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"Most of them are cases of amputation or head injuries."
Dr. Muhammad Al Rann, head of ER at the Indonesian Hospital describing injuries from Jabalia massacre. #Gaza
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Stopping the genocide may lead to violence.
"While I understand calls for a ceasefire at this stage, I do not believe that it is the correct position now," Sir Keir Starmer says
Labour's leader says "Hamas would be emboldened" and would "start preparing for future violence immediately"
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We are so delighted for our Clinical Specialist SALT and Physio, @sarahrowland__ and @NinaHoldenPT, for their successful bids for Ignite for Impact funding from @wearetuhf 👏👏
We look forward to supporting them in implementing these innovations in service of our patients 👏👏👏
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Medicine #FooledbyRandomness DuJour:
The heuristic 220 minus age for max heart rate is UNUSABLE. One of those stochastic measures deemed deterministic. It explains <20% of the variations!
See my video on misusing the law of large numbers going from the general to the particular.
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I had a really busy clinic today and as usual I estimate that >80% of people I saw did NOT have the classic clear or consistent signs or symptoms that we get taught to assess for to make a diagnosis
Instead many had unusual pain descriptions, locations, aggs and eases, with inconsistent patterns and behaviours!
And in my 20+ years of experience working in MSK this is common and normal yet it is rarely spoken about let alone taught how to deal with!
And we wonder why uncertainty is so poorly managed and tolerated in healthcare and why over diagnosis and treatment is rife!
We all need to be better at discussing and highlighting how rarely humans present clearly and classically, and how there is a lot of uncertainty a lot of the time and thats perfectly normal and ok!
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Pure thuggery. Fair play to the composure of the Gardai in the face of such aggression.
Miriam Lord: Forget gallows humour, this was a depressing day as dangerously emboldened thugs descended on the Dáil
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Six fundamental beliefs that bias our view of the world:
1. My experience is a reasonable reference.
2. I make correct assessments of the world.
3. I am good.
4. My group is a reasonable reference.
5. My group is good.
6. People's attributes (not context) shape outcomes.
Psychologists have posited hundreds of cognitive biases over the years. A fascinating new paper argues that they all boil down to one of a handful of fundamental beliefs coupled with confirmation bias. doi.org/10.1177/174569162211…
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Congrats to Team Eire making it to the final @EuropSocEM simwars 2023 & very well done to the winning team from Belgium! Thanks to the organisers of this fantastic #simulation competition, we had a great time & will definitely be back next year!
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There’s getting away from it all and then there’s… Connemara, Co. Galway 🏠🍂🌤️
#KeepDiscovering #LoveGalway
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Who am I to dictate what she wants to do with her own life and body in the cold clear light of day?
Knowing she could choose when to die was my wife’s escape valve. I’m glad she could do so legally
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I spoke to a patient support group last night & there is just no substitute for embodied experience
It’s the difference in flight from a pilot to a bird
The pilot may understand all the physics of lift, weight, thrust, & drag but the bird truly knows what it feels like to fly
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On this @WorldSepsisDay here is our Consultant Microbiologist Dr. Anna Rose Prior explaining the six steps medics should take when treating a patient
with sepsis...
#thinksepsis act fast, save lives!
@lulunugent @vickymeighan @AnnaRosePrior
