Silver book 2 is out! For everyone who looks after older people with acute care needs (including management) it is a must read! bgs.org.uk/resources/reso…

Visitor restrictions can make it difficult for family +friends to know how to support loved ones in hospital. We have put some tips together on how to help a loved one's recovery while restrictions are in place ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #recovery #nutrition #mobilisation #cognition #eat #walk #talk

#WDAD2021 #PatientSafetyAwarenessWeek Delirium is everybody’s business. Age-friendly health systems can help PREVENT it. We must prevent it, suspect it, spot it, stop it. Always look for multiple underlying causes. iDelirium @MaterFIT UCD Medicine @DrKirstynJames

Thanks Elaine Reynolds for the nomination! 5km completed, 5e donation made, 5 facts shared for an excellent cause! I challenge George Jefferies 🇮🇪RGN RNP🇵🇸🇺🇦 Catriona Burke Eoin Mac Fhlannchadha Sinéad Delahunty and John Healy to support this wonderful initiative. #parkinsonsgofor5

The #hospital room is #bedcentric. Let’s drive #patientengagement and create the kitchen, living room, and bathroom experience. Maximizing activity throughout the day is training for life at home. #headbonebodybone #exercisewithpurpose #everyBODYmoves

The third edition of our Older Major Trauma guidance is out today. Updates include more rehab/therapies info, nutritional advice, analgesia for chest injuries, falls and deliriums. c4ts.qmul.ac.uk/downloads/pan-…

Top tip. If you can walk, walk. The faster and further you walk, the less likely you are to die and the more likely you are to have a good quality of life (unless you suffer from postexertional malaise). If you enjoy walking, you’ve pretty much got life sorted...

Acute stroke - all you need to know in one page! 🧠 #MedEd (Special thanks to Life in the slow lane)

Just imagine how much harm we will reduce and quality of life improvements we will see, if we do a lying/standing BP in all of our older patients today! Come on team, L/S BP on all management plans today irrespective of Presenting complaint.

Physiotherapists can support older people to participate in individualised strength and balance exercises. Check out Later Life Training Otago and Postural Stability booklets or Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Get Up & Go booklet laterlifetraining.co.uk/old-llt-home-e… #FallsAwarenessWeek #FallsPreventionAwarenessWeek

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Happy July 4th! Today's ICU #OnePager is non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (#NIPPV) - a great topic for new interns! What are the modes of NIPPV (#CPAP, S/T, AVAPS, etc)? What interfaces are available? What settings will change oxygenation & ventilation? #FOAMed

Useful algorithm for working with coufh assist CPRC_ISCP

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 We are delighted to announce the landmark publication of the 'World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A Global Initiative' via Age_and_Ageing bgs.org.uk/wfg2022 #WorldFallsGuidelines #eugms2022

'This is for all the young kids growing up - now they have something to dream for' Wrapped in her Donegal flag, goal hero Amber Barrett speaks to Tony O'Donoghue 📺 Watch live - bit.ly/2YUulDw 📱 Updates - bit.ly/3TeJpaQ #rtesoccer #SCOIRL

The Sound of Footsteps!!! “it's possible to learn more about neurologic status from watching a patient walk than from any other single procedure” Russell Nelson DeJong (1907-1990) #MedTwitter #neurotwitter #EndNeurophobia 1/

If you have a trip or a fall in public, pretend you meant to do to avoid any embarrassment.

💊 There are no drug treatments for #delirium ⚠️ RCTs show no overall benefit of drugs improving delirium ❗ Never prescribe drugs just because someone has delirium ➡️ Drugs are only indicated for severe/intractable distress or safety concerns #WDAD2023 @IDelirium_Aware