Dan

Substance Misuse Nurse Specialist. Opinions my own.🏳️‍🌈

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Liz Truss to resign as UK prime minister after 45 days in office https://t.co/WdW4QyHMyl

[Elinor Jayne @EdinburghElle]

Really bad news today: deaths directly caused by alcohol are rising again. There’s been so much attention on drugs (rightly) but as a country we also have so far to go to reduce the devastation caused by alcohol.

[Wye Valley NHS Trust @WyeValleyNHS]

People at risk of Hepatitis C in Herefordshire are being urged to come forward to get tested, and treated, as part of World Hepatitis Day 2021.
https://t.co/bzDFf7uQ9w

[John Hurst @ProfHurst]

This came up at #morningreport today and may not be widely appreciated.

In tachypnoea (RR>30), need to increase Venturi flow to maintain FiO2.

More on this in the @BTSrespiratory Emergency Oxygen Guideline: https://t.co/VHK9iTFbBg

[Zack Ferguson @zackferguson]

“Patient received at 07:30. Well-demarcated burns 50%.

Fixated on duality throughout. Property checked in: lucky coin and gun.

Handed over to bank RN in full clown make-up shortly before destruction of hospital.

Patient dignity maintained at all times. Call bell within reach.”

[Tony Duffy @Existential_Doc]

Opioid toxicty: A thread (with a palliative theme)

Let’s start by thinking about tue difference between side-effects of opioids from toxicity.

[Francesco Vitali @Fra_Vitali90]

#EPeeps Horror Movie 😱😱😱😱
63 y homeless 🧔. Cardiac Arrest in ER. Cold and stormy night outside🥶❄️... what is going on here?

Credit for this nice EKG @ritapavasini87

[Dazz (@dazz.spriters-resource.com on bsky) @TheVGResource]

This is apparently what the UK Government is providing to struggling families to feed their children each week - allegedly £30 worth of food.

Checked the actual cost at Sainsbury's, even being more generous with portions, and it's a third of that. Where'd the £20 go?

[Dan @RNDan98]

Progress🏳️‍🌈💗

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Blood donation: Rule change means more gay and bisexual men can give blood https://t.co/89D1MZQTtG

[Dan @RNDan98]

@Kels2401 And you’re gonna be amazing!💗

[Dan @RNDan98]

20 days annual leave come at me🎉

[Dan @RNDan98]

“I heard that we are in the same boat.
But it’s not like that.
We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat.
Your ship can be shipwrecked and mine might not be. Or vice versa.”

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

Today we’re releasing suicide data for 2020 covering several parts of England, total population 9 million. The month by month figures are reassuring: there has been no rise in suicide following lockdown. @NCISH_UK
https://t.co/SSzlV09jGB

[Dr Linda Dykes has moved to Bluesky @DrLindaDykes]

What Every HCP Needs to Know About Selective Mutism: thank you @hhill1978 (GP), and @sltsolutions (SALT) for creating this at-a-glance guide to the basics with me! #NotJustKids #SelectiveMutism #FOAMed

PDF at https://t.co/UAdWi9o6JI (please do share if you have HCP followers!)

[Janet Eastham @JanetEastham]

NEW: CMO orders any patients with Danish travel history with ?Covid-19 to be managed in "strict isolation" and transfered to "a specialised infectious diseases centre" on testing positive. I'm getting "Wuhan novel coronavirus" deja vu with this #mink-variant Covid-19...

[Dr Anthony Kearns @dock2222]

Tier 1, Tier 3, Lockdown or Circuit Breakers.... Health Service workers will be carrying on as usual, providing the very best care they can, despite the ongoing hazards that constantly threaten their own health and that of their loved ones. Thoughts with colleagues across the UK.

[JonR @teaandmedals]

Not sure why or how this exists but it shows CPR,Defib and then a normal beating heart👌🏻 Great images

[TheGPNursePractitioner 🇪🇺 @TheGPNursePrac]

Interesting safety flash from RCEM on Nitrous Oxide (Entonox) Associated Neuropathy, symptoms may be vague in those abusing nitrous oxide (eg: unregulated nitrous oxide canisters for balloon inflation).

[Debbie Wharton @DebbieWharton]

Imagine this: (its a long thread)
You arrive at A&E with your child, in obvious pain and distress. Your child has broken their elbow. After several hours of observation the consultant decides your child can go home, have a bath and keep a mood diary 1/13

[Silas 🫀 @GenerallyUnwell]

Nothing makes my heart sink more than a C1 “confirmed cardiac arrest, 90 year old male, CPR instructions being given”.

Driving through the pouring rain and darkness towards another encounter with death and sadness is nothing short of pathetic fallacy.

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