youngest #patients. Staff from @EliteWindowC rappelled down the building to not only fight grime, but bring much needed fun & distraction to patients, family & staff. #ygk

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

1959: "Red Man Syndrome"
2021: Vancomycin infusion reaction

Don't be 1959

Thanks to @DrChelleMD, @TomSequist, @KimberlyBlumen1 and colleagues for writing this

https://t.co/n28oKa4kJW

[Pharmer Kate @PharmerKateD]

Changing this on every patient profile I come across. I encourage others to do the same. ⁦@KingstonHSC⁩
Vancomycin Infusion Reaction — Moving beyond “Red Man Syndrome” | NEJM https://t.co/lzFMtsgjwR

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

A call to all clinicians to stop using the term “Red Man Syndrome” and replace it with vancomycin Infusion reaction
🆕 Position 👇 @IDSAInfo @HIVMA
A great article @NEJM @KimberlyBlumen1
https://t.co/F1gamSCdYr
Update the patient EHR ▶️
🙏🐤 #IDTwitter #medtwitter #TwitteRx

[Pharmer Kate @PharmerKateD]

@TeamCanada @AthleticsCanada @tasha_wodak @MalindiElmore @CamLevins @MatBilodeau @Moh_Speed @aseccafien Why is Tristan Woodfine not on here ? 2:10:15 is faster than Ben Preisner’s time of 2:10:17. What gets you into the Olympics? Qualifying time or politics ? #confused #tristanforteamcanada

[Charles Adler @charlesadler]

#NewZealand was 1st to stop allowing flights from #India, home of a double mutant variant-B.1.617. #UK, #HongKong & others have now said NO to flights from India. Many frontline Canadian doctors are asking #Trudeau gov't to act now. This is #MustRead https://t.co/CYjH0d0hEd

[Tim Van Mieghem @TimVanMieghem]

Another scary day at the hospital: I have more pregnant patients in the ICU than on the labour floor! Please, stay inside and get vaccinated! #COVID #MFM

[CBC News: The National @CBCTheNational]

Ontario continues to reject calls for paid sick days for essential workers, despite expert advice. I Reporting by Ellen Mauro