#BiPap

Sam Ghali, M.D.

EM_RESUS

A 17-year-old boy was rushed to the ER by his brothers struggling to breathe...[thread] He was in profound respiratory distress with deep retractions breathing 40 times per minute. It turns

Ocean McIntyre

omcintyre

Having worked in medical homecare (specifically respiratory care of critically and chronically ill children) for well over a decade, I can say that there are distinct differences between CPAP, BiPAP,

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

Most people who get Covid-19 don't need to be hospitalized, but some do. An even smaller group require intensive care -- and that largely means ventilators. (1/15) Ventilators are a

Amanda, RN

EruditeElf

Not just ED and ICU nurses are tired.Med surg nurses: we ALSO have COVID+ patients. Still sick as shit, but not requiring ICU, while balancing other very sick patients. Med

Eduardo R Argaiz

ArgaizR

#COVID19 Early vs delayed intubation. IMV has many known adverse effects and complications. Why would anyone want to intubate early? Two proposed reasons: 1) Prolonged hypoxemia might be harmful 2)

A. Adeni

AldrinAU

1/10 Just sharing an interesting #respiratory case. A 78yrs lady with #COPD, #cardiacfailure & elevated BMI was treated for cardiac failure, hypercapnoeic acidotic respiratory failure with #NIV(BiPAP) & diuretics. 2/10

Dr Deepak Krishnamurthy

DrDeepakKrishn1

If I start taking tablets for high BP, will I get addicted/dependent on medicine? - very common concern. The question is wrong. The question should be is there a way

Emily Fridenmaker

emily_fri

Vents are still difficult for me. There’s lots of physics and numbers and my brain just does not naturally work like that. I’ve been working through vent details lately, and

Babak Behgam, DO

BabakBehgam

Graduating EM senior here. Intern year felt like yesterday and was a time of tremendous growth. Here are my best tips and advice for being a successful Emergency Medicine intern.

Guerin Green

GuerinGreen

1/N thread on Nat’l #COVID19 Clinical Rounds Apr 7 relevant images at END of thread 2/N Mark Cardi Emory U:Outcome vary on patient mix, location and resources 3/N Rapid moving,

Rituparna Chatterjee

MasalaBai

Thread: A practical list of things/checkboxes I've come up with from half a month of everyday battle with critical covid patients. Will keep updating.1. Buy a pulse oxymeter (many hospitals

midazursam

zursam

Story time... I cried in front of my patient's father.So this happened around 4 days ago, I was on 24 hour duty at the ER. At around 12 noon I

A Tired Pharmacist 💊

DBcccp

OK! As promised, here’s my very first #Tweetorial on #ketamine. It comes to you in 6 parts:1 Mechanism 2 Intermittent bolus dosing3 Procedural sedation4 Low dose IV infusion5 High dose

kat

le_chadd

Who remembers their first month/year as a brand new medic?I feel like no one ever talks about this awkward period, and after barely surviving my 1st month, I totally get

Casey Albin, MD

caseyalbin

A #tweetorial #medtweetorial @MedTweetorials1/3 AM: Pager Pager Pager Me [very groggily]: Hey, what’s up?Awesome overnight APP: Sorry to wake you! But, Mrs. Very-Small-Stroke-NIHSS-2-Had-Been-Clinically-Stable-All-Day just PEA arrested.Me

Sanjay Anandaram

AnandaramSanjay

I wish there were more data, facts, evidence, logic based arguments; easy to offer opinions and make assertions esp in times of social media fuelled panic during a pandemic. Some