If you’ve ever wanted to listen to me ramble about vascular access during the wee hours of the morning, here’s your chance

Continuous end tidal CO2 is the gold standard for out of hospital ETT confirmation One situation where it can lead you astray - if the tube balloon is down and the patient has some respiratory drive, you may still pick up CO2 despite the ETT being in the esophagus

A hill i will die on. All Subarus should fit Nalgene water bottles in their cup holders as a standard

Moving from a 55 minute drive for the last year of residency to a <20 minute bike or <10 minute drive in fellowship is going to be pure bliss

If it runs into itself, game over.

If residency was drinking from a firehouse then so far fellowship has been standing under Niagara Falls

This is a reminder that there are night teams and day teams for a reason and if the work you accumulated during the day cannot be finished by time to go then that’s ok! I am here to work! I want to leave on time and I want you to leave on time! #everybodygohome

I'm convinced the kidneys can sense when you put in a temporary dialysis line and sometimes they only decide to work when threatened

Now that I live in Philadelphia this is even funnier

🔥🔥🔥

Penny remains committed to learning about the care of the critically ill

Just Philly things

‘At the private hospital, the disrespect was just more subtle’: a tale of America’s two healthcare systems ⁦uché blackstock, md⁩ details her experience at two hospitals: a private and public one. Sadly, the results are as one might expect. theguardian.com/wellness/2024/…

Fellowship has been a crash course in how bad the flu can mess you up

Going to Trader Joe’s during the eclipse was 100% the move. Great vibes

Submitting this as the most underrated critical care #MedTwitter tweet of 2024. I dug this up to quote for a presentation (I hope that's ok @happydays_em) because I've thought about it probably twice a week since I saw it