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How does fever help us fight infections?

For millennia, fever has been recognized as a beneficial response to invading pathogens.

If this is so, why don't we have a resting temperature of 102°F (38.9°C)? Wouldn't that protect us even better?

Let's have a look.

Pleased to see RCPCH recognised here, coming third overall with special commendation for our climate advocacy 💪 thank you as always to our dedicated Climate Change Working Group for driving our work forward 💚

Team Soft Landing collaborates with RoySocMed for our first virtual IMG conference on June 11.
This is just a prelude.
To be a part of the discussion on building more inclusive teams within our diverse workforce, register now. Tickets selling fast!
rsm.ac.uk/events/paediat…

Don’t you just hate it when kids IVs “fall out” and need re-siting? Things how to stop it. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

New ECLS teaching aid has arrived in time for the next ECLS sim session here Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow PICU dot SCOT - thanks to Axial3D for creating this 3D model with us this will help the team understand the importance and relevance of cannula position in our patients for both VA and VV ECLS

Last week I paid a plumber £250 for an hours work ... this trust would pay a consultant brain surgeon £80 for the same hour. WTAF??

Accuracy of point-of-care testing for the diagnosis of respiratory pathogens in a paediatric intensive care setting

Sensitivity 88%
Specificity 63%

Julie Richardson
adc.bmj.com/content/early/…

It's been 10 years since we started Learning from Excellence. Initially a small pilot in 2014 in our PICU. What a heartening journey it has been so far.
Emma Plunkett Chris Turner Alison Jones Appreciating People Learning from Excellence, Plymouth NHS Trust Neil Spenceley Alyson Walker SuzetteWoodward 💙

My Easter reading:
'..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me to make a meal for 30p, I was thirsty and you filled my water with shit, I was a stranger and you sent me to Rwanda, I was sick and you said I should get private health insurance...'

You own a water company….

You enjoy a monopoly market

You sell something people require for survival

You don’t spend profits building or repairing your infrastructure

You give billions to shareholders

You pollute our waters

…you then expect the bill-payer to bail you out.

Tell me you’re at a leaving do in the NHS without telling me you’re at a leaving do in the NHS

Χρόνια πολλά... Πάντα ήρωες!
Karaiskakio

💥 The application form for prospective mentees is open until this Sunday the 31stof March!
Apply here 👇surveymonkey.com/r/GHJ3ZMK

#PICU #NICU #Mentorship #Research

Nick (@[email protected]) We spent developing cardiac arrest teams and algorithms. We should have been working on early warning scores and honest discussions

ANFIELD. A magic place

Liverpool FC Liverpool FCFoundation

Paediatric Critical Care Study Group (Research) Spring Meeting 22 -23 May 2024 Oxford registration is now open
👇
members.pccsociety.uk/events/65f862a…

DAY 1: Research presentations, Dinner/Drinks (cherwellboathouse.co.uk)
DAY 2 AM: Research talks
DAY 2 PM: Research Training event #pccssg24

Happy Birthday to the much missed and ever remembered #DocJohn
An inspiration to us all

#Delta7 @docjohnmum Saint Emlyn's SMACCForce the EMCrit Crew ashley liebig ATACC Faculty

Linda on Jeremy Vine
'The NHS gets enough money'

Beds per 1000 population:
Germany 8
France 5
UK 2.2

UK hospital beds
In 1988: 299,000
In 2020: 141,000
Despite the population rising.

Don't believe the absurd lies that the NHS has enough funding or enough beds.
#nhs

Sir Alex Ferguson’s Impact on Referees during his Time at Manchester United.

As described by former referees, players, and managers.

🧵A thread.