Constance Bovier

I recently attended a virtual critical illness survivor support group meeting. If any critical care /adjacent clinicians out there are interested, I'd be happy to connect you, please let me know. I was invited to speak but it was far more valuable to listen.

@Olaoluwatomi @laxswamy Fantastic ! Please email Anna Lewis with your information and intentions visit or to present and she can share the Microsoft Teams link. lewisa5@upmc.edu

@laxswamy Interested. CC physician here.

@laxswamy I had this procedure done by excellent doctors and a terrific nurse at Mercy Hospital in Pgh . While they worked their magic I viewed my Amazon Photos on my Kindle . They were a bit shocked with how calm I was throughout the procedure and with the total 1350cc that was drawn.

The dressing is critical. Use gauze to ensure a clean/dry site before attempting any dressing. A wet dressing is useless, and the dressing is what really holds the tube in place. We secure it to the front for patient comfort & use a few tegaderms to make it as secure as possible.

[THREAD] Our tips on small bore chest tube placement for pleural effusion! Performed by a resident @BostonCityEM supervised by fellows @BUPulmonary. We'd love your input! Not a comprehensive guide. Made with written patient authorization. #meded #FOAMcc #pulmcc

This 2X ICU Survivor now P.I.C.S. Volunteer loves everything about this. This should be in every ICU Family Waiting Room. @brains_brawn_MD , @AnnaLewis312 , @tammyeaton17 , @KimberlyJoXo

@icurehab This 2X ICU Suvivor now advocate/volunteer loves everything about this. This should be a poster in every Family Waiting Room.

My Loved One Is in the Intensive Care Unit—What Should I Know? bit.ly/3Utqjz1 #icurehab #A2Fbundle

@icurehab @TantamKate Great share

See #ICURehab *Virtual* Exhibit Hall *** Open to Public*** @TantamKate exhibiting about #RehabLegend At 11th Johns Hopkins @ICURehab Conf Get your Exhibitor Game Card Win free registration for next year! Info: bit.ly/3p1g2wJ

@ICUSEdinburgh @edin1981 @ICUsteps @riecriticalcare @teamwghicu By DMs are you referring to Direct Messaging ?

@BovierConstance @edin1981 @ICUsteps @riecriticalcare @teamwghicu Hi,Constance.Our DMs should be open?If yours is open,we can send you the Zoom invite 😊👍

The @ICUSEdinburgh online group meets on Tuesday 1/11 at 7pm. An opportunity for those with #ICU experience - patients, carers & health professionals - to secure peer support after #criticalcare. All welcome. DM for details. @ICUsteps @riecriticalcare @teamwghicu #RehabIsCritical

@ICUSEdinburgh @edin1981 @ICUsteps @riecriticalcare @teamwghicu Yes Please do send the Zoom link

@katie_woo81 @ICUsteps @critcarerecover @icu_pics @RecoveryICU The Critical Illness Recovery Center aka CIRC use ICU Journals @brains_brawn_MD

Looking to produce a booklet for our ICU families to complete on admission about their loved ones. To help us get to know our patients and empower the families. Does anyone have anything similar they could share? @ICUsteps @critcarerecover @icu_pics @RecoveryICU

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@jcjackson68 @CIBScenter Thank you for your tireless work towards healing and understanding of those of us who are struggling and suffering

A reminder . . . #PTSD, from any cause - combat, sexual assault, natural disaster, #COVID - is treatable and treatment will allow you to function again. If you have #PTSD from #COVID, consider exploring treatment options right away. @CIBScenter

@edyong209 I have tremendous gratitude for your article on Brain Fog. You should know that it is going to help so many people to have understanding and connection and mainly hope in their journey after trauma. @brains_brawn_MD @tammyeaton17

🧵Some personal news: I’m taking a 6-month sabbatical, starting now. These past 3 years have been the most professionally meaningful of my life, but they’ve also deeply broken me. The pandemic isn’t over, but after a long time spent staring into the sun, I need to blink. 1/

@AngieMChurch @Adamhill1212 @BreneBrown The believing is the biggest part

@edyong209 It to an appointment was a great struggle and of course I was unable to eloquently explain why little daily natural tasks in life like bathing dressing coordinating tasks and prioritizing is like climbing a mountain. And I was sure to be taking a nap after my appointment.

I cannot stress this enough: For most people with brain fog, exercise—and strenuous mental activity counts, because cognitive work IS physical work—is a completely inappropriate treatment, and could make them substantially worse. 17/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

And yet brain-scan studies, blood flow studies, immunological studies, & more all point to physical & chemical changes in the nervous systems of people who have brain fog. It’s a real neurological problem that brings real cognitive impairments. 12/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

@edyong209 I AM SO GRATEFUL ! (Yeah all caps again and again emphasis on the grateful) . So many details are me exactly. Im sharing with many family and friends even though I've tried to explain it many times in the past for years. A therapist once could not understand why I said just

I hope this piece makes those of you who have experienced brain fog feel seen. I hope it shows everyone else what it really means. Thanks to everyone who talked to me for this story. 18/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

This is a brilliant opportunity for former ICU patients to inform a much needed study to support rehabilitation remotely to promote quality of life. Any #rehablegends out there who feel there experience can promote a better outcome for future patients, please click on the link.

Remote rehabilitation after ICU - mailchi.mp/57d1e262545e/f…