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Hennie vd Merwe
@docvanmed.bsky.social
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Family, Critical Care Associate, hospital based physician. Husband and proud dad. Born in Sasolburg, shovelling in Saskatchewan.
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January 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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January 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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ICU Hemodynamics:

Just to be provocative:

When managing a hemodynamically unstable patient, the minimal hemodynamic toolkit should consist of a central venous catheter (IJ/SC), an arterial line and a #POCUS device

#medsky #emimcc
January 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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January 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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European Guidelines on the Management of Vascular Trauma

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January 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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January 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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January 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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From Escalate to Elevate: A New Paradigm for Comprehensive Cardiogenic Shock Management

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January 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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ICU Airway Secrets - History Lessons:

Given the increasing use of virtual laryngoscopy, I am witnessing more & more intubations without even an upper airway being readily available at the bedside

Not long ago things were different...

Refresher:

Williams Airway:
January 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Acute Onset of Impaired Consciousness

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January 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Saskatchewan winters
January 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Los Angeles wildfires: At least five dead as overwhelmed firefighters struggle to contain flames
Los Angeles wildfires: At least five dead as overwhelmed firefighters struggle to contain flames
More than 1,500 structures, mostly homes, have been destroyed
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January 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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January 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Central Line Infection: Critical Care Associate Case Study /Dr Eggink
January 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Unionized staffing cooperatives like AlliedUP can offer workers not only better pay and benefits, but critical support and a measure ownership over their professional futures.

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Hospitals Are Desperately Understaffed. Could Co-ops Be an Answer?
Unionized staffing cooperatives like AlliedUP can offer workers not only better pay and benefits, but critical support and a measure ownership over their professional futures.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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"Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection: The HeLiX Randomized Clinical Trial" evaluated whether tranexamic acid reduces the need of red blood cell transfusion up to 7 days after liver resection. Read a summary in the January 2025 SM&A: ow.ly/o9Ju50UAyJj
January 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Principle of intravenous fluid therapy in the neurocritical care

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January 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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First bird flu death in US confirmed after patient in Louisiana dies
Patient was over 65 and had underlying medical conditions
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January 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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CCU 31st December excellent team !!
January 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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January 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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A doctor writes from the North: The grass is looking greener down the road
While the NHS as a whole in the UK falls down the world league of health systems, here in the North we are in a league of our own – and it isn’t a very good one
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December 29, 2024 at 6:08 AM
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December 28, 2024 at 4:35 AM