Heather I. S., LCSW

Over 5 million patients are admitted each year to ICUs in the US. With advances in modern medicine, ~70% survive. Many survivors experience Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), a collection of new or worsening impairments in the cognitive, physical, or mental health realm. These impairments are often long-term, resulting in a difficult recovery journey and leaving patients feeling isolated and misunderstood. Join us for the inaugural National #Walk4PICS Day by walking any appropriate distance Saturday, September 30. icudelirium.org/international-… #MedTwitter #nursetwitter #ICUrehab

CAIRO Post-ICU Clinic Collaborative Applications are now open! Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@KP_ICURN @tammyeaton17 @ATS_BSHSR Congratulations @tammyeaton17 !

Congratulations to @tammyeaton17, the recipient of the @ATS_BSHSR Emerging Career Award! What an honor it is to work with her, and I’m so excited to see how her work intersecting critical illness, survivorship, and palliative care changes the lives of our patients! #ATS2023

A few folks have asked for my thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s hospice journey. Here they are, in no particular order: 1. Hospice is not a place. Folks can choose to die at home, as President Carter is.

We still have a few spots left, if you'd like to register!

Our comprehensive review of #LongCovid has just been published nature.com/articles/s4157… Phenomenal work by @ahandvanish @LisaAMcCorkell @juliamv @NatureRevMicro

We're starting a new support group for #LongCovid survivors, utilizing acceptance and commitment therapy #ACT. We have spots left @CIBScenter. No cost! Using Zoom. Contact us if interested - we want to support you. @WesElyMD

I’m going to bottom line this so everyone understands: Save your rapid home antigen tests to test out of isolation. To detect COVID at the front end, get a lab PCR test as soon as you have symptoms or 1-2 days after a known exposure.

Why's the PCR more sensitive than home antigen? Because the PCR picks up (& amplifies) a tiny amount of virus, & thus will be positive w/ levels of virus too low to infect others. In fact, we know that the average person w/ Covid will stay antigen (home test) positive… (14/24)

#Pfizer announces it has submitted its application for #COVID19 #bivalent #vaccine #booster EUA for #immunizeunder5s. Protecting our children makes them safer, their families safer, and our communities safer. This is good news. pfizer.com/news/press-rel…

(2/2) Parents are not ok & the stress of potentially not having medication for our children is a worry I never anticipated.

(1/2) My kids have the flu & we had to “call around” to find a pharmacy stocked with tamiflu. I’m also hearing that stores are out of children’s over the counter pain relievers. Amazon is charging $30 for a two pack, back ordered till end of Dec.

Protect your baby. Get vaccinated vs #covid19 if you are pregnant. Time and again this has proven safe and helpful. Consider other measures like #masks and #socialdistancing as well. Keep yourself and your baby safe!!@UWHealth @uwsmph @PublicHealthMDC @uwanesthesia

@iwashyna resources.unbabel.com/blog/brain-lan…

@iwashyna I’ve encountered this too and it’s intriguing. I believe if a young child acquires a second language it’s stored in the same part of the brain as native language but if acquired older the brain stores it separately. I think I’ve come across articles-let me see what I can find.

We’re grateful to work with the TSN to increase outreach & support to our trauma patients and families!

Suicide Screening in Adolescents Do not wait for "EBM" on this one, we will have same lame guidelines for a while ("not enough evidence to support/reject screening") It's common sense, easy, & EVERY health care professional should do it for EVERY adolescent they see. /1

Hospitals are likely to be overrun with #flu, #COVID19, and #RSV. #Vaccines are available for COVID (though no bivalents for #under5s) and flu. Protect yourself and, your family, & your community. Mask if you have symptoms. We all deserve the freedom to be healthy.

The goals of care ✨are not✨ code status They're not feeding tubes Home or nursing homes The goals of care are: "What's important?" "What makes life unacceptable?" That's what we should discuss And that's what should be documented in the chart #ThisIsGeriatrics

@quality_nguyen @mle428 I’d love a vaccine for RSV!