#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.

Bright and early meeting with Rep. Bob Latta’s legislative aid for ASA® with Jose Bonilla, MD, MBA Victor Davila Dubem Obianagha DO, MBA, MPH. #ASAWLC

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

🆕 PENG block for THA improves the quality of recovery & reduces opioid requirements

🆒Honored to be a part of UAB Anesthesiology team Promil Kukreja MD.,PhD.,FASA Hari (హరి) 🩺 Kalagara 🇮🇳 Theresa Northern Alex Kofskey, MD

🆓Download👇British Journal of Anaesthesia 🙏Hugh Hemmings

🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🆙 #ASRASPRING23 #ASRA100

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. anesthesiologynews.com/Commentary/Art…

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. U.S. EPA needs to get serious!

Cigna Healthcare 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 Madeleine Wells, Drs Meera Raja and Suehana Rahman.

#anaes #anes #MajorHaemorrhage #clotting

bjaed.org/article/S2058-…

EKG interpretation cheat sheet by Dr. Henry Del Rosario #MedEd #MedTwitter

Good grief. They are at it again! asahq.org/advocacy-and-a…

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)

onepagericu.com/hemorrhagic-sh…

This is the best explanation of SVT I’ve ever seen ⬇️

Via Patología Crítica h/t The Innovation | Medicine

#MedTwitter

If you want to give yourself a personal MBA (in 6 months), read these books:

🧵on how to straighten the end of a central line wire:

why it's a good idea to be able to do this, how to do it, and a question at the end.

Simple tip for improving needle visualization when performing blocks. acepnow.com/article/tips-f… Highland EM ACEP Ultrasound #EMin22

👏ASA Pres Dr. Clark's outreach to the media on this important Veterans' patient safety issue. ASA® ASAGrassrootsNetwork

Change Could be Coming to Anesthesia Protocols at VA Medical Facilities nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/cha…