Reposted by Cait-leaRNingJohn Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 06/01/2025When I was a kid, around 1,800,000 people died every year of tuberculosis. Now, around 1,250,000 do. That's important progress. But at this current rate, it'll take a CENTURY to push TB deaths much below 500,000 per year. That's totally unacceptable for a curable, preventable disease. 141375123
Reposted by Cait-leaRNingSTITCHES Medicine - the Best of Medical Research @medicine.stitches.today · 26/12/2024Taxi and ambulance drivers exhibited the lowest Alzheimer's disease mortality rates among various occupations analyzed in the study. by R Patel V, Liu M, Worsham CM and Jena AB in BMJ #MedSky 📖 read the article: www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2024-08… 2163
Reposted by Cait-leaRNingMegan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Whooping cough (pertussis) cases 5x higher this year than last! A combo of factors: * normal cyclical swings in infexns * pandemic changes in behavior (masking, distancing), now w/ rebound in cases - although we’re seeing decreases in RSV this year so I’m skeptical * decreased vaxx rates 🧪🩺🛟nbcnews.comWhooping cough cases reach highest level in a decadeThe U.S. has recorded over 32,000 whooping cough cases this year, compared with around 5,100 as of mid-December last year. Infants are most vulnerable to the bacterial infection. 26297101
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I just renewed my CCRN! Definitely the certification I’m proudest of. If you’re a critical care nurse thinking about getting certified DO IT! Even if it’s just for the bragging rights.media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is asking " what are you waiting for "ALT: a man in a suit and tie is asking " what are you waiting for " 010
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 29/11/2024My grandma got pneumonia and couldn’t go to our thanksgiving dinner. I’m not saying she did it on purpose but it is awfully convenient. 😑 Side note pneumonia is apparently going around and it definitely gets you out of family parties. 000
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 29/11/2024It’s terrible but also hilarious if you heckle it the whole time. Merry gentlemen is worse but even more heckleable. 020
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Happy thanksgiving everyone! I am grateful for my beautiful little family. I am grateful for all the people working today keeping everything running. I am grateful for all the people who work tirelessly to make our lives better and for those who are kind. What are you grateful for? 020
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 27/11/2024That’s awesome! Definitely not an easy skill! 010
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 27/11/2024In honor of my ittiest bit being 3 months SVT free I’m learning about first line treatment options for SVT. (We’re on Propranolol.) I’m so grateful for my nursing skills because even though I’m not a pediatric nurse I was able to catch the SVT quickly. ❤️🩹 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govEvaluating antiarrhythmic drugs for managing infants with supraventricular tachycardia; a reviewSupraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is the most prevalent arrhythmia observed in infants, impacting individuals with or without congenital cardiac dysfunction. Infantile-onset SVT typically manifests w... 030
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 27/11/2024It’s here! What a great listen. It gives me hope that even when companies introduce products that are damaging to public health we have proven mitigation strategies to help reduce harm. ♥️ 100
Reposted by Cait-leaRNingLori Martin @nurseninapa.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Resource links to mental healthcare compiled by @drharmony.bsky.social linktr.ee/doctorharmonylinktr.eeMental Health Tools | LinktreeHelpful resources for mental health services and interventions 033
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 26/11/2024He’s probably going to put the tariff on the fentanyl we actually use in the hospitals. That would be annoying. 000
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I am right there with you! I started mine then stared at it for a solid minute before I finally realized my coffee was brewing clear and I hadn’t put any coffee grounds in it 000
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 26/11/2024This is somehow worse than the meat mech for a brain take 010
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I like audio books while I exercise it keeps me from getting bored 000
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Can I get some of that? 🤣 we’re going to my FIL’s and bringing mashed taters and pecan pie 110
Reposted by Cait-leaRNingA Life In Scrubs @alifeinscrubs.medsky.social · 25/11/2024Don’t forget to request a refill of your meds now before the holiday! 💊🦃 1111
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I think it’s crazy when they’re talking to you hanging out then everything just stops and their eyes are still open. 030
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I am amazed by how many ways humans make art. Painting, sculpture, literature, food, clothing, the list goes on and on 140
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Any chance you’ll make the talk available on the internet for those of us across the pond? 🥺 000
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024That would be fantastic I would love to hear it! 000
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I missed the interview but the paper was a great read. 110
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This study is so informative. I learned a that there is still so much work to do to mitigate the harm that companies that sell dangerous and addictive products do. Namely speeding up the studies that prove these products are harmful… While trying not to get railroaded by billion dollar companies 😬 140
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The book was written in 1995 so technically it was probably one of the original sources of this trope… just sayin’ 020
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I’m never recommending anything ever again. This is my greatest fear. 😭 000
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I participated in a code where the patient would wake up and kind of fight us off during compressions but when we stopped they were all the way dead no heart rhythm or pulse. At least we know they were getting good perfusion during compressions. 😭 130
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 24/11/2024media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a microphone and making a faceALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a microphone and making a face 110
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Chickensox, clostridium sameicile, and methicillin-consistent staph aureus. 🤣 010
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Definitely not the only thing I learned though! We didn’t even get into the US portion yet. These word counts are killing me 😭 010
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Paper of the day? Be still my heart. 😍 I learned… For art lines the radial artery is preferred due to good collateral flow and low complications buuut if the patient has an interruption of flow somewhere in the chest the upper extremity pressure may not reflect the actual systemic pressure. 130
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I was so tired the other day my coffee pot made clear coffee and it took me a solid minute to realize I had forgotten to put actual coffee in it. I’ve never been so disappointed ☹️ 000
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I will say I may have lightly traumatized a nursing student or two but I know they’ll rock compressions if they’re ever in that situation again. I always loved code team it’s the absolute most teamwork possible. 010
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I think it’s really important to participate in a real code in an environment where the other people in the room are comfortable with it. The adrenaline messes with your sense of time and ability to understand commands so it’s way better if you’re with people who have more experience. 120
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 23/11/2024This is facinating and offers research opportunities if anyone needs one. Did you know loratadine can offer some relief for chemo induced bone pain? There is still so much to learn! 010
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 23/11/2024When I worked in ICU we had OBGYN residents do a rotation through us so they could be exposed to critical care and I used to drag them into codes and make them do compressions. It worked out one of them had a patient with an amniotic embolism and she was grateful she had code experience already. 🤩 220
Cait-leaRNing @cait-learning.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I feel like a law school should’ve known that not allowing her to have a reasonable accommodation would be against the law. 010
Reposted by Cait-leaRNingMark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024This is the most important chart published in America this week. (By @dylanlscott.bsky.social) 15963251921