Jordan Benjamin รีทวีตแล้ว
Jordan Benjamin
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Jordan Benjamin
@snakebitemedic
Herpetologist, wilderness paramedic, snakebite researcher, founder of the Asclepius Snakebite Foundation. Any views expressed are my own.
Seattle, WA เข้าร่วม Mart 2016
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Jordan Benjamin รีทวีตแล้ว

@EthicalStudents @AMCASinfo FYI I am seeing a deadline of October 15th on the UCLA admissions website even though AMCAS says Oct 1
medschool.ucla.edu/apply-admissio…
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@AMCASinfo They are:
🎓Kaiser SOM
🎓Mayo Alix
🎓Rush Chicago
🎓UC Los Angeles
🎓UNC Chapel Hill
🎓UN Reno
🎓UN Las Vegas
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#Premeds today, Oct. 1 is the #2021AMCAS application deadline for 7 medical schools! To meet their deadlines, be sure to submit your application by 11:59 PM ET. ow.ly/vrc550BuFRb.
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@searchy_boy Adding this to the list of things I never expected to hear in 2020 (I totally agree though, that’s a ridiculous distraction from real needs)
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@EM_RESUS Watched someone use colorimetric and then replace it with waveform "after they had confirmed placement" with the inferior method. Very strange approach
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Jordan Benjamin รีทวีตแล้ว

@MarkSeamonMD @kari_jerge This is why they drill scene safety so firmly into EMS providers during training...a dead medic is a useless medic
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@kari_jerge Yes! Hard to help any patients in the future if you’re dead
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@DrToxigon Me too. ditched the beard and did my N95 fit test today. Guess it’s going to be a different year than planned
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Jordan Benjamin รีทวีตแล้ว

Fellow healthcare workers!
Don’t let this happen to you.
Settings—> Face ID & Passcode —> Slide iPhone unlock to left to deactivate.
Keep that mask on!
Don’t comprise your PPE!
(Hey @AppleSupport...can you help make a workaround?)


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@EBMgoneWILD ...physician who is still going to be needed to handle all of specialty patients who are not going to disappear just because a pandemic hits. It’s just a matter of effective resource allocation at that point - why to teach the lawyer to fly a plane when you have a copilot ready?
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@EBMgoneWILD ...you could send BLS crews on >80% of these calls. Now you have a pool of ALS medics who can pick up the slack in the hospital, and I’m guessing that a paramedic would probably be more helpful and efficient in the ED or ICU than a dermatologist or other specialized...(continued)
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At this point I'm more and more convinced that there needs to be a wholesale change of #EMS. bringing stable nearly asymptomatic patients who are elderly for non-emergent conditions is putting their lives at risk. I'm not saying chest pain or stroke symptoms shouldn't come 1/
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First post in a new #FOAMed series we will be doing through Asclepius Snakebite Foundation (@Snakebite_911) to educate medical providers on best practices for snakebite treatment and address common myths and misconceptions that negatively impact snakebite outcomes. #FOAMbites
The Snakebite Foundation@ASFsnakebites
First post in our new #FOAMbites series on envenomations. Vote and RT the poll today and we will post the answer tomorrow! Let’s start with some common myths about antivenoms, specifically when, why, and how to use them Q: The appropriate initial dose of antivenom is based on:
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Hello #medtwitter! We are the Asclepius Snakebite Foundation (#ASF). Education is at the heart of everything we do to address this #NTD and snakebite is notably absent from formal medical training. Please follow us and RT our new #FOAMed post series to help improve treatment(1/2)

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@Delta I keep getting login errors trying to sign into my delta account through the app or website. Is this an issue you are aware of?
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