Justin Krantz (@justinkrantz) 's Twitter Profile
Justin Krantz

@justinkrantz

Flight Paramedic | POCUS & Airway nerd | Trauma resuscitation & Tac Med nerd | Tweets & views are my own & not the views of my employers. #FOAMed #MEDtwitter

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UW Emergency Medicine (@uwashem) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Drs. Catherine R. Counts & Michael Sayre are co-authors of a study in JAHA titled, "Pediatric Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The Role of the Telecommunicator in Recognition of Cardiac Arrest and Delivery of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation." More: ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…

armyemdoc (@armyemdoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Your patient is hemorrhaging. How do you administer the TXA? A prospective observational study comparing prehospital TXA 1g bolus (317) versus 1g bolus + 1g bolus (80) versus 2g bolus (128) found: -No 24h mortality difference -Similar 24h ROTEM -Minor differences in PRBC, FFP,

Your patient is hemorrhaging.  How do you administer the TXA?

A prospective observational study comparing prehospital TXA 1g bolus (317) versus 1g bolus + 1g bolus (80) versus 2g bolus (128) found:
-No 24h mortality difference
-Similar 24h ROTEM
-Minor differences in PRBC, FFP,
Peter Antevy (@handtevymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

TY armyemdoc for spotlighting an age-old pediatric issue....treating kids differently than adults. Delaying blood transfusion in hemorrhaging pediatric patients could have dire consequences. Evidence from both military and civilian studies now robustly supports the safety and

Peter Antevy (@handtevymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I can accept the difficulty of on-scene pediatric termination. It takes skill and a keen situational awareness. What I won't accept is the "scoop and run" with pediatric arrest. We owe it to the children. We owe it to their families. We must do better.

Mohammed Mar'ae Asiri🇸🇦 (@asiritrauma1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

[With permission] Stab heart #Trauma LV stab in shock BP 60/40 With cardiac tamponade LAL Thoracotomy Difficult repair (prolene cutting through,Teflon pledget not available so I used a piece of pericardium) Did well ☆5th Stab ♥ in 2 yrs same Trauma Center(same Trauma Surgeon)

Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social (@precordialthump) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I don’t think Rob Mac Sweeney gets enough plaudits for Critical Care Reviews - his visionary approach to presenting, discussing, and disseminating new knowledge from critical care trials is ann incredible gift to humankind. Thanks Rob! #ccr24

Peter Antevy (@handtevymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are rolling out finger thoracostomy at Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue, further expanding the footprint of this procedure across the S.Fla EMS landscape. We’ll be using the NorthAmericanRescue kits (shown below).

We are rolling out finger thoracostomy at <a href="/PBGFire/">Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue</a>, further expanding the footprint of this procedure across the S.Fla EMS landscape.

We’ll be using the <a href="/NARescue/">NorthAmericanRescue</a> kits (shown below).
Peter Antevy (@handtevymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In my 25 years of practice, I had never written a letter to the editor of a peer-reviewed medical journal. In the past three months, my colleagues and I have written two. Why? Because we felt the content of these two publications was significantly off course, and we felt

In my 25 years of practice, I had never written a letter to the editor of a peer-reviewed medical journal.

In the past three months, my colleagues and I have written two.

Why? Because we felt the content of these two publications was significantly off course, and we felt
Peter Antevy (@handtevymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today we regained pulses on a 2-year-old drowning at PBC Fire Rescue. 🙏 On scene: 21 minutes ‣ HP-CPR ‣ iGel placed ‣ Femoral IO placed ‣ NS bolus ‣ Push dose epinephrine (10 mcg) x 5 post ROSC ‣ Ketamine & Fentanyl post ROSC Time from scene to hospital: 18 minutes Stable vitals

Today we regained pulses on a 2-year-old drowning at <a href="/PBCFR/">PBC Fire Rescue</a>. 🙏

On scene: 21 minutes
‣ HP-CPR
‣ iGel placed
‣ Femoral IO placed
‣ NS bolus
‣ Push dose epinephrine (10 mcg) x 5 post ROSC
‣ Ketamine &amp; Fentanyl post ROSC

Time from scene to hospital: 18 minutes

Stable vitals