Thread by @laxswamy

Well, a crying child slowed me down, but better late than never. Excited to see @RanaAwdish @WesElyMD @hopealuko @BrendaPun

Rana: "Wanting the patients to be comforted and having almost nothing to do that except for the medications..." #COVID19 #chest2020

'are coma and deep sedation just markers of severe ARDS?'
@WesElyMD - absolutely NOT- they are independent!
#chest2020 #COVID19

Oooh. @hopealuko - we should be careful about what is 'severe' or 'mild' #COVID19 -- listen to patients! #CHEST2020

Data on #LongCovid #longhaulers presented by @hopealuko - cough, fatigue, shortness of breath most common persisting symptoms #chest2020

quick points from the patient-led UK symptom study
1 in 20 have protracted symptoms >8 weeks #COVID19 #LongCovid #CHEST2020

Great figure from @DrDaleNeedham and others presented by @hopealuko - what is happening in the survivor...and what is happening in the family? #CHEST2020 #COVID19

This is huge. Why is recovery different with #COVID19? there are systems issues in care delivery beyond the illness itself. @hopealuko #CHEST2020

Quick recap of ABCDEF bundle #CHEST2020

What should you be considering when you see a post-#COVID19 patient? med rec, as always, is critical-- but often relegated to bottom of the list. Key role for pharmacist assistance too.
@hopealuko highlights how covid can cause homelessness b/c of vulnerable family
#CHEST2020

Peer support can be so important for patients.
(and also for clinicians, right @JoShapiro3)
love the variety of models presented- accessibility issues can be overcome! #chest2020 #COVID19

Now @hopealuko is speaking right to my heart. Use qualitative methods to find new targets for quality improvement in the ICU 🔥🔥🔥 #CHEST2020

@hopealuko Now @RanaAwdish (it is pronounced WREN-ah, I was saying it wrong 😅) is up - author of In Shock, which is incredible so please close twitter and go get it if you have not read it yet! Excited to hear her speak on the "restoration of identity post-COVID" #chest2020

Added to my list- @RanaAwdish rec: amazon.com/Holding-Lettin…

#CHEST2020

the 'depersonalization machine'

aka

the ICU bed. #CHEST2020 @RanaAwdish

'Meet the patient as a whole being where they are, speak to them as an equal' @RanaAwdish #CHEST2020

Reminding me of what a patient told me once as they recovered from the ICU. We can't ignore what we are doing to people, even if it is necessary, even if it is right. #CHEST2020

https://twitter.com/laxswamy/status/981970938479640577?s=20

"learning to receive people's stories as they are told to us is critical for our work." @RanaAwdish #CHEST2020

Love this from @DrMeganHoseyPhD and others.

Clinicians HATE being treated like widgets.

...the same is true for patients. #CHEST2020

Wow. #COVID19 memorial in Detroit. #CHEST2020