Will Ibbotson

Another ex-medical student. Life long learner and perpetual traveller. Gas board and retrieval. Current Careflight / Sydney HEMS registrar and RFDS alumni.

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@EmergMedDr I think we need to stratify patients. I don’t think anyone is suggesting that a patient with any capability for awareness should have an NMB only intubation. However there are scenarios where this may be appropriate; CPR in progress with some residual muscle tone for example.

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@jjibber717 @cliffreid I disagree. The basic tenants of Anaesthetic practice work well for intubation in theatres. The environment outside theatres is unfamiliar to anaesthetists and is generally suboptimal in terms of equipment, access and assistance. Patients are also sicker.

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@VirtueOfNothing A question we have been pondering in our airway audit. Is there are role for NMB only intubation and if not (which is the general consensus), what is the drug of choice for ‘induction’?

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@RoryStewartUK Really sad I couldn’t make it! Though I agree about the location; the view from my office takes some beating!

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@helloimnicholas Something something, blood supply to muscles, something something.

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@RobertJenrick @MailOnline That’s quite a statement. I’m sure you have ample, un-biased evidence to back up that statement. Perhaps you could share it with us so we can decide whether you are expressing a cheap dog-whistle opinion or verified fact?

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@BorisJohnson To be fair your lies and arrogance probably did more for the potential break up of the union than he ever managed.

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@tomparrott_ @qldhealth Congratulations! As an NHS refugee of 7 years I can say you won’t regret it!

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@doctorwibble @MDtheDO @ChrisRootMD @ResusPadawan @jstgeorgemd I’m totally going to panic and give the wrong one. I understand that a big enough dose of adrenaline has the same effect as a hypnotic…

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@_JaceMullen We are fortunate most of the remote sites we get to have iSTAT POC gear. We can carry EPOC but rarely do knowing iSTAT is fairly ubiquitous. Knowing the PaCO2 relative to ETCO2 is probably the most useful thing, especially in intubated head injury.

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@nickmmark I dropped my pager in the toilet when I was an intern. Clearly I took my life into my own hands fishing it out.

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@beckimarshRA Because that undermines the distinction between the EU and the rest of the world…

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@beckimarshRA Helsinki had one bank of e-gates with separate queues for EU and non-EU passports. They just moved the tensa-barriers depending on how many people were in each queue. Though the non-EU queue was definitely maintained longer!

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@beckimarshRA Copenhagen the same in June. This was less than half the ‘other passports’ line. The EU queue empty. :(

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@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Both of the above positions may be true. However reform of the NHS in some guise is inevitable. Thousands of NHS staff have left the health service so I’m interested in how he would address this and potentially entice us back. Reform isn’t a bad thing.

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@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Rory talks a lot about the NHS needing fundamental, difficult reform. As a British doctor who left the NHS due to the intolerable conditions, how would he make it better for patients, staff and the government?

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@OrthopodReg Why have I only just had this pointed out to me?!

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@ronansetron Looks like that scene from Harry Potter when the dementors attack

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@EmergMedDr We have critical shortages in Australia of Saline and CSL currently. Interesting that this seems to be a worldwide phenomenon