It is so painful to share the news of @FralickMike sudden and unexpected passing 💔 Mike was an amazing, inspiring and generous person who touched the lives of many. As we mourn, please share and consider supporting his wife and 2-year-old daughter. gofund.me/236771146

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 We've been pushing Thomson Reuters to do a human rights assessment b/c of their work helping ICE w/deportations. Glass Lewis—which advises firms w/more than *$35 trillion* in assets—just endorsed our proposal. Thomson Reuters is officially on alert.

The @LindAlliance Critical Care Medicine Priority Setting Partnership is inviting participants to select the top 10 most important questions in critical care medicine from the perspectives of patients/families (caregivers, relatives, friends). @srinmurthy99 #ICU #PICU

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Dozens of us in Canada, across nearly every province, have been trying for almost a year to facilitate life-saving care for these children across our child health institutions. And every possible barrier has been raised by those institutions and provincial ministries of health.

TEAMSTERS LAUNCH LARGEST STRIKE AGAINST AMAZON IN AMERICAN HISTORY The Teamsters will launch the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history beginning at 6 a.m. EST on Thurs., Dec. 19. The nationwide action follows Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters. “If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible. Instead, they’ve pushed workers to the limit and now they’re paying the price. This strike is on them.” Workers will join the picket line from DBK4 in New York City; DGT8 in Atlanta; DFX4, DAX5, and DAX8 in Southern California; DCK6 in San Francisco; and DIL7 in Skokie, Ill. Amazon Teamsters at other facilities are prepared to join them. Teamsters local unions are also putting up primary picket lines at hundreds of Amazon Fulfillment Centers nationwide. Amazon warehouse workers and drivers without collective bargaining agreements have the legal right to honor these picket lines by withholding their labor. “What we’re doing is historic,” said Leah Pensler, a warehouse worker at DCK6 in San Francisco. “We are fighting against a vicious union-busting campaign, and we are going to win.” Amazon is the second-largest corporation on the Fortune 500 list. Despite being worth more than $2 trillion, the company fails to pay its workers enough to make ends meet. “Amazon is one of the biggest, richest corporations in the world,” said Gabriel Irizarry, a driver at DIL7 in Skokie, Ill. “They talk a big game about taking care of their workers, but when it comes down to it, Amazon does not respect us and our right to negotiate for better working conditions and wages. We can’t even afford to pay our bills.” Nearly 10,000 Amazon workers have mobilized a movement and joined the Teamsters. They are fighting for higher wages, better benefits, and safer conditions at work. “I’ve seen the Teamsters win big battles,” said Dia Ortiz, a worker at DBK4 in New York. “We’re ready to do what it takes to win this one.”

A bit odd to mention the "investment opportunities" before mentioning the brutal conflicts that have left 6.5 million people forced from their homes and 6.2 million in crisis levels of hunger.

We would like to thank @TamorahLewisMD, @srinmurthy99, Susan Ellenberg, Stephen Senn, & Thomas Fleming for delivering excellent presentations at the second CANSTAT Annual Meeting!

Sustainability in critical care? Explore how we can make the ICU greener for our patients and our planet! Join the conversation at #GreenICU #CCCF2024 #EcoCare"

Honoured to chair this set of just-released guidelines from WHO on burn management in mass casualty incidents. iris.who.int/handle/10665/37…

The latest in ARF, sepsis, Green ICU and Neuro-critical care will be at #CCCF2024! You don't want to miss it! criticalcarecanada.com

I am honored to be joining the @SepsisCanada session #CriticalCareCanadaForum on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. This session, moderated by @drfoxrob and @srinmurthy99, includes input from Kednapa Thavorn, Francois Lamontagne, @fatima_sheikkh & @ElaineGilfoyle!

We have received an extremely concerning report that the Sheikh Radwan primary health care centre in northern #Gaza was struck today while parents were bringing their children to the life-saving #polio vaccination in an area where a humanitarian pause was agreed to allow vaccination to proceed. Six people, including four children, were injured. A @WHO team was at the site just before. This attack, during humanitarian pause, jeopardises the sanctity of health protection for children and may deter parents from bringing their children for vaccination. These vital humanitarian-area-specific pauses must be absolutely respected. Ceasefire!

Mallu Swarajyam, an important leader of the Telangana armed struggle once said, ‘I started a revolutionary fire in the people with the song as our vehicle. What more did I need?’. Learn about the Telugu people’s class struggle and its cultural production: thetricontinental.org/dossie…

🧪 A new study by Garland et al. presents a new algorithm for identifying sepsis in hospital administrative data. The algorithm uses a consensus-based approach to include infection and organ dysfunction codes. It’s compared with existing algorithms to evaluate its effectiveness.

“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis.” academic.oup.com/bioscience/…

Watch this space as the story of Bill C-64 continues to evolve. While the Minister's letter supports creating pharmacare through *public drug plans*, my colleagues & I at @DalhousieHJI have filed a brief with SOCI explaining why an amending the Bill is far less risky. ...1/3

UPDATE: Rwanda's Ministry of Health says six people have so far succumbed to the Marburg virus disease (MVD), one day after it confirmed the presence of the deadly Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF), with a total of 26 cases recorded in the country so far. Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, Minister of Health, said Saturday that the majority of the victims are health workers, particularly those who work in intensive care units in different medical facilities. More details to follow...

Great to be a part of this important work, supported by @wellcometrust researchinvolvement.biomedce…

The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, with @CIHR_IRSC's Ethics Office, is creating a core template for informed consent for clinical research. Researcher, patient, caregiver, and administrator input is needed! ccctg.ca/informed-consent