Ruth Parsell

Emergency and Retrieval Physician in Sydney. Forever seeking to balance medicine, parenting and brunches...

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@doctimcook @SafeAirway For this reason, trainees and all of us must continue to practice with DL. In your own words, you need at least 50 tubes with any device. So all of us need at least 50 DL’s! VL therefore can’t become universal.

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@doctimcook @SafeAirway Interesting debate last week. ED and retrieval physicians have had VL embedded for years. Just be cautious of the unintended effects, we’ve seen decline in good technique. So when VL is unavailable/fails, potentially higher rates of failure.

[Dush Iyer @DushIyer]

Paraphrasing @RuthParsell - video laryngoscopes are prone to device failure, particularly in the prehospital settings.
Have they also eroded the discipline of stepwise airway instrumentation that could optimise our view of the chords? @SafeAirway #SAS2023

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@EastCoast_Para Agree. The Warwick data re: numbers actually treated vs incidence looks good. Do they have tighter criteria about when to initiate resus? If so, can u share?

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@Shorty_Med @MallinsonT Do u have a link?

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@JBPara999 @MallinsonT We’ve unfortunately been informed that the Frontline kits will be ? discontinued. Have u heard this/sourced an alternative?

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@MallinsonT Our study suggested that the re-tension rates were unacceptable if no drain inserted.
Our general approach is finger only when in TCA but, if ROSC, or tension physiology only, drain. We also use the Frontline drain kit and find it rapid to insert and excellent.

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@MallinsonT https://t.co/XD2nPF1HPP

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@drjasonbendall @Dom_Perrottet @ACONhealth @LucyCormack Speaks volumes about his character that he cannot immediately condemn such a harmful and archaic practice. Opus Dei anyone??

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@doc_on_the_run @EAST_TRAUMA Agree. I often say don’t treat a C problem with an A intervention. Good explanation in the thread.

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@MyaCubitt Ambulance can’t define what it is either… paramilitary, rank structure, emergency service organisation that are now registered practitioners covering everything from community outreach care thru to the most life threatening conditions. The pollies have zero hope…

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@markcfitz @annecreaton You might find EVERY hospital on bypass if you applied that concept currently!

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@DrJohnOrchard In parallel, ED/hospital mgt actively encouraged these presentations by setting up Fast Track models of care. Many of these models are the only thing propping up KPI’s in treatment times as admitted pt’s languish in bed block. Our own worst enemy sometimes.

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@cliffreid More than ever this term needs to make a comeback! Better understanding of the pt groups it matters in… non compressible haemorrhage etc. and where speed to/fro important. Dangerous to throw the baby out with the bath water 💧

[HometoBilo @HometoBilo]

Thank you, Australia.
It is finally time to bring Priya, Nades, Kopi and Tharni #HomeToBilo.

[Scott Morrison - Former PM of Australia (parody) @scottyfrommktg]

Until Jenny is directly affected by climate change I just don’t see any pressing need to do anything about it

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@AndyDW_ Suspenseful!

[Prof. Nick Talley @Prof_NickTalley]

Dr. Nicholas A. Talley OAM, FRACP, FACG. Deeply loved. Rest In Peace. Painting by Robert Hannaford. #GITwitter #MedTwitter

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

@FionaKenndal @AlexHawkeMP Apart from that pesky little detail of ongoing threat to their lives and it’s not actually illegal to seek asylum. Skipped empathy class did u?

[Ruth Parsell @RuthParsell]

#hometobilo @AlexHawkeMP pls stop spending our money to detain this family