Celebrating a #PedsICU bday today ! 1️⃣0️⃣ yrs in our current location has been a journey of incredible accomplishments, growth, experiences, innovation & safety! Shout out to our team & the @mch_childrens staff, families & patients that have been part of our incredible journey
For helping to care for our youngest patients, a shout out to @TavaresFil and her team of incredible PICU nurses @MCH_Childrens. We know families across the region are exceptionally grateful for you today and every day. #WeAnswerTheCall#Nurses2022 https://t.co/zyDNZecWFh
Thrilled to be part of such an all-star squad! Thank you @SickKidsCCM and @memabriseida for having us! The future of pediatric critical care looks great!
WARNING: This video contains details some readers may find distressing. Former senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, delivered this statement on the discovery at Kamloops residential school. https://t.co/amXFEO4CTF
Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and others were inducted into the Hall of Fame this past weekend.
The part you didn't know?
A former car salesman that has never played in, coached, or broadcasted a single NBA game was also inducted.
This is his incredible story 👇👇👇
@MoEltorki @kristensalena @JeffPernica It did! Minus the sunglasses. And the only reason he didn't have the sunglasses was because they aren't approved eyewear. Nothing but straight ID from Des
The CDC says that “less than 10%” of Covid transmission occurs outdoors.
Which sounds like a lot of outdoors transmission. If anything close to 10% was correct, it would mean thousands of deaths were from outdoors transmission.
But the number doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. 🧵
Early mobility in the #pedsICU
Very excited to release the 1st episode of season 3 of @PedsIntensiva featuring two personal heroes & #rehablegend who are even more amazing and inspiring IRL - @karen_choong & @SapnaKmd
I loved this conversation & learned a ton
#ICUrehab
Last night before I intubated a lovely man with COVID, he insisted on calling his boss to explain why he wouldn’t be into work on Mon. He was so short of breath I had to finish the call for him. In the aftermath I realized how this job was a lifeline for him. It left me unnerved.
I’m a CICU doctor. I’m the CICU director.
But somehow I’ve found myself finishing a week of PICU service. The PICU is wild!
So here’s what I’ve learned and why the PICU is tougher than the CICU.
a thread #PedsICU#pedscicu
Group 1 in society yells and playgrounds reopen immediately. Group 2 literally die for over a year while asking for paid sick leave with no changes. Systemic discrimination is alive and well in Ontario in 2021 in case anyone was unsure.
Ontario scientists have been clear (and correct) for months. @fordnation need to stop making decisions based on politics, and do so based on humanity (it is sad that there is a difference to begin with).
Science Advisory Table statement: Ontario is now facing the most challenging health crisis of our time. If we want to bring #COVID19Ontario under control, protect our health system and reopen as quickly as possible, this is the way forward: https://t.co/xN7zHCWi10
Sure.. I learned about pressors, vent settings and how to care for the critically ill child in my PICU block... But I also learned how to change my first diaper ever yday 🙏🏾 (had the most solid team of .@mch_childrens PICU nurses coaching me 😃)
#DYK Dr. Audrey Lim from @McMasterU is leading research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children with medical complexities to improve the delivery and efficacy of virtual medicine.
#WomenInScience#MadeinOntario#COVID19#research