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Catherine Speirs

@physiocath

Senior Physiotherapist | Respiratory 🩺🫁| ICPCD | QMU Edinburgh graduate 👩🏼‍🎓

 Galway, Ireland
Joined September 2016
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Ballinasloe COPD Support Group details below #WorldCOPDDay @eimeargriffno1 @ohara_aoife @physiocath @EmmaBurkeCNS
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Ailish Houlihan (@AilishHoulihan) profile pictureAilish Houlihan@AilishHoulihan15 Nov 2023
Celebrating #WorldCOPDDay today. 5 COPD Support Groups in @CHO2west Weekly exercise classes in all groups to support people living with COPD to manage breathlessness, improve fitness levels and improve quality of life. Exercise also improves mental wellbeing. Details to follow..
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Celebrating #WorldCOPDDay today. 5 COPD Support Groups in @CHO2west Weekly exercise classes in all groups to support people living with COPD to manage breathlessness, improve fitness levels and improve quality of life. Exercise also improves mental wellbeing. Details to follow..
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Delighted to present our research “Can pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) resolve sarcopenia in patients with chronic lung disease?” at @irishthoracicS conference today. @cprc @eimeargriffno1 #eastgalwayroscommon #integratedcare #copd #asthma #sarcopenia
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Lots of information & goodies at the @COPDSupportIre stand... support World COPD day 15th Nov. Register for the step challenge at copd.ie @irishthor
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Aoife Sheehan@aoifemaries9 Nov 2023
Replying to @CPRC_ISCP
@CPRC_ISCP are delighted to support @COPDSupportIre in their Word COPD Step Challenge! Great networking @irishthoracicS conference 2023!
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Emma Burke@EmmaBurkeRANP2 Nov 2023
Excited to Launch our MECC Register in East Galway/Ballinasloe Chronic Disease Hub. #makingeverycontactcount @CHO2west @MakingMeccWork @NCPRespiratory1 Well done team ❤️🫁💉#integratedcare
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Ciara Hanrahan@Ciara_Han125 Oct 2023
Do you deliver physical activity or exercise programmes for people with chronic lung disease living in the Republic of Ireland? Please consider taking part in a survey about the use of behaviour change techniques in promoting physical activity? Click 👇 ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…
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Community Healthcare West Recruitment have launched a campaign for the post of: Physiotherapist, Senior (Respiratory). Campaign Ref:CHW130-SPRIC-2023.Closing date: Tuesday 14th November 2023 at 12 noon. Advert Link: rezoomo.com/job/56815/
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We were proud to support @sandragreen91 with funding to design the Inhaler Toolkit for Green Prescribers - Spark Seed Project!💚 ide.ie/resources/inhaler-too… Great example of frontline innovative activity from the powerhouse group @IrishDocsEnv💪 @irishthoracicS @ICGPnews @NDTP_HSE
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Afternoon session at #ISCPConf23 This Friday! Respiratory Integrated Care Registration & full programme iscp.ie/annual-conference/Re… @ICPOPIreland @physiocath @OrlaT6 @eve_stanley1 @WeHSCPs #respiratory #pulmonaryrehab
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Great to have a new #COPD support group coming to Tuam. Please share and spread for anyone you know living with #COPD who would be interested in attending. Thank you @COPDSupportIre. @CPRC_ISCP @_ISCP_ @CHO2west
COPD Support Ireland (@COPDSupportIre) profile pictureCOPD Support Ireland@COPDSupportIre4 Oct 2023
New Support Group coming soon to Tuam! @AilishHoulihan @CHO2west @TuamHerald @TuamWhatsOn @tuamguide @radiomidwest @GalwayCoCo @NCPRespiratory1 @PracticeNurses @ICGPnews @Anail_Ireland @HsehealthW @CarersIreland @AgeFriendlyIrl
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EimearGriffin@eimeargriffno127 Sep 2023
Good reminder on the back of spirometry re accreditation last week @physiocath @EmmaBurkeCNS
Nick Hopkinson (@COPDdoc) profile pictureNick Hopkinson@COPDdoc26 Sep 2023
Telling smokers their lung age significantly improves the likelihood of them quitting smoking bmj.com/content/336/7644/598… #RespEd @BTSrespiratory @bmj_latest
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Great 2 days learning everything about spirometry
Emma Burke (@EmmaBurkeRANP) profile pictureEmma Burke@EmmaBurkeRANP18 Sep 2023
Thank you to Karen and Nigel for Accreditation in Spirometry @ARTP_chair @LJ4Karen We’re back!!! @CHO2west @Deirdregarvin2 @RitaCorcoran11 @CatherineSpiers @CiaraSherlock10 @phillipaneedham
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Delighted to have my poster displayed at the Enhancing Community Care Conference in Dublin Castle yesterday- Is community pulmonary rehabilitation environmentally friendly? #ecc #pulmonaryrehabilitation #sustainablehealthcare @CHO2west
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Thank you! Great conference
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Alessio Bricca@a_bricca6 Aug 2023
Educate your patients about the importance of muscle strength 🦵 Prevent #sarcopenia by building muscle in youth and maintaining it in middle age to reduce muscle loss as we age. BUT it is never too late to benefit from improving muscle strength. Here's why👇 🧵Thread
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30312372/

ALT https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30312372/

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Today it is #WorldLungCancerDay2023 🫁 Research shows that #Physiotherapy helps #Prevent #LungCancer & reduce its mortality through: 🚩 Early detection 💪 Promoting an active & healthy lifestyle 🫁 Enhancing lung function 📉 Reducing complications 📈 Improving #QualityOfLife
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Really inspiring talk this morning @GalwayIntArts ‘The manager who doesn’t do hospital trolleys’ @RothwellGrace
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People with #asthma world-wide are at risk from too-rapid implementation of F-gas propellant restrictions. Time is needed for licensing, manufacture and access to new pMDI inhalers with low Global Warming Potential (GWP). thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Join Croí Connects weekly online chat!🗣 Donough Mc Brearty, Senior Cardiology Physiotherapist, Ballinasloe Ambulatory Care Hub will talk about 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞🏃🏻‍♀️❤ 🗓Thurs, July 13th ⏰11am via Zoom 👉 croi.ie/croiconnects
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