Nausea and Vomiting: A thread (mostly for fun) First a little background adapted from Dylan Harris: lecturer at University of Cardiff.

For anyone interested in medication review and potential deprescribing in diabetes, an excellent resource produced by samina ali from the Glasgow City HSCP South pharmacy team diabetesonthenet.com/diabetes-prima…

All hail, the specialist generalists! 📣📣📣📣 Why we desperately need advanced pharmacists with a wider range of skills in clinical care. pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/featur…

#May2023 #SystemaicReview "IV paracetamol provides similar levels of pain relief vs opiates/opioids or NSAIDs at T30mins" IV paracetamol vs IV/IM NSAIDs/ opioids for patients presenting with moderate to severe acute pain conditions to the ED 👇 emj.bmj.com/content/early/…

The PATCH Team, led by Russell Gruen, a study of pre-hospital TXA for severe trauma in adults at high risk of acute traumatic coagulopathy treated in advanced trauma systems, has been published today in NEJM. #CCR23 Here’s a summary of what we did... nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Great conversations about teaching deprescribing & prescribing UWE Independent Prescribing and gamification in pharmacology today (Thanks to Jayne Reuben I now know what Jeopardy is!) #WCP2023

a good week for UWE Bristol IP team Gavin Wollacott RNa ACP QN - presenting how we reduced our attainment gap #TLConf23 Alex - presenting at the #WCP2023 Claire Fulbrook-Scanlon at World Stroke Org seminar - Debbie Moreno-Chamorro promoted to Associate professor Next - practice log reviews 🤩😎

The WISE owl: Sometimes, it’s the quiet people who have the answers. Those who observe, listen, absorb, reflect and speak when needed. Take time to reach out to them too 🦉

We might think that being a perfectionist leader is a positive thing; it means we work to high standards & strive for excellence. But it isn't. Perfectionism has an overarching detrimental effect at work. It's exhausting & it predisposes us to harsh judgments of others who are

Remember that fever in the 24-48 period after IV bisphosphonates is very common. Regular paracetamol can help alleviate the malaise and aches. Discuss before administration and manage appropriately or the person may refuse potentially helpful treatments in future

Want to be my mat leave cover (or take on a permanent academic role)? UWE Independent Prescribing are one of the friendliest & most supportive teams I’ve ever had the privilege to work in. Please feel free to DM if you’d like to know more 😊

We’re sorry for the technical issues registrants have experienced with myGPhC. We’ll provide a further update tomorrow. In the meantime, we’ve extended the deadline for those due to submit their renewal or revalidation by 31 October to 11:59pm on Tuesday 7 November 2023.

As of today, Nitrous Oxide is classified as a Controlled Drug & joins the likes of low dose Codeine on Schedule 5 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. I've worked on three #FitnessToPractise cases arising from misuse of Nitrous Oxide & they were all hilarious (ba dum tish!)

"Don't give nitrates to right-sided 🫀myocardial infarctions" This is a myth that continues to get taught due to the theory that right-sided MIs are sensitive to preload, which nitrates reduce. A recent systematic review (n=1113) failed to substantiate this purported risk.

Interested in which pharmacology teaching strategy might work best. This network meta-analysis of pharmacology teaching strategies might be helpful: buff.ly/3RBfqf3

📌The world's first antidepressants deprescribing guidelines for psychiatry is now available, 'The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines' by David Taylor and Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social are now accessible. Thank you for this significant contribution🙏 shorturl.at/erABW #Psychiatry

A #MISSED dose of a Time Critical Medication can cause harm to #patients. The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and Royal College of Emergency Medicine have produced a poster specifically for #ambulance services. Download it here: aace.org.uk/resources/time…

Apparently giving people housing based on need is 'woke' now. It feels like the scene in Princess Bride where the villain keeps saying 'Inconceivable'...

Findings from a new World Health Organization (WHO) report: globally, 1 in 20 patients experience preventable medication-related harm in healthcare, with ~1/4 being severe or life-threatening harm. Highest rates of harm were found in geriatric care units. Link to the full report: who.int/publications/i…

Making clinical consultations inclusive for people with learning disabilities | Journal of Prescribing Practice magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12… available through library/Athens A true co-production from start to finish. Supported by Quartet CF UWE Bristol Brandon Trust NHS Ability