I tell trainees: “EVERYTHING is a time limited trial. LIFE is a time limited trail.” Hyperbole? Maybe. But nudges them away from thinking of all treatments in open ended terms. #hapc #geriatrics #bioethics #icu

Reflections/lessons from a life in #ICU: 1⃣work with people you like/love 2⃣take sabbaticals to recharge 3⃣prioritize family = those you love most 4⃣live every day as having terminal disease: focus on what most important J Randall Curtis #ICMfromtheInside bit.ly/3D2or7i

Exquisitely beautiful piece out today, ‘I Cannot Let it Go’ in ⁦Pediatric Critical Care Medicine⁩ by ⁦Maya Dewan⁩ reflecting on the pandemic, parenting, our patients in #PedsICU that will deeply resonate. Sit down for this one. “You could be one of mine.” ❤️ journals.lww.com/pccmjournal/ci…

What to say when a parent of a child with chronic illness asks you to promise their child will survive? Someone asked me this, and then when I told them what I would say, they convinced me to write a paper about it! So I did! Here's the upshot 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ap…

Three Stories About the Value of Advance Care Planning ja.ma/3lJ0WcK via JAMA part of JAMA Network

Beautiful perspective piece! "As we seek to understand our patients' wishes and see them as they truly are, perhaps the tangled web of relationships is something not to sweep away, but to accept" The Web We Weave | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Communicating About Time-Limited Trials sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Incredible, heartbreaking poem by my friend Amy Ship . You never know what someone has lived by looking at their outsides. @releiter @alessacolaMD Ken Wu @dmalina3 Lisa Rosenbaum

Excited for this year's AAHPM Annual ​Assembly! #palliativecare #hospice #education #hapc22

Congratulations to the 2022 AAHPM award winners! Your contributions to the #hapc #hpm field are truly incredible and inspiring. Although we aren't able to honor them live at #hapc22, please send your congratulations to all the awardees!

Plenary by Adam B. Hill, M.D. was too powerful and riveting for me to capture much for twitter...but he put into words something so well that I've seen happen too much. Don't allow toxic gratitude to invalidate valid emotions, both in ourselves and others. #hapc22.

Excellent article by Matt Lin, MD, HEC-C in @aap_peds making the case for advance care planning in the NICU. We loved this figure showing us a structured approach to these conversations, which can sometimes be difficult to have. #neotwitter #pedsICU #medtwitter tinyurl.com/ya49m8n6

Thanks Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) for helping us get this work out into the world! @WolfePPC Danielle D'Emilia DeCourcey

New pub dropped in Journal of Pediatric Nursing: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hIJU38hTuK0… >40% of 277 bereaved parents felt their child suffered, but feeling prepared for EOL symptoms was associated with lower risk of perceived suffering. Jennifer Snaman Danielle D'Emilia DeCourcey #NurseTwitter #hapc

Just wrapped up speaking at the Harvard Med Harvard Medical School #WomensLeadershipConference put on by the amazing Julie Silver, MD I spoke on: 1️⃣Leadership Communication: Science & Strategies 2️⃣Time Management for Women Leaders Here’s a few tips when discouraged as a #womeninmedicine👇🏼

Good morning Madame President! We are proud to announce Lurie CCMs very own Lauren Sorce, PhD, RN as the new president of SCCM! SCCM Jose L. Pascual, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCM #SCCM2024 #trustthesorce

I ❤️ this summary of themes from Pediatric Critical Care Medicine & the editors' summary: "we truly believe narrative essays help sustain empathy, allow for reflective practice, and nurture our resilience in this demanding and soul-stirring work we share." #PedsICU bit.ly/pccmnar

Gripping essay from Louise Aronson nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… You put one toe on the aggressive care escalator and off you go, powerless to stop it (my tweet length summary, read the whole essay). Shouldn't be this way. #hapc #meded #geriatrics UCSF Geriatrics

The Pediatric Serious Illness Communication Program was feasible, acceptable, and highly valued by clinicians and parents of children with serious illness. ja.ma/4fvyXrs

Great to see some colleagues from Boston Children's Dana-Farber and @mghfc exploring use of SICP with adolescents and young adults Danielle D'Emilia DeCourcey Rachelle Bernacki, MD, MS @WolfePPC