
Joshua Kimbrell
@joshkimbre
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Paramedic turned medical student interested in resuscitation science and health equity. Here mostly for #FOAMed and the occasional meme. #LGM
New York, NY
Joined November 2011
Does hearing “LVAD” make your heart race💓? You’re not alone. Prehospital care in LVAD pts is complex; the evidence shouldn’t be. New paper by @joshkimbre & team highlights⬆️LVAD prevalence, paucity of standards, & call to action for rsrch. Bookmark it before your next shift.
I'm excited to share our article about cardiac arrest care for LVAD-supported patients. Key points: ❤️LVADs having 📈prevalence, so will LVAD arrests. 👊In most cases, chest compressions should not be delayed. 🚨There is a profound research gap! https://t.co/hIe17bAhqk
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Another year, another increase USMLE Step 2 CK performance. Check out how much the score distribution has shifted over time. In the 2024-2025 academic year, the mean Step 2 CK score was 250. (And oh yeah, the passing standard was increased in July from 214–>218.) #scorecreep
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I'm excited to share our article about cardiac arrest care for LVAD-supported patients. Key points: ❤️LVADs having 📈prevalence, so will LVAD arrests. 👊In most cases, chest compressions should not be delayed. 🚨There is a profound research gap! https://t.co/hIe17bAhqk
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🧵 The Cardiac Function Curve — why it misleads (Part 1) 1/ The cardiac function curve is one of the most recognisable images in physiology. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most misdrawn, mislabelled, and misunderstood. Let’s redraw it — and see what it really tells us about
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Stumbles his way into a game-winning TD then digs for gold. Legend
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This belongs next to the photos of fire hoses and dogs used to attack civil rights protesters.
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Players get fined what about officials? This should be a fine he's taking money out of pockets. @carlgranderson7 has a sack taken from him. Players have incentives in contracts. These aren't just "part of the game it happens" thing...i agree with @camjordan94 . Every player in
Cam Jordan was incensed over the call on Carl Granderson: "We had an erroneous flag thrown at Carl Granderson's sack, which is egregious on all levels. It needs to be talked about. Somebody needs to be discussed, explained even. Becuase I mean, when you get a sack, he did
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1/ Finally! Our call on the U.S. medical community & establishment to break their silence on Gaza is out today at the New England Journal of Medicine. This is the first publication describing Gaza's human made humanitarian catastrophe in the Journal!! https://t.co/jMn4sydlEw
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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. https://t.co/i7UCg2A429
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Mets fans everywhere. I owe you an apology . You did your part by showing up and supporting the team. We didn’t do our part. We will do a post-mortem and figure out the obvious and less obvious reasons why the team didn’t perform up to your and my expectations We are all feeling
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UWorld is a lot like a Dark Souls game. The frequency of getting destroyed brings a serious dopamine kick when you nail it.
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Huge PRISMA meta-analysis (89 studies, 5million students) finds student course evaluations are worthless to harmful. - do not predict learning in the course - predict lower learning in subsequent courses - charismatic delivery improves student evaluations, leads students to
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Got an idea that could improve EMS care nationwide? We’re collecting submissions for the next EQuIP Collaborative. https://t.co/fJtCYa2Vo6 Quick 10–15 min survey Deadline: Thursday, September 25
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I am at the point in my medical education where I have spent more time trying not to learn embryology than I would have just learning it
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A retrospective cohort study involving children born between 1996 and 2016 suggests a significant but small associated increased risk of hematologic cancer among those exposed to radiation from medical imaging. Full study results: https://t.co/u4xMYOweJM Editorial: Studying
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1/ Excited to share my latest PhD paper: The impact of the AIRWAYS-2 RCT on clinical practice in OHCA in England https://t.co/7EpTT8Ypls Huge thanks to the coauthors for the support and efforts! It’s part of a wider PhD journey — from survey ➡️ scoping review ➡️ impact study
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The AIRWAYS-2 randomised control trial, published in August 2018, showed that the use of a supraglottic airway was not superior to tracheal intubation in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We...
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“You never know what you can say to someone that can positively impact them when they need to hear it.” ❤️ @GreenWaveFB
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