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Steven Ilko 🏥 🚁💨
@zentensivistilko.bsky.social
EM/ACCM/E-AEC Zen-tensivist. Humanist. Philosophizer/Belly-Button Starer. Med interests: MCS, HEMS-CC, de-prescribing, and communication. My opinions are my own, not of my employer(s).
Pretty sure that was just nature attempting to course correct
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November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Long story short: if history is our guide, we're pretty f*cked.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The DNC belief that institutions protect us, fight wrongs and bend towards equality are symptomatic of the Democratic Nationalism poisoning our society and fails to help anyone but those who benefit from power. Those who will lead us out prioritize people above institutions, humanity over profits.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Those fighting to keep these institutions open fail to recognize how it's their blind devotion to institutions themselves, their false belief in the institutions to correct these problems, that are fueling the greatest injury. They're complicit in the harms that will follow. History shows this.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I low key love it. I order it. It's given. Intervention complete.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I still get hepatology hold outs who futz at me for having given steroids for alcoholic hepatitis...
"They don't have great follow up"
... They have even worse follow up when they're dead...
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
They definitely lost me at dextran/hetastarch 😂
You can model all you want, but the evidence is clear that these have no purpose. Albumin... Meh. I like it in refractory burn resuscitation which this seems to support. Certainly not a sepsis/ICU panacea.
October 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I'm somewhat curious how this is eminence based... They have created models that seem to be decently reflective of reality. I would consider it eminence based if they just claimed "believe me, it's in the third space" and provided no real support. Seems to me they brought the receipts.
October 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Finally some public support of push dose dilt for svt. No one appreciates the adenosine doom
October 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A lot more methin around these days. It's been interesting watching the arc of substance use trends with the rise of the opioid epidemic to the combo stimulants/fentanyl speedballs towards the dominance of stimulants.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Some of my best worst cases in training were on patients with horrifically severe PAD and bypasses wherein we could not get accurate arterial monitoring nor any accurate NIBP. Titrate pressors to vibes (mental status, urine output).
September 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Prepare to be met with "yeah, that was just bluster. He didn't actually mean it literally." It's all a joke to them because it doesn't affect them in any negative way (yet).
September 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I like that term p-fracking.
It's not just hacking. It's a toxic degrading means to squeeze out what they want with no regard for the consequences
September 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM