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How many A&E patients wait more than 12 hours between a decision to admit them to hospital and actually being admitted? In August 2010, England's NHS recorded one case of this. Not 100, not 1,000. Just one. In December 2022, it was 54,532.

Below is a short 2 minute primer on xylazine with the always informative @RyanMarino 4/4 end twitter.com/BenWWeston/sta…

In addition to causing horrendous skin wounds (below) #xylaxine is not reversible with naloxone (narcan) leading to challenges with bystander and prehospital care. 3/4

.@mkemedexamine data shows that xylazine was in fentanyl overdoses in @mkecounty ... 1.0 % in 2020 7.9 % in 2021 10.4 % in 2022 In Philadelphia, it is in nearly 100%. 2/4

NEW: data in #Milwaukee @mkecounty shows > 10% of fentanyl deaths also contain #xylazine This is a concerning trend. Zylazine... 🐴is an animal tranquilizer 💉added to fentanyl to prolong effects 💤compounds sedation 🩹causes skin wounds 🪦NOT reversible with narcan 🧵1/4

@campaaronapollo Yes. It is also used in resuscitation of someone whose heart has stopped for various other reasons.

@TraumaSoapBoxes Funny how the CEO makes at least 250x times a nurse and we allow insurance companies and hospitals to own each other. What’s the worst that could happen? Oh wait we are living it.

@TraumaSoapBoxes I mean, I coded a patient in the hallway…

If you want to be a hero, Learn CPR Its really not that hard And yes, you can literally save a life Here are some basic tips from @NidaQadirMD And a short video from @American_Heart You can do it

Last night I captured an incredibly difficult shot: ISS transiting the moon, while gently kissing Tycho crater as it flies by at 5 miles per second. That crater is 53 miles wide, so while the station almost looks like it's orbiting the moon it's actually 1000x closer to us.

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1. One in five US workers is bound by a noncompete clause, which restricts them from freely switching jobs, lowering wages and undermining fair competition. Today @FTC proposed a rule to prohibit firms from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

A union isn't an outside organization that comes in to help you, a union is YOU and your colleagues coming together to empower each other as a collective. And trust me, that's way more powerful.

This is at least as big a deal for labor rights as passing card check. nytimes.com/2023/01/05/bus…

NEW: The FDA will now allow prescriptions for medication abortion, or the abortion pill, to be filled at pharmacies. 🫡🥹 This is BIG news for the fight to restore + expand abortion access in a post-Roe world — here’s why ⬇️ nyti.ms/3ImzEoW

@muppetK Yeah 😋

Work gave us a new branded water bottle. I am covering it with insurgent stickers (more to come) and will take some quiet glee in taking it to the Meet and Discuss meetings with VPs and management.