Dr. Cook begins her #CCC50 Lifetime Achievement Award talk with reflection on her own 1st presentation ever as an #ICU fellow- at an @SCCM Congress! She was struck by the interprofessional group of attendees.(Thread)
Dr. Cook: Sometimes dialogue is more important than consensus. You have the TRUST YOUR GUT. #CCC50
You're not growing until you're changing. Defining moments for bravery may come along when you least expect them. Be brave. #WomensPhysicianDay#PedsICU#pulmcc#ICU
Humility encourages presumptions to be challenged. It means admitting when you don't know. It means not concealing the reality of uncertainty. Acknowledging when you need help. #clinicalresearch
The sanctity of the patient-clinician relationship has never sent her down the wrong path. But hard when it feels like patient is client, physician is provider, family is visitor.
Rekindling acts of compassion at the bedside, connecting to purpose this way, the Three Wishes project changed culture.
Humanity doesn't always have an invitation to the table, may be called "soft science" but it's central to EVERYTHING we do.
Lesson #4: LEND A HAND
Dr. Cook: Most clinical investigators are on a quest to make a difference. Be there for them when it matters most. Bring A game to their table, not just your own.
And lend a hand to young people. Value the reciprocity of #mentoring and teaching. Sometimes its hard to tell who is mentoring who. Foster their growth and independence.
Dr. Cook #CCC50: Lend a hand to a worthy but unpopular cause. In the 1990s for her it was #QI. It was not unworthy- she saw it was just a matter of time before everyone saw the value. Shoulder to shoulder with interprofessional staff, she forged forward.
When you work from a place of passion, you work in crescendo, you have places to go.Intellect, talent, training time are not enough.Passion fuels you to aim higher, think harder,stretch further.
It is a bittersweet day. So I'd like to say a few words about my dear friend, colleague and mentor.
I may be the loud #PedsICU lobbyist, but he is the quiet crusader and sponsor. (Thread)
For over 1 year, @DrSeanBarnes & I would travel to conferences where #PedsICU colleagues would be present and beg organizers to let us share how #PedsICU#SoMe could benefit them. Most of time people said yes, & we were a novelty act, of sorts. It wasn't always a good feeling.
We kept plugging away, though. Promoting colleague's work. Offering to register and promote hashtags for #PedsICU conferences. We had a small but energetic group who bought in including @pccm_doc@ChrisCarrollMD@karen_choong too many to name.
Isolated at 🏠 away from my healthy & unexposed family.
Seeking ways to help as a research subject (take my serum!) & hope to be back on front lines soon w/my #ICU & #anesthesia colleagues as an🤞🏽immune #COVIDー19 fighter.
Oh & anosmia= 100% REAL. 1/
My #covid19 symptom timeline were:
Day 1: myalgia
Day 2: chills, coughing, malaise
Day 3: coughing continues, exhausted, intermittent nausea, myalgias
Day 4:myalgia, cough, nausea, decreased taste, fatigue
Day 5: myalgia, cough, malaise, ANOSMIA
Symptoms come & go in 🌊 2/
Anosmia. The strangest & most fascinating symptom of all. Discovered it when the brand new diffuser wasn’t working despite dumping several drops of strong scented oil in. Then a friend asked “so is that anosmia thing real?” Then it hit me. 3/