New appreciation for the cough assist today 😍 left X-ray is pre treatment with a complete white out, the right x-ray shows post treatment 😍 improved patient comfort, reduced o2 requirement and +++secretions cleared! #respisbest Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Ceri Owen Andrew Hurden 🫁🩺💪🏻

Advert for an OT on our critical care! jobs.nhs.uk/xi/direct_appl… Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

On call update training part 1 done! Great to be able to use simulation for training. Great work Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust physios! #simulation #physio #respisbest

🚨 job alert 🚨 Occupational Therapist, Band 6 (development to 7) on critical care Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust!! A developing, funded MDT team with excellent medical and nursing support. jobs.nhs.uk/xi/direct_appl… Ⓙⓐⓜⓔⓢ Ⓑⓡⓤⓒⓔ Royal College of Occupational Therapists Rachel Prout @SLT_LaurenGray

In case we ever doubted it - there is absolutely one rule for them and another for the little people and they don’t even care. #whataboutweddings

Absoutely beaming to be part of a team offering this amazing post- split rehab/ resp, facilitating rehab from critical care to the ward! beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… Sara Slade 💙 Simon Lovett Andrew Hurden

Come join the team!

Trialling our new arrival on critical care Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this afternoon! Thank you Chelsey Tyler for being such a good model. Hopefully we can start getting our patients out of bed even sooner! #respisbest #earlyrehab

Physio on call training morning - making full use of the Sim Suite Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great planning and execution by the Respiratory physio team! Sara Slade 💙 Amy Arnold Andrew Hurden Chelsey Tyler Beth Board

Our AHP wall of fame now up in critical care Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 📸 Many thanks to Rose Branch for making us all pose and pulling this together! We will get you too Beth Board! Andrew Hurden Chelsey Tyler Sarah Churchill Sara Slade 💙 Luke Carter

⁦Congratulations to ⁦Chelsey Tyler⁩ who went above and beyond to support her MDT colleagues and most importantly a family member who needed kindness at one of the toughest times of life! ⁦Chelsey your an inspiration to all of us ⁦Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust⁩

Thank you Sara Slade 💙 for arranging this very special guest to come and visit us on critical care! It’s safe to say he put a massive smile on everyone’s face 🐶💙 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust #patientcentredcare #therapydog #criticalcare

Absolute honour to have Sophie Christiansen CBE join us at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to cut the ribbon of our first weight-assisted treadmill, which wouldn’t be here without Brighter Futures 💙 Aimee Jillianne Kick & Alex (who’s twitter shy)! Symbol of our commitment to improving rehab for all

Fellow physiotherapy colleagues working in critical care, do any of you have SOPs/guidelines for transferring ETT patients into a chair position with the Sara Combilizer? ACPRC #ICU #rehab

Today our strike action begins, and nursing staff need your solidarity. Share this if you stand with those fighting for a safer future for nursing, patients, and the NHS. #RCNStrike #FairPayForNursing

Brilliant job by Chelsey and Sara today! They worked hard to provide great training for our Oncall staff! #respisbest

Rehabilitation is an integral part of recovery from critical illness. Recently, our teams demonstrated their work through rehabilitation exercises such as grip strength and bean bag throwing. 🎥Watch our video here: youtu.be/qHvRCGOpgew #criticalcare #icurehab

As the Olympics came to an end, our Critical Care rehab team celebrated their colleagues who ran, walked and cycled the 368 miles from Swindon to Paris over the last few weeks. 👏 The team also supported patients to get involved with Olympic-themed exercises.💙

Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December. I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky. One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat! UK only.