Lizanne Koning

Emergency Physician, fighting the good fight. South African born Australian serving in the NT, Australia. Survivor. Christian. Supporter of #FOAMed

[Lizanne Koning @LizzieK101]

We have a female Chief Minister. What a win for WHO Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality. Then this in our local paper. Posted as “best comment”. The paper has a female editor. We don’t stand a chance... @DeniseCahill18

[Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery @JTraumAcuteSurg]

#BetaBlockade in severe traumatic brain injury has shown improvements in survival & recovery after injury.This paper demonstrates in a series of in vivo&ex vivo experiments a potential mechanism for this benefit using a live rodent #TBI model https://t.co/FqFVRY32hU @JPascual2016

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

Dear #BreastCancer survivors who have had axillary procedures- it is SAFE to have blood taken, and blood pressure measurements done, on that arm. It does not increase lymphoedema and it makes me cranky to see pts scared unnecessarily into painful leg/foot procedures.
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[Lizanne Koning @LizzieK101]

@acweyand I am such a happy person but not really sure how to make a difference 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[Developing EM @developingem]

SAVE THE DATE for @developingem, heading to Darwin 26-30 Sep 2022. Join a fantastic global community & conference, for practice-changing education & collaboration. Find out more at https://t.co/Oz69Oh5y1j. #MedEd #globalEM #DevEM2022
https://t.co/TWodXVeXFV

[Developing EM @developingem]

Join us in Darwin SEP 26 to SEP 30 for #DevEM2022. Discussions on the challenges and opportunities of First Nations emergency care will be a core focus led by the Indigenous Health Committee of ACEM. @acemonline
https://t.co/NaQamEQDbO

[Developing EM @developingem]

Check out the program for DevelopingEM 2022!! https://t.co/jq8Ofqto3S

[Lizanne Koning @LizzieK101]

A sad day for cricket 😔. As a South African, I can say that we loved to hate you. You were just too good during those epic test match clashes against the Proteas. “Stil, broers, daar gaan 'n man verby, hy groet, en dis verlaas.”
RIP Shane Warne.

[Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea]

The ability to read a scientific article does not guarantee the ability to understand a scientific article.

[Dr Laksmi Sakura @LaksmiSg]

Powerful words for everyone: “Remember how it feels now.”

Thank you @ACEMPresident for calling for the health system reform we need to make sure all of us can access the care we need.

[Lizanne Koning @LizzieK101]

@drHelenschultz Good luck! Same happened to me. Luckily over the worst of it now. The anxiety part of it was the worst - being awake at 3:24 am, wondering how far you’ll go down that slippery slope…. Sending love

[Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) @jeremyfaust]

RT if you personally know someone with Covid right now.

[Marc Mendelson @SouthAfricanASP]

You mean ‘All patients with mild/moderate #COVID19’ in the rich Global North. For everyone else it’s a hospital bed (if available), oxygen (if available) and steroids (if available). Two worlds, two realities

[Lizanne Koning @LizzieK101]

Couldn’t agree more!

[Ben Lovell @DrBenLovell]

If you are a consultant and you can hear the FY1 getting an absolute bollocking over the phone from someone for any reason, you really ought to take the phone off them and say ‘hello this is the consultant, how can I help?’, rather than just giving them a sympathetic grimace

[Philosophy Quotes @Philosophy_Qu]

"Avoid negative people. They have a problem with every solution."

- Albert Einstain

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

The pandemic isn't over simply because our corner of the globe is vaccinated. What did you think we meant when we said "none of us is safe until we are all safe"?

[Lizanne Koning @LizzieK101]

@sidherian @ketaminh One must be younger than 45 yrs to immigrate to Australia from South Africa - that means the average South African expat currently migrating to Australia was probably around 8 yrs old when Apartheid was abolished. So, no, we aren’t ‘pro-apartheid”. Not cool, mate!

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

Five quick tweets on the new variant B.1.1.529

Caveat first: data here is *very* preliminary, so everything could change. Nonetheless, better safe than sorry.

1) Based on the data we have, this variant is out-competing others *far* faster than Beta and even Delta did 🚩🚩

[Forbes Kennedy @ForbesKennedy]

@BadVaccineTakes

[Lizanne Koning @LizzieK101]

There is nothing that kills me inside more than the words “I did my own research, so….” uttered or written by people who can’t even spell ‘borders’ 🙄🙄🙄🤯

Rant over, sorry!

Have a good week everyone!