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balajis.com

balajis

The Big TableA huge issue is that numbers from different areas (like Germany/Italy or SF/NYC) seem very different.Theoretically, you could root cause this heterogeneity by forming a single giant table

world’s hottest fat dude

probablyweird

Just had a conversation with my partner (who’s studying to be a PA) about the diminishing focus on treating the human condition in our patients in medicine as a whole.

nix et alia 🦢

silverswansong

really laughed when i was repping mentally ill patients in a meeting about the new crisis line service & i went ‘ok so what about ppl who can’t speak on

The Medical SHO

admit_medics

The Tiger King crash call: a thread #medtwitter #TigerKingNetflix Patient arrests Basic Life Support initiated Crash team arrival Med reg: “Can anyone tell me about this patient?” Staff Nurse

Colleen Farrell, MD

colleenmfarrell

I would encourage anyone working in healthcare to read the stories of #PatientsAreNotFaking. Our hidden curriculum in medicine often teaches us to discount patient symptoms. It’s dangerous and unethical. Listen

Andrea Gallo

aegallo

THREAD about what it was like to report our story inside of Our Lady of the Lake's coronavirus battle. @DavidGrunfeld was kind enough to send me these photos. I'm so

CYP Student Nurse Network

CYPStNN

Part 2 – Progression of Shock (A thread)We are now going to look at how shock progresses from it’s early stages as compensated through to irreversible. #CYPStNN #Nursing @WeCYPnurses As

Michael Buchanan

BBCMBuchanan

NEW: A patient with dementia was physically restrained on 19 separate occasions so that medical attention could be forcibly administered. Security guards were repeatedly called to help nurses and the

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

Zero (they/their)

ZeroWrites

All forms of ABA—"Applied Behavioral Analysis"—violate at least two out of the four fundamental principles of bioethics.(Really, it's three, but I'm willing to take the loss and allow that some

CHEER, COMPASSION AND CHEEKS

DrTSquare

Dear medics. Understand that to the average patient you’re only a means to an end. Many people don’t care if you live or die, so long as their needs are

Iniya Rajendran

iniya_rajendran

Lots of tips for new interns but we haven’t forgotten you, @BMCimRES new junior residents starting tomorrow! For me, the beginning of junior year was harder than intern year. Here

Alicia Fernandez

AliciaFMD

@AliciaFMD ,@MarleneMartinMD ,@KBibbinsDomingo experiences caring for Latinx people with COVID-19 in SF.At our county hospital, patients with COVID-19 are overwhelmingly Latinx Spanish speakers. Why? (a thread) Latinx is SF predominantly

Jesus Jiménez

jesus_jimz

We interviewed so many people for our #TestedByCovid project, and not every health care worker was highlighted the way they deserve. I'm going to spotlight each one — all 54

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

Royals as anaesthetists. if unwatered by 11am when patients have unexpectedly got a working cannula, and printed labels when the bleep to resus comes consultant and trainee when gave saline

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Corinthes

>"Sitala, 'she who loves the cool', is addressedas Mata Devi or great mother. She is accompanied [by] smallpox, which is under her control. Sitala is known by names: Jag Rani,