Alex Bowsher

Specialist Occupational Therapist Critical Care & Acute Medicine. West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Views are my own

[West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust @WestHertsNHS]

This week is Occupational Therapy Week - a time to celebrate all our AMAZING Occupational Therapists, support workers and teams! 💙

Thank you to all our OT colleagues for all that you do! You make such a difference each and every day 👏

#OTWeek24

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

Proud wifey 😊

[Jack Bowsher - Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 @HistoryBowsh]

Introducing The Forgotten War Podcast! Burma Campaing WW2, with me and @robert_lyman. Coming Feb 2025. Thank you to @TheBurmaStar @Sampan_Travel @guidltours and @MarkBowsherFilm for making this happen!

[The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2 @forgottenwarpod]

Announcing the brand new Forgotten War Podcast! Hosts @robert_lyman & @HistoryBowsh introduce their new show, out in Feb 2025!

In 12 weekly episodes, Series 1 takes listeners through the entire campaign, & later series will dive into any & every corner of the Burma Campaign.

[chiselbury @chiselbury]

Chiselbury had an amazing day
@WeHaveWaysPod Festival catching up with star authors @HistoryPegg @HistoryBowsh @RM_Mili_History and @MadeleineMilano
and meeting friends old and new. We will upload interviews with each. This one is @HistoryBowsh
talking about his bestselling book 'Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma' which is available for purchase from Chiselbury, Amazon or any decent bookshop.

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

@experiencewhht1 Thank you for this activity box. It has already benefited patients on ITU

[Care of the Elderly Specialist Practitioners WHTHT @WHHTCOENurses]

We were also lucky enough to speak to the brilliant @HanRoweOT about how she supports those with Parkinson’s in her role as an OT! #WorldParkinsonsDay2024 #TeamWestHerts @WHHTTherapy @clairecuttingOT @AdrianVyse

[Claire Cutting @clairecuttingOT]

Lovely staff lunch @WHHTTherapy as we head towards the end of #OTWeek2023.
Special guest appearance from everyone’s favourite celebrity -Carl 💚 🤩

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

As part of OT week! One of our fabulous OTs created this interactive game for MDT members on the ward to identify the difference between OT and Physio roles in the acute hospital! 💚#OTWeek2023 #OccupationalTherapy @clairecuttingOT @WestHertsNHS @WHHTTherapy @theRCOT

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

Great start to OT week! Well done Zee
@clairecuttingOT @WHHTTherapy 💚

[Care of the Elderly Specialist Practitioners WHTHT @WHHTCOENurses]

Another incredible training session with the sim suit led by our fantastic Frailty ACPs! 🙌 Honored to have the Mayor join us for this important work in healthcare. #FrailtyMatters #CommunityLeaders #EmpathyInAction

[West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust @WestHertsNHS]

⭐It’s #AlliedHealthProfessionsDay! ⭐

Today we celebrate and proudly support all our AHPs and AHP support workers who play a crucial role in delivering high quality care to our patients.

A BIG thank you to all our AHPs for everything you do! 👏

Happy #AHPsDay2023 🤩

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

Fantastic few days learning the role of our fantastic diagnostic radiographers in cardiac MRI. Learnt so much about this brilliant AHP role! Just a lovely welcoming caring compassionate team #AHPDay2023 @WHHTTherapy @WestHertsNHS

[Claire Cutting @clairecuttingOT]

The connecting continues! @BowsherAlex an Occupational Therapist in Critical Care & Cathy, a Diagnostic Radiographer in Cardiac MRI, have spent time shadowing each other this week,learning more about the skills AHPs offer in delivering care across the patient pathway #AHPsDay2023

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

@WestHertsNHS @whittakersam 🏆 well deserved! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

@kchccuot @OT_Jasmine

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

Very proud of @HistoryBowsh go and see him talk things war-ey 💥 Tanks and Burma are involved 💪🏻 #SWW #WHWF3

[WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk @WeHaveWaysPod]

Our speaker #WHWF updates go on! @HistoryBowsh has been doing an MA in Military History at @wlv_uni. His great-uncle served with 107th S Notts Hussars at Gazala, and he's inspired by his grandfather’s experience driving Sexton SPs.

@almurray @James1940
https://t.co/uYxnetlzjO

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

OTs help you to help yourself. It's not their job to 'train' you. They teach you how you can own your own body, how to listen to it, how to learn from it, how to work it so that it can work.

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

@clairecuttingOT @prolongedIcu @CriticalCareOT Hi, I am happy to help DM me 😊

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

Really interesting webinar from @CriticalCareOT last night on patients in prolonged disorders of consciousness in ICU. Learnt so much. Thank you 😊@CPD_RCOT @theRCOT

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

@clairecuttingOT @christeeny1 @PenelopeFirshma Hi, I am an acute med OT at west Herts. Happy to help 😊

[Alex Bowsher @BowsherAlex]

Fantastic 2 days @RHNuk on the thermoplastic splinting course. Have learnt a lot and looking forward to utilising these splinting skills within critical care @WHHTTherapy @WestHertsICU @CriticalCareOT @clairecuttingOT

[Samantha Winemaker she/her @SammyWinemaker]

Why do we talk to unconscious patients?

1. Respect

2. Humanize care

3. Comfort

4. Hearing may be preserved

5. Assuage fears

6. Keep them informed of what’s happening

7. Warn them when touched for the purposes of care

Patients are always people.

#Medtwitter #Meded