Life has been so exceptionally busy for the last few months, and my commitments have me feeling pretty exhausted.
Alas, I’ve 2 weeks of annual leave to look forward to — and I plan on doing nothing other than being a lady of leisure and looking after my own wellbeing.
#SelfCare
@stingy_brim@StunningNature_@DudespostingWs The article says he may have been there for approximately 5-7 minutes before he was found, which is approximately 1/2 - 2/3rds of the total time before he’d had have asphyxiated!
Very luck bastard.
Why don’t the roads in which we drive on have yearly MOTs like our cars?
If our cars need to be safe to drive on the roads, then our roads need to be safe for our cars to drive on.
Your sincerely,
A peeved off pothole-hater
Trying desperately to tackle my portfolio, which has subsequently led me to writing on psychosocial factors in healthcare.
Instantly thought of & played @slipknot ‘s track ‘Psychosocial’, and now I’d stuck down a rabbit hole of rocking out to heavy metal in my living room…
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@powderski This is so very sad. 😢 Rescuers are absolute heroes for what they do.
The blood on the ice gives me instant flashbacks to the video of the 1991 Gernot Reinstadler tragedy. Which, as a skier, was a very traumatic watch for me… & probably the hardest watch I’ve ever encountered!
@MeisterlingDick@ZacharyMims4@akafaceUS While physics is fun and interesting… experimenting with it in this manner is… NOT fun — and certainly not a decision I would make whether I was sober OR drunk!
@MeisterlingDick@ZacharyMims4@akafaceUS The impact is more difficult to measure. Things like salt water/fresh water, choppy water/calm water, positioning, etc. would be the cause of variation.
What I am certain of, is that ‘impact’ is high in this case, based solely on the height of fall and mass of the individual.
@donotcallmemike From what I’ve read, he swam to safety & had some injuries, potentially. Some say no injuries. However, this isn’t a confirmed source, so who knows! Doubt he left that scenario without a single injury, personally. Word on ye ol’ grape vine is that he&his friends are banned 4 life
@ZacharyMims4@akafaceUS I love this response. However, I think your starting premise/calculation is wrong, which would make the answer wrong. I calculated little over 2 second fall? 2.5 at a push, 3 as an absolute max.
@DavidH225@donotcallmemike I’m sorry, I’ve only just seen this response. I think my settings are set to not receive notifications from those I don’t follow (sorry).
Have you finished your literature review yet? ☺️
@donotcallmemike Conclusion: more research required (of course) — but feasible, IMO. Particularly given that it could be cost effective for NHS by way of reducing demand on A&E. There’s a lot more to it than this, but this is all I can say in a single tweet.
✈️ 242 lives. One plane. And a question Boeing still hasn’t answered.
Today, tragedy struck when Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, crashed just 5 minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad.
A heartbreaking day for aviation.
A Thread 🧵
RIP to the founding father of Paramedic Science, Professor Douglas Chamberlain CBE, OStJ, KSG (1931 to 2025).
An absolute legend, father to all emergency medical personnel past, present and future, and undoubtedly the saviour of millions of lives since 1971 through his development of pre-hospital emergency care and implementation of cardiac resuscitation techniques.
You will be greatly missed but always admired and importantly, never forgotten!