Jason Louis

EM Consultant, Medical Examiner in Taunton. Runner, cyclist, remedial surfer. Always on for a cup of tea or a pint.... or both. 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇮🇳

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@drmhuss We pre-populate on-calls and weekend shifts, to ensure equity, then self roster the gaps (and swap on-calls/weekends if necessary). Sit in a room together for a couple of hours every 4 months or so to sort it. Works well for FT staff and LTFT colleagues with second jobs etc

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@OrthopodReg This paper popularised Biers blocks:
Kendall JM et al. Haematoma block or Bier’s block for Colles' fracture.... J Accid Emerg Med 1997; 14(6): 352-6.
We don't use Biers now. Haematoma blocks work with good patient selection and operator skill. Otherwise sedation or ?penthrox

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@KineshPatel @goldstone_tony I've often wondered this too. Does HMRC have any idea what I should be paying in AA charges?

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@gdcuk Thanks for this, good to have a rough idea! Will there be much impact on 1995 growth? Or might higher inflation reduce growth (do I recall that only the opening value is increased by CPI)?

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@davehartin You can add Taunton to that list..
We have fantastic ACPs and tACPs.

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@Lukeslifeonline Jealous. Prehospital notes extremely valuable. I can only access them on 1 PC in my ED and have to print them from this... no cut and paste! @NHSDigital

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@bethicillin Presumably this means you won't be rotating away? Which is excellent news for us downstairs and our patients. Do let us know if we can help...

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@gdcuk @goldstone_tony @JosephineCumbo Not just LTA and AA though. Workload volume and intensity, sub-inflation pay awards, 60% marginal income tax rate etc. Makes increasingly little sense for financial and health reasons to continue to retirement age.

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@Neil_Physio @tomgoom Just lurking in physio circles, trying to learn more something 😉

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@babydrclaire @SomersetFT @EdMorleySmith2 @LoveMusgrove @hayleypeters @AlisonWootton @louhill_98 @jcormiston @SomersetMVP Glad you're on the mend!

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@annakirbybailey @KatherineRCEM I would too! Would be great to give Educational Supervisors at their training.

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@anna_annabav @MPHAcademy @russell_peek @RCPCH_TA @baby_dr_claire Will try to get hold of a copy we can circulate and use for ES training!

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@BBCNews This makes no sense. If they see 93,000 patients a year an average day is 250 patients - how can 180 patients be a busy day?
BBC News - Special measures Kettering hospital to expand A&E
https://t.co/0QKj1XqODB

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@PaedTweet

[Pippa Moger @PippaMoger]

Great inspirational talk on how paediatric outpatients has evolved by Dr Sarah Bridges at Musgrove Park Hospital during @HFMAsouthwest . Improvement in action! @improvementmph @MusgrovePark

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@baby_dr_claire My van's silver!

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@ladybakerkent @WeNurses @MusgrovePark Not just easier for patients. I struggle to identify colleagues.

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@jamesgagg @MusgrovePark @hsjvalue Flying again? After last time? Good luck!

[Jason Louis @DrJasonLouis]

@baby_dr_claire @TessaRDavis @Damian_Roland @RCPCHtweets @jamesgagg @carrie_langley @EstherWilson Expect we're better off than many DGHs as we have a PEM Consultant. Would be good to have more space for children to facilitate this and allow increased Paed SpR / consultant presence. ?Physio

[james gagg @jamesgagg]

1. We have a vacancy for a consultant to join our @hsjvalue finalist ED team @MusgrovePark in beautiful #Somerset
https://t.co/Xv8acJLoy0