how to place a consult: you MUST understand the five stages of consultant grief. once you can understand this painful and natural process, requesting consults will make a LOT more sense buckle up, it can be a little rough… 🧵 1/6…

Meta-analysis of TTM for non-shockable rhythms with individual patient data from #HYPERION and #TTM2 does not show any benefit of hypothermia to 33C. No benefit in subgroup analyses either. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… JAMA Neurology University of Maryland Neurocritical Care Neurocritical Care Society UMDCritCareMed.

Thick fog & overcast at base of Cranmore Mountain today but as we ascended on chair lift, we emerged from the fog/clouds into a world of sunshine at the summit. Super-cool change in viewpoint with cloud cover across Mt. Wash Valley- probably some life lesson here somewhere as well.

True story There have been 15 trials of tooth brushing in the ICU and those trials have demonstrated fewer pneumonias and icu deaths In JAMA Internal Medicine jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

For intubated patients with ETT (not trach) do you get daily chest xrays, every other day, only with a problem, or something else? Can discuss rationale for your practice in the comments. Michael Cocchi MD Ari Moskowitz MD, MPH Pulm PEEPs Harvard Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Adam W Gaffney 𝙟𝙤𝙨𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙖𝙨 💊 Molly Hayes

One of the proudest days of my life was when I received the Resuscitation Champion Award from the American Heart Association in 2022! 🙌

A new narrative review of clinical trials exploring the utility of the injectable form of Shenfu, a traditional herbal medicine, in heart failure, cardiac arrest, sepsis, and severe pulmonary disease. Noa Berlin Katherine Berg Aditya Shekhar jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/8…

I didn't know this could happen but apparently an animal decided to take up residence under the hood of our car! Was surprised when I looked under the hood this morning!

#CritCare #OpenAccess Thiamine administration in septic shock: a post hoc analysis of two randomized trials Read the full article: ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Jean-Louis Vincent ISICEM #FOAMed #FOAMcc

Read the articles published on Resuscitation in the fields of #CardiacArrest and #CPR in the latest issue of April 2024 (volume 197). 🔗 resuscitationjournal.com/issue/S0300957… #Resuscitation

In residency, I spent a month in an ED in Fairbanks, Alaska. One shift, there was an influx of people with ear injuries from an "Ear Pulling Contest." I imagined but never saw what was going on until this post showing the Inuit Ear Pulling Contest...Matt Wong Jonathan Anderson MD

#TipsForNewDocs Sinus tachycardia is the delirium of cardiology. Delirium --> it's (basically) never the brain's fault. Sinus tach --> it's (basically) never the heart's fault. Don't be distracted by the wrong organ in search of the right answer! #kittlesonrules

Registration is now open for #ReSS24 Don’t delay- claim your seat for a great weekend in Chicago with the best of the best in resuscitation science. Remember- registration to ReSS gives reciprocal registration to #AHA24 so you can experience 3 full days of amazing 🫀science.

Treatment with low-dose corticosteroids is associated with decreased mortality for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, severe community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, and moderate to severe Pneumocystis pneumonia (for patients with HIV). ja.ma/3WxXdS2

Prospective, cluster randomized trial comparing intravenous access to upper extremity IO access demonstrated no significant difference in any outcome of interest. (n=1732). #VICTOR doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20…

Univ. Prof. Dr. Fritz Sterz deceased, the most successful and world-wide acknowledged Cardiac Arrest researcher in Austria. With the passing of Fritz Sterz on 5 August 2024, the entire field of emergency medicine but in particular those specialising in the area of Cardiac Arrest

The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) is now accepting applications to fill Task Force member vacancies! Deadline to apply is 5pm Central 30 August 2024.  Click here to apply! tinyurl.com/2p9n7uxz

Letter to the Editor: Outcomes of a ‘de-emphasised’ adrenaline strategy for refractory ventricular fibrillation 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #ResuscitationPlus

BLING III: In critically ill patients with sepsis, continuous vs intermittent β-lactam antibiotic infusions did not significantly reduce 90-day mortality. ja.ma/3AIbq6A