Airway skills with the KATH peds residents 😊 #picu #ghana

A hectic morning at the Madhouse today. 7 m/o, F, with ACS from late intussusception, 15 min CA. ROSC with inotrope refractory shock. Surgery at PICU to decompress the abdomen. Postop: less cardoresp supp now, urine output improves... >12 hr post op winning the war!

Thank you, NMA! 🙏🏾

Back in Ghana (my happy place!). First stop, Accra. Meeting with PICU colleagues at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, expanding our work to additional sites throughout Ghana.

Next stop, Kumasi! Back at Komfo Anokye with my PICU and ED fam! I had a wonderful day meeting with my mentor, Adabie, and catching up with our research team! Our Ghana wide sepsis project is well on the way!

An amazing time connecting with Odiraa Nwankwor and other mentors and colleagues from the ICU Global Health field at SCCM! #SCCM2024

The crew! CHOP PICU Fellows #SCCM2024

CHOP's Global Health team has touched down in South Africa! Our first stop before we head to Botswana to teach pediatric resuscitation! #GlobalHealth CHOP PICU Fellows Madiha Raees

Day 2: trainers knocking out of the park today! Keeping things energized with a totally motivating soundtrack! 💪🏽🫀University of Botswana Official Children's Hospital CHOP Pediatric Emergency Medicine CHOP PICU Fellows American Heart Association ILCOR #PedsICU

We're working on getting everyone PALS certified! Our now certified PALS trainers, run their first PALS session for the week with the University of Botswana Official ED residents. Children's Hospital CHOP PICU Fellows CHOP Pediatric Emergency Medicine #pals #CPR

Ian Stoddart, medic and educator extraordinaire, models perfect CPR technique with a fun twist in class today with our University of Botswana Official pediatrics and family medicine residents. Another batch PALS certified! #PedsICU CHOP Pediatric Emergency Medicine CHOP PICU Fellows ILCOR Bee Gees

Our last batch completed their PALS training today, shown here with Maadzi Una, University of Botswana Official’s only pediatric intensivist. We certified 5 instructors & 26 trainees in under a week! Looking forward to watching this program blossom #PedsICU CHOP Pediatric Emergency Medicine CHOP PICU Fellows ILCOR

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It was an honor to be invited by Samuel Matula, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC to be a guest speaker to the University of Botswana Official nursing students, during my time in Botswana.

Back in Ghana with Vinay Nadkarni for our sepsis conference in Kumasi...but first we spend some time in Accra with our picu colleagues Korle Bu Hospital

We had a great time hosting our sepsis conference Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, meeting with the hospital's leadership, and discussing the new peds ICU/ED tele-simulation training program. I'm grateful to be able to present alongside my amazing mentors Adabie and Vinay Nadkarni

Marking the end of a great conference in sunny Cancun with Children's Hospital legend Vinay Nadkarni who I am lucky to count as a mentor and friend! #WFPICCS24 #PedsICU missing Vanessa Denny, MD, MS and Sharon Irving! CHOP PICU Fellows