Rithvik Balakrishnan
@rpcvrhythm.bsky.social
Intensivist, recovering EM physician, Peace Corps Senegal ‘08-‘10, proud Chitown transplant, Arsenal fanatic.
Views my own.
“Sooner or later…one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.”- Graham Greene
Views my own.
“Sooner or later…one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.”- Graham Greene
Reposted by Rithvik Balakrishnan
Rant #5 Please don't tell me what the PaO2 is...
Less experienced critical care staff members are frequently exercised by arterial blood gas PaO2 readings.
What is the SpO2 I genially ask? In our target range? Well that's fine then.
Staff member shifting uneasily, "but the PaO2..."
Here we go...
Less experienced critical care staff members are frequently exercised by arterial blood gas PaO2 readings.
What is the SpO2 I genially ask? In our target range? Well that's fine then.
Staff member shifting uneasily, "but the PaO2..."
Here we go...
Over the years I've developed a number of "rants" (aka teaching) that seem to resonate with trainees on #ICUsky ward round.
This pedogogical style might make educationalists wince but keeps me and (crucially) trainees, interested
Interested in any counter rants, refined rants or rant affirmation
This pedogogical style might make educationalists wince but keeps me and (crucially) trainees, interested
Interested in any counter rants, refined rants or rant affirmation
November 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Rant #5 Please don't tell me what the PaO2 is...
Less experienced critical care staff members are frequently exercised by arterial blood gas PaO2 readings.
What is the SpO2 I genially ask? In our target range? Well that's fine then.
Staff member shifting uneasily, "but the PaO2..."
Here we go...
Less experienced critical care staff members are frequently exercised by arterial blood gas PaO2 readings.
What is the SpO2 I genially ask? In our target range? Well that's fine then.
Staff member shifting uneasily, "but the PaO2..."
Here we go...
Reposted by Rithvik Balakrishnan
Top work by the @theguardian.bsky.social here on water and how extractive food industries and venture capital are sucking water systems dry and selling it back to communities in plastic bottles. Madness to let it continue. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Top work by the @theguardian.bsky.social here on water and how extractive food industries and venture capital are sucking water systems dry and selling it back to communities in plastic bottles. Madness to let it continue. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...