Anand Swaminathan MD MPH 🏳️🌈🇺🇦
@EMSwami
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Joined March 2013
When I was a resident, Dr. Goldfrank would ask us the same question on every patient we saw:. "What is the lesion in the healthcare system that brought this patient to us today?". It was a challenge to look deeper into the root cause of emergencies
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RT @emrap_tweets: As a team leader in your ED, how do you set the tone while running a code? Your calmness is the first critical aspect of….
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RT @Craig_A_Spencer: RFK Jr’s nomination is the repudiation of a century of unprecedented and miraculous progress in public health. We tak….
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Americans have been too quick to condemn the field of public health, overlooking its massive achievements in the 1900s and, yes, during the recent pandemic, too.
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RT @emrap_tweets: Haney and Swami tackle your questions in this Crit Bit follow-up segment from our September 2nd EM:RAP release. Left vent….
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RT @REBEL__EM: Clinical Conundrums: Is an Arterial Lactate Necessary? .A peripheral venous blood lactate can reliably be used instead of an….
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RT @marco_propersi: 🚨 New on REBEL EM! 🚨.Is Pip-Tazo harming sepsis patients? .A new study in JAMA Int Med suggests a link to ⬆️ 90-day mor….
rebelem.com
Background: Patients with sepsis are routinely treated with empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics while awaiting source identification, as recommended by the surviving sepsis campaign.2 Vancomycin, in...
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RT @VenkatforPA: As an ER Doc, I am horrified that a young woman died unnecessarily. As a State Rep, I know we can stop this by codifying….
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RT @Craig_A_Spencer: Good news stories in global health don’t get as much coverage as the failures. We should all take a moment to congrat….
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The death rate for Marburg virus can be as high as 90%. There are no approved vaccines and treatments. So how did Rwanda achieve what one doctor calls an "unprecedented" success in controlling its...
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RT @VenkatforPA: Another death due to a draconian anti-abortion law from far-right elected officials, starting with @realDonaldTrump, who d….
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RT @VenkatforPA: -@realDonaldTrump appoints radical judges. -Judges overturn Roe. -Trump says, “Great, states decide.”.-States sue before T….
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Four months after the Supreme Court tossed out a high-profile challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone, and as abortion access is a major flashpoint in the presidential election, three conservat...
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RT @emrap_tweets: What are your next steps in treating a cardiac arrest patient after achieving ROSC? Temperature control, cath lab activat….
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RT @RepVenkat: Today I spoke on HR 323 recognizing Civic Health Month. As a physician-legislator, I recognize that health is much more than….
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RT @REBEL__EM: This podcast discusses penetrating neck injuries, anticipating anatomically challenging airways, controlling hemorrhage with….
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RT @emrap_tweets: Post arrest patients and the cath lab. This is not the name of the coolest new post- punk bank out of Australia, it's the….
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RT @VenkatforPA: For nearly two years, Pennsylvania’s richest man has lied about my & other @PaHouseDems’ record. His goal is to defund pub….
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The Democrats targeted in those ads say they’re untruthful and strain the limits of how closely a political action committee can work with candidates.
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Every doctor who actually understands clinical medicine warned that this would happen. When laws are created to restrict women's choices on reproductive health, women will die.
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At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.
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RT @VenkatforPA: I get asked why, as a physician-legislator, do I elevate the importance of abortion rights. It is because of cases like t….
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RT @VenkatforPA: As an ER Doc and State Rep, I grieve for Louisiana women and health professionals. This will cost lives. @realDonaldTrum….
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RT @VenkatforPA: A 6-week abortion ban is a complete ban. Most women do not know they are pregnant at 6 weeks. @realDonaldTrump ripped aw….
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RT @emrap_tweets: Crit Brits with Haney Mallemat. We launch this new segment by addressing key questions about femoral lines, sepsis, and i….
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RT @marco_propersi: 🧵New Thread Alert🧵.⏱️Got 5 minutes?.📢Explore how remote consult protocols are transforming emergency care for Retinal A….
rebelem.com
Can a remote consult protocol using point-of-care OCT improve the time to diagnosis and treatment of retinal artery occlusions in patients presenting with painless monocular vision loss?
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