Rick Sidwell

1.5 days. 8 faculty speakers. 16 presentations + Q/A + cases + lots of fun. For many years I've kept track of the "Pearls" from the "Advances in Trauma" conference in K.C., so here they are. Amazing good conference! Thanks to spectacular faculty & all who attended! @acsTrauma

After more than a year of planning and collaboration, pre-hospital blood transfusion is now a reality in Des Moines and West Des Moines! Great support from @IMMC_Trauma with this collaborative effort.

Just home from @acsTrauma Region 7 "Advances in Trauma" in Kansas City, the 46th annual conference. For many years I've recorded "The Pearls" - the things I found useful/interesting from each presentation. Many great topics! Lots of fun, too!

This 🧵.. this is what motivates me. #Rural.

Here’s the @IMMC_Trauma crew at #TQIP24 meeting .. thanks @acsTrauma! Please keep it a secret that I was temporarily AWOL to get some new boots while in Denver. Ha! #Rural @pelaez_trauma @BethFuchsen @FunaroChelsy

Yes! #RTTDC was developed as an educational offering, and it has proven effective at that. Its real value is developing relationships & trust, building the system, and opening communication 🟰⬆️quality! @acsTrauma

“You need to know how to get out of trouble, you just don’t want to look too good doing it.” That was an important message from one of my mentors many years ago. Problems are better avoided than solved.

It is way easier to get tomatoes at the grocery store or the farmers market, but I love dirt on my hands and the smell of fresh wheat straw mulch. I don’t even eat tomatoes! Ha! #rural

There are lots of great things about being in Iowa. I love the smell of dirt in the spring. I’m planting a new section of raspberries! #rural

Pleasure to participate in this discussion with @GPCAH and @b_feisty about farm emergency preparedness. With longer EMS response times, @acsSTOPTHEBLEED is especially important in #rural areas. Podcast here: bit.ly/3Uo6tYb

“You have to act on what you see, not what you think you know” - that is surgical gold from @PMHTrauma_ALE at @TCCACS

Trauma friends - how do you handle this? Patient with a medical event needing chest compressions. No other mechanism of injury. There are CPR-related rib and or/sternal fractures, without pneumothorax, hemothorax, pulmonary contusion, etc. What is the role of the trauma service?

My Mom has been at our home for a couple of days over Christmas; I have mostly been working. I found this on my desk at home before heading in to the hospital. I’m 56 years old - how fortunate I am! ❤️

Yesterday wrapped up the @acsTrauma Region 7 "Advances in Trauma" meeting. So much fun & learning! Great to see friends! Years ago I developed the habit of recording the "pearls" - nuggets of information that I find interesting - from each talk. Here they are! #Region7Rocks

7 years ago today - November 28, 2016 - we presented the first complete #StopTheBleed course in the state of Iowa at the Firestone plant in Des Moines. Wow - how far things have come since then! @IMMC_Trauma

Another challenge disproportionately felt in #rural areas is EMS care. Thanks to LT @AdamGregg for hearing us out today & for working on solutions. Great day for a tractor ride! #PowerofRural @NOSORH

Great example of why the open discussion in Iowa needs to move forward in the next legislative session. @IowaMedicalSoc

Tomorrow I will be in Boston with many friends for #ACSCC2023 and the @acsTrauma meetings. Today .. in an Iowa field discing corn stubble with a 1953 John Deere 60. #rural #AmericaNeedsFarmers

Special trip downtown. Hassle with parking, security, etc. YES - worth it to have the opportunity to speak with @SenJoniErnst staff about important things like #StopTheBleed & #Rural workforce issues. Thanks to John & Marvin for welcoming me. @acsTrauma

Thanks for being with us today! We love to tell/share our story .. and, yes, together we can save lives! #StopTheBleed. @IMMC_Trauma