UK based Consultant “Causality Officer”
London
Joined October 2012
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#EMTAsurvey2021 Part 4: Bullying and Incivility - a🧵
We know that training in general has significant problems with bullying and undermining behaviour. Many of us have experienced it first-hand
Sadly this issue is most acute, in EM.... 1/n
@KirkwoodDW @dsdarbyshire #RespectED
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THREAD: Here's a handy list of Tory MPs who said Boris Johnson had to go in July and are now saying he should be PM. It's been quite the journey for some...
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Imagine that x 10 patients on a corridor waiting for an ED cubicle. No privacy/dignity/unable to provide pt care.
The risk needs to be spread across wards, not just ED. Post 3pm nursing home transfers must happen
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EM is haemorrhaging nursing & medical staff nationally.
We need to value staff, improve their working environment & conditions to retain them.
Today we had MDT simulation training (in the teaching room as no clinical capacity) and a visit from Bentley, our therapy dog #KW5years
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"They made me see other routes in life."
A young person spoke to @BBCLondonNews on the impact of @redthread youth workers who intervened @KingsCollegeNHS after a knife incident.
With @SadiqKhan we're investing £7.8m in hospital-based youth work in London.
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#Breakingnews ⏰🗣 the Top 10 Refreshed Research Priorities for Emergency Medicine as reached by patients, carers and staff @JLAEMPSP @DefProfEM @RCollEM a huge thank you to all who gave time to support #research #RCEMasc
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The idea that more staff is the primary remedy for most NHS problems is widely believed but certainly wrong in many areas if you understand how the different parts of the system interact. An example: A&E performance...
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Doughnut Economics is key to meeting the needs of Humanity's 21st Century challenge.
Join our LIVE course with @KateRaworth and learn how this model has revolutionized economic theory and practice in different communities worldwide.
Register now:ubiquityuniversity.org/cours…
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There was:
Voyager - @NSFVoyager2 🌌
Cassini-Huygens - @CassiniSaturn 🪐
New Horizons - @NASANewHorizons 🖤
Juno - @NASAJuno 🟠
Perseverance - @NASAPersevere 🔴
We want to know, what would YOU name the #Uranus Orbiter & Probe Mission? ⚪️🛰️
#letsgoback #icegiants #namethemission
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The HEEADSSS can give great insight.
But it can feel really awkward.
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Today I had the most amazing time on the @KingsCollegeNHS helipad with one of my heroes - @duncanbew 😃 my favourite trauma surgeon!
Some exciting news to come - watch this space! 👀 @GAVEducation
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The whole team wish to congratulate Dr Panagiotis Kyrtatos for his 🥇🥇🥇🥈- we are so proud 😊😊😊
👏 Congrats to Dr Panagiotis Kyrtatos, Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine at King’s for his success at the World Medical & Health Games.
He won gold in the 400m track, 400m freestyle and triathlon, and silver in the 2k open water swimming event 🥇🥇🥇🥈
#medigames
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📢 Registration now open for EMTA Conference 2022
With the theme of 'Leaving a Legacy', this 2-day CPD accredited event celebrates some of our EM legends and up-and-coming trainee voices.
Join us in Blackpool and book now 💻 bit.ly/3aWk9FF
@EMTAcommittee @EMTAevents
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Zoom and MS teams have been revolutionary but you cannot substitute the benefits of interactions that happen between and around the programme.
@Bex13Yates has pulled together a fantastic set of subjects and speakers. It'll be great. All under one roof, Cardiff style @doccarrie
📢 Registration now open for EMTA Conference 2022
With the theme of 'Leaving a Legacy', this 2-day CPD accredited event celebrates some of our EM legends and up-and-coming trainee voices.
Join us in Blackpool and book now 💻 bit.ly/3aWk9FF
@EMTAcommittee @EMTAevents
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BREAKING: All hospitals in England told to take "immediate steps" to find extra space for patients so that no ambulance waits longer than 30mins. This must be done despite the extra burden on hospital staff, say NHS chiefs.
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@RCollEM and @ParamedicsUK getting out there: our experiences are shared and the situation is clear from all the data, narrative, and lived experience.
NHS emergency services in England are under pressure - with records broken for hospital waiting lists, A&E attendances and ambulance callouts.
@RCollEM's Dr Ian Higginson and @ParamedicsUK's Rory O'Connor tell @mrdanwalker how this is affecting those working on the frontline.
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New podcast episode released...Dr Kevin Fong...podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…