Emma Stuart-Thomas

Critical care physiotherapist specialising in rehabilitation post ICU. Views my own.

[Prof David McWilliams @Davido744]

Great to see our PHOENIX trial featured by the BBC, aiming to improve outcomes for survivors of critical illness @covcampus @nhsuhcw @CfCExcellence @NIHRresearch @UHCW_CritCare @Zudin_P @OxfordICUPhysio @nicky_wyer

[Intensive Care Society 💙 @ICS_updates]

Surviving critical illness is only the beginning for those who are treated in intensive care, so we need a rapid expansion of the provision of patient rehabilitation services to help patients return to life before critical illness.

Read our manifesto at https://t.co/72AhUdiMXw

[Mark Oldham @MarkOldhamMD]

Should #delirium be regarded only as "all-cause delirium"?

No.

In this paper, "we suggest that delirium research needs to evaluate the relationship b/t distinct clinical phenotypes & the discrete pathophysiological pathways underlying them."

Link: https://t.co/bTZ0VD2Awg

[Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) @thecsp]

'The lack of rehab is causing the system to seize up'.

@SHazzard on the importance of investing in rehabilitation in response to the latest NHS data on delays in hospital discharge.

Read more: https://t.co/DpAlrVjQo1

#RightToRehab

[Peter Nydahl @NydahlPeter]

Congratulation @Davido744 @RehabLegendLou
The MENTAL trial has been published.
Pilot RCT for mobilization in the evening to prevent and treat delirium in 58 patients was feasible and safe, showing promissing results
https://t.co/2Mfxp7n0Sm

[Early Mobility @earlymobility1]

Time to debunk those myths! Many people believe that a high fall risk patient means that they need to just stay in bed, but we can prove otherwise!

Stop by the Early Mobility 2024 Conference to learn more about how to improve mobility in your patients.

[Dr Amir Khan GP @DrAmirKhanGP]

The new NHS workforce plan, a 🧵

I’ve been an NHS doctor for almost twenty years, a senior lecturer at two universities, I teach and train medical/nursing/pharmacy/paramedic/PA students, and a GP trainer for almost a decade

[Aoife Abbey @WhistlingDixie4]

Shoutout to everyone else who today is having to suddenly relive reality of life inside hospital in Dec 2020. Now with added anger and hurt.

Still, at least they’ve not been systematically underfunding the NHS workforce since… oh wait, no - yes you’re right, this is shit

[YSHICUTherapy @YSHICUTherapies]

New posters with QR codes for our patient information. Any other suggestions to add??
@ICUsteps @MindCharity @UKSepsisTrust @HeadwayUK
#icuweek2023 @OliveyJenny

[Sean Ninan @sean9n]

Spread The Good Word.
Spot It. Sort It. Stop It.
Delirium

[Emma Stuart-Thomas @EmmaStuartThom1]

@HollyRistell @nicolajane2288 @UHCW_CritCare @TantamKate @RecoveryICU @BarghouthyDalia That was in an earlier recording! 🤣💃🏻

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Nurses and other NHS staff have seen their pay increase by around 20% since 2010 - well below inflation.

Conservative MPs have seen their pay increase by 32% over the same period.

Please RT if you agree NHS staff deserve so much better from this Government.

[Peter Nydahl @NydahlPeter]

Early mobilization within 2-5 days reduces risks for ICUAW, duration of MV and LoS, and other parameters.
Review by Rosa
https://t.co/0zP1xOk9kt

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Everything they are doing to the NHS they did to British Rail.

Underfunded it, exhausted the service, got the public angry, and then said privatisation is the solution.

Please RT if you won’t fall for it.

[Emma Stuart-Thomas @EmmaStuartThom1]

@Davido744 @ICS_updates @UHCW_CritCare @BarghouthyDalia @nicolajane2288 @AnnaMakPhysio @UHCW_RandD @sonophysio Well done David. Fantastic achievement for you and the whole team 👏🏻😊

[Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) @thecsp]

Where are all the physio staff?

We're calling for the government to urgently address recruitment and retention of physiotherapy staff in the workforce plan.

Value physiotherapy staff.

#RightToRehab

[Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) @thecsp]

'The CSP survey paints a dismal picture of the state of rehabilitation services, over-stretched and under-resourced...'

Loss of rehab space, an issue raised by the CSP, was discussed during oral questions in the House of Lords, full clip: https://t.co/OOTtPI0Jh3

#RightToRehab

[UHCW_AHPS 💙 @AHPS_UHCW]

🗣️SAVE THE DATE for Coventry & Warwickshire’s FIRST Support worker Conference! 🗣️
Watch this space for more details! 👀👏🏼

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

At some point in all our lives we will be kept alive by a nurse. Morally and practically we should pay them properly. Yet my nursing colleagues have had a decade of real terms pay cuts - I support the #nursingstrike - it’s not about politics it’s about public health. Some say…

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

People aren't waiting 40 hours for an ambulance because of a one-day strike by paramedics. They're waiting 40 hours for an ambulance because the Tories running down the NHS, week in, week out.