Love it. Brilliant. From what I remember Wallace was ‘hung drawn and quartered’

Couldn’t agree more Jim. We all agreee discharges need to be done. But no one asks ‘why’ they’re not. Human Factors in Patient Safety

The system is under enormous pressure, but the problems are fixable. All political parties are urged to #ResuscitateEmergencyCare

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We are delighted to announce Piers will be joining us next season at Dexcom Stadium.

Read more: connachtrugby.ie/news/piers-oco…

#ConnachtRugby

Sorry to miss this - family wedding in Antrim😁. These are amazing people and the future Emergency Medicine in Ireland.

‘It should have been safe’: twin of woman found under coat in A&E says death avoidablej theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Have you ever suffered from burnout in the ED? Could you recognise the signs?

Read our #blog on Burnout as part of our series for #StressAwarenessMonth

'A national scandal' says @RCollem as almost 100,000 elderly patients endure 12-hour waits on A&E trolleys, with one waiting five days to be admitted | Daily Mail Online dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

Get them out.

Can I say it again. Overwhelmed ED kills patients and destroys staff.

Culture in the Emergency Department dispatches.rcem.ac.uk/culture-in-the… #CEO

ED crowding in one slide.

Patients come to harm and die,

Staff come to harm.

The system suffers too.

It’s really bad.

Ian Higginson 🌈 #RCEMcpd

⁦RCSI⁩ ⁦IAEM⁩ This is nice.

1.7 million ‘receiving emergency care’ rte.ie/news/2024/0415…

“@icem2024_ will be in Taipei 19 June hosted by the Taiwanese Society of Emergency Medicine. We have ten fantastic keynote speakers, pre-conference workshops, and our signature ICEM marketplace. Early bird closes 19 April'

Dr Ffion Davies
IFEM President
icem2024.com

Potemkin’s EDs.
Political optics and the Emergency Department imt.ie/opinion/commen…

What is the best way to turn around a failing organisation?
1. Relentless positive thinking to bolster morale to drive improvement
2. Brutal honesty and transparency about how bad things are promoting realism about the need for change
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Enjoy every moment Paul

I see specialties asking for lactate on poly traumas now. Has this become a thing? Obv I know it’s a marker of anaerobic metabolism….

I think a really under-celebrated and under-utilised part of our measles response is the fact that there now are free walk-in measles vaccination clinics happening all over the country each week, which were stood up urgently in response to the threat of measles. Please share…