Wow, this is crazy! It’s amazing to see how much love my Avengers as pressors series has been getting 😁 The following is a thread with all 7 pressors for easy access! Thanks for the idea Mark Shapiro, MD! 1/9 ——————— #MedEd #pressors #criticalcare #medicaleducation #avengers

Let me start by saying that I am from Yorkshire and not usually prone to optimism and positivity, but I see so much negativity and sadness here I wanted to try to balance it a little. I also understand I am not a trainee and in a very privileged place. Anyway, here we go…

⭐️ New RCEM guidelines on Acute Behavioural Disturbance in ED’s ⭐️ rcem.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Self-extrication should be considered as the primary route of egress for trapped patients of all ages.... next up: our Delphi work which defines those that can be helped by self-extrication, with: National Fire Chiefs Council College of Paramedics UKRO prehospitalcare PHOTON &NHRAF

Considering an alternative pathway to training in EM? Want to know more about how to CESR? Well here’s my experience…

The countdown is on! 📅 30 days until we start transforming patient safety and staff experience with Nervecentre ED at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Emergency Department. Mobile device testing in progress 👇

Watch Ian Higginson 🌈 on BBC Breakfast (part 1) discussing the extreme pressures facing the ambulance services and the Urgent & Emergency Care System, what the pressures mean for patients, and how staff are coping. #NHS #crisis #ambulance #emergencycare

🚨LEAKED🚨 NHS England data show that long waits are worse than ever imagined. From January-June this year there were 592,000 12-hour waits from time of arrival. Only 120,693 12-hour waits from decision to admit were reported by NHS England independent.co.uk/news/health/a-…

My take on high sensitive troponin. I’m sure Rick Body Barbra Backus and Louise Cullen will be along to correct me if I’m not 100% on it. 1/12 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Derriford Trauma Procedures Catch Up Day derriforded.com/1/post/2022/10…

Four ways to get better at sepsis management in the ED and save more lives - a thread 🧵

I hope that you find the latest #gppaedstips post both useful and timely. As the UK seems to have all but run out of oral antibiotics, what is the deal with group A strep in children at the moment? gppaedstips.blogspot.com/2022/12/group-… #FOAMed

Couldn’t agree more with the strong messaging from Ian Higginson 🌈 Ian Higginson about our inability to deliver the care we want to in the current situation!

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

DerriFOAM DerrifordED University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust D&I Dept University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Should you WORRY about a WELL looking patient with mild hypotension? Three minutes on When Not to Worry using the 'Four Ws' youtube.com/watch?v=_FU463…

Here's a link to the Saint Emlyn's blog page on Dan Horner's talk today stemlynsblog.org/the-physiologi… #RCEMcpd

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times NHS England Transformation Nuffield Trust Office for National Statistics (ONS) Bank of England Office for Budget Responsibility The RCN Unite the union: join a union SCoR Members 29/29 Our NHS is on its knees (left). Our 7m+ waiting lists and rising avoidable deaths are not due to striking NHS workers, or (just) covid, but due to political choices. RT if you want government to make the choice to fix this mess now & properly #payrestoration #fixDDRB

Lovely to pop in to see Team ED Urgent Emergency Care UHP University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust to wish the wonderful Liz happy retirement … been a nurse since 1978 and at Derriford for over 25 years and clearly loved and respected by her colleagues. Wishing you well Liz xx

No one records mortality statistics for patients in EDs in the UK, apart from us! Cause of death in the ED of a major trauma centre in the UK | Emergency Medicine Journal ⁦Ed Barnard⁩ ⁦DerriFOAM⁩ ⁦Rick Body⁩ ⁦Simon Carley⁩ emj.bmj.com/content/early/…