Today would have been Dr. Safar's 100th birthday! Dr. Safar pioneered the development of the ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation) of resuscitation, including the technique of “mouth-to-mouth” resuscitation. #Happy100thbirthday #resuscitation #ccm #proud #upmc #safar #CPR #Pitt

#pediatrics #pccm #pittccm #UPMC #JournalClub #CCM #universityofpittsburgh #pittccm #criticalcare medicine #pittschoolofmedicine #ccmmd #intensivist #criticalcare #pittsburghccm #Fellowship #pediatriccriticalcare

Thank you to our very own Amanda Dave, MD for presenting at our Pediatric Journal Club. Amanda is a Second-Year Pediatric Critical Care Fellow. She presented: Multimodal Analysis of Secondary Cerebellar Alterations After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

CCM welcomed Burton Lee, who gave 2 talks. 4/9 he was our guest speaker at our Scholar Day, he presented 'Mastery of Complex Concepts in Critical Care: A Mechanical Ventilation Example', and on 4/10 he spoke at our GR, he presented 'Apophenia, Human Nature & Scientific Evidence'

Congratulations to PACCSM 2nd Year Fellow Dr. Peter Nauka (@NaukaPeter) who the 'Outstanding Abstract Award' in Translational Research at the Pitt Critical Care Medicine Annual Mitchell Fink Scholar Day!

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Concluding the weekend residents’ education with our IM-CCM fellow Dr. Heidy Izquierdo presenting pearls: Easy steps in treating Status Epilepticus Pitt Critical Care Medicine UPMC Mercy Internal Medicine Residency

Dr. Edva Noel our Nephrology-CCM fellow leading Saturday’s teaching session. Pitt Critical Care Medicine UPMC Mercy Internal Medicine Residency

He presented: Development and Validation of the Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. #pediatrics #pccm #pittccm #UPMC #JournalClub #ccm #pittccm #criticalcare medicine #intensivist #criticalcare #fellowship #PediatricSepsis #SepticShock

Thank you to our very own Mohammed Shaik, MD for presenting at our Pediatric Journal Club. Mohammed is a First-Year Pediatric Critical Care Fellow.

Our very own Firas Abdulmajeed gave Grand Rounds at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine today (March 29th, 2024) titled 'Impact of Respiratory Therapist- Driven Protocol on Unplanned Neurovascular ICU Readmissions.'

Dive into a discussion with us on #Epileptogensis & #PostTraumaticEpilepsy .

My first time in nature Reviews Neurology! Honor to work along side an incomparable team on this piece!

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American Academy of Neurology

The origins of Pitt Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Pitt Critical Care Medicine, Freedom House Ambulance Service and CPR all tie back to Pitt Med's Peter Safar.

Learn more through Safar’s autobiography written before his death in 2003, a free digital version of which is now available:

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The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology

The Department of CCM's 13th Annual Mitchell P. Fink Scholars Day will be held on April 9th. This event celebrates the department’s multidisciplinary educational mission by spotlighting the scholarly work of our trainees and young faculty. #fellowship #upmc #CCM #criticalcare