I was asked recently, what the biggest improvement in critical care that has occurred in my career: without hesitation, it has been vaccines. Varicella, HIB, Meningococcus type B, COVID-19, rotavirus and now RSV, on top of the previous ones. Diseases that used to cause so much death. #PedsICU

Damn it - THIS is why we developed a vaccine for this highly contagious and potentially devastating disease. Gift article #PedsICU #MedSky #NurseSky #PedSky www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say (Gift Article)

At least 124 cases of measles have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, officials say.

nytimes.com

Next up, a sneak peek at the new pediatric critical care asthma guidelines. No slides as they aren’t published yet…..stay tuned! @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social #PedsICU #SCCM2025 #PedSky #MedSky #NurseSky

Proud former Fellowship Director moment - former fellow with two papers highlighted during Peds Year in Review #PedsICU #SCCM2025

Pre-conference dinner! #sccm2025 @abusultaneh.bsky.social @kylejrehder.bsky.social

Chris Carroll, MD@chriscarrollmd.com · last yr.

Coming up tomorrow at #SCCM2025! Don’t miss a sneak peak at the long awaited and soon to be released #PedsICU Critical Asthma guidelines! @sccm-pediatrics.bsky.social @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social @aarc-community.bsky.social

As awful as this looks…it’s even more frightening when they’re on a ventilator and do this. The advice a few years ago for pregnant women to get vaccinated was a great move.

Dr. Ian Copeland@driancopeland.bsky.social · 2y ago

Antivaxers want to see what life is like without vaccines. I got you. Whooping Cough in an infant. 96% of all whooping cough deaths occur in infants. But no, do you... youtu.be/S3oZrMGDMMw?...

Cool find by @chriscarrollmd.bsky.social - here’s my research word cloud:

Chris Carroll, MD@chriscarrollmd.com · 2y ago

Fun thing to do on weekend morning! Make a word cloud of your reseach using scholargoggler.com by @morinryan.bsky.social. You can even make shapes! (But sadly no lung or heart shape) Here’s mine! #pedsICU #medsky

#PedsICU peeps - spread the word! Return of in-person Peds #SCCMCurrentConcepts this year at the #SCCM 2025 Annual Congress! Register at my.sccm.org

A reminder that the improvements that we’ve seen in life expectancy over the centuries are largely driven by preventing infants and children from dying. If you survived past childhood, you probably were going to live to 60.

First 🦋 post over here - glad to see many of my #PedsICU friends 😊👊🏻