#SCCM2025 Congress Digital is now live! In addition to all the live sessions there is over 30 hours of additional content, on a wide variety of subjects. If you attended Congress or are a select member, you can access it now!

Damn. My CITI training is due in July…do I get it done? Or just assume research will be “done” by then? Certainly “ethics” and “responsibility” seem unlikely to survive that long. (The optimist in me will get it done)

2nd Child Dies of #Measles in #Texas “It is the 2nd confirmed measles death in the US” ⁦U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.⁩ ⁦Harold Pollack⁩ ⁦Dr. Richard Pan 🇺🇸⁩ ⁦Rep. Nadler⁩ ⁦Joe Balagtas⁩ ⁦⁦Eric Ball⁩ ⁦Linda Girgis MD⁩ ⁦Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FCCM, FAAP 🇺🇸 🟧⁩ nytimes.com/2025/04/06/hea…

Stop calling “covered” health care services “free”! No one is getting commercial health insurance for free. People paying for healthcare need to be assured that care they need, particularly preventative care is included in the cost they pay.

📢Don't miss the OPENPediatrics👉tinyurl.com/mspyyexp featuring our president, Dr Burns & Dr Wallis from World Health Organization (WHO)🗣️the Acute Care Action Network (ACAN)‼️ We're excited to embark on this🤝w/ ACAN ➡️Learn abt their priorities for strengthening acute care & WFPICCS' role #PedsICU

Some of my #PedsICU colleagues might be interested in this: journals.lww.com/pccmjournal/fu… Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FCCM, FAAP 🇺🇸 🟧 Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD Pediatric Critical Care Medicine SCCM

RT Jeopardy!: great final jeopardy question for #pediatricians. Montefiore Pediatrics Sallie Permar MD PhD Glenn Flores Suzette Oyeku, MD, MPH Leslie R Walker-Harding Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FCCM, FAAP 🇺🇸 🟧 Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD Harold Pollack Pierrette Mimi Poinsett MD Scott Krugman, MD AMSPDC Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH Samir S. Shah

As someone who has spent 30 years taking care of kids in the #PedsICU, once a virus sickens someone enough to land in the icu, it’s no longer a matter of eradicating the virus, now you’re dealing with all the damage it’s already done, or triggered. Vaccines are best.

Acyn Direct File didn’t fail taxpayers, it failed lobbyists. That’s why they killed it. They saw working families saving money and said, “Whoa, we can’t have that.”

This is a bad choice. nytimes.com/2025/05/27/hea…

“…the #MAHA document “misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.” Soon after, The ⁦The New York Times⁩ identified “additional faulty references” in the report” ⁦Sahba Ferdowsi DO (conciergedoc)⁩ ⁦Suzette Oyeku, MD, MPH⁩ msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

What a pleasure hosting Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FCCM, FAAP 🇺🇸 🟧 at @RandallChildren Grand Rounds! Talking about the great work he and Maya Dewan are doing to optimize the chain of survival. From situational awareness to code prevention/optimization to post arrest care. An ounce of prevention…. #pedsICU

Sen. Tina Smith D-MN just chased down Sen. Mike Lee R-UT, who tweeted multiple times in recent days that Democrats were to blame for the Minnesota shootings

Anyone looking for a peds cardiology job in Portland, OR? The private practice group at Randall Children’s Hospital is hiring. It’s a great non academic group with an opportunity to practice both inpatient/surgical and outpatient cardiology! pccoforegon.com/careers/bc-be-…

The scary truth is that cutting #Medicaid coverage doesn’t just hurt children on Medicaid. It doesn’t just hurt poor children. It doesn’t just hurt children with disabilities. Cutting Medicaid hurts ALL children. facebook.com/share/15jvbbCc…

PLEASE READ and SHARE from the CHILDREN'S Hospital Association: “Your child—regardless of their insurance status—could see the services they rely on reduced or eliminated... The bill amounts to fewer doctors and nurses to see your child, longer wait times, and sicker children."

Cool to get profiled on the SCCM website: #PedsICU connect.sccm.org/blogs/amy-kuyk…

The Senate just passed a budget bill that would gut Medicaid and SNAP — programs millions of kids rely on for care and nutrition. Cuts this big threaten every child’s health. Pediatricians urge the House to reject this bill and protect kids’ care. aap.org/en/news-room/n…

Today's #MemberMonday celebrates Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FAAP, FCCM. One of his biggest professional achievements was cochairing the 2025 Critical Care Congress. Read more: ow.ly/1KlN50WmB5s Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FCCM, FAAP 🇺🇸 🟧 #SCCM

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