Simon Macklin

Senior Specialist Anaesthetist at Royal Adelaide Hospital for last 18 years.Left UK in 1995.Married to Jo, 4 children.Cycling, golf and otherwise keeping fit.

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@WendyHassonMD This happens far too often.
@WendyHasson we have come to rely far too much our technology that we forget that it is connected to a patient.
I bet the "faulty" device was not removed from circulation either.

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@AndyOstroy This tragedy is for all the vaccine nay-sayers. Please, please, please get vaccinated before it is too late. Dying from COVID is no hoax.

[Andy Ostroy @AndyOstroy]

Tragically sad…and so damn unnecessary. #GetVaccinatedASAP https://t.co/Vz8DtDBsKy #COVID19

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

What a pity that Robin Day wasn't chairing the Presidential and VP debates. Why do the republicans seem to be allowed much more air time than the Democrats. And why do neither party answer the question?

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@scruff888 @maffygirl No mention of him in the media post, he flies under the radar but achieves much..

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@doctimcook @traumagasdoc @NICEComms @SimonClarkeMP @BBCr4today So if you want your elective surgery and you don’t want to get a post-op COVID related complication with a high mortality, take a test, isolate for 14 days and take a test at day 12. But that may not stop you getting COVID in hospital. Elective surgery? Is it worth the risk?

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

Had a great phone call with @realDonaldTrump yesterday.

He told me he has the #Covid_19 situation completely under control.

He also said he loves Austria and the Austrian people, which was a bit odd but nice to know.

[Mary-Ann Fox @maffygirl]

Fabulous message
No PPE = NO SERVICE

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@realDonaldTrump What a load of horseshit.

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

Where is the evidence for this? Knee jerk response. Sure if you have been to CHKSKI or I in the last 14 days ... but otherwise?

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@RFentonMD We are not to judge the morals of the case. A person gets injured and it is our role to “fix” him. It matters not how or why it happened, simply that it did. Shame that prejudices have a nasty habit of breaking through.

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

Breaking news - NCV now recognises citizenship and residency status! Australian citizens and residents are allowed to return from China but Chinese tourists aren’t allowed in...seriously? Bears all the hallmarks of racism ...

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

Good job! Can’t get a decent anaesthetist for love nor money these days. Need to rely on our surgical colleagues to get the job done!

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@MikeCarlton01 Need clarification. Do you mean Australian male tennis players are d heads, or all male tennis players are d heads when they are playing in Australia?

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@maffygirl Let me think. Let’s put lots of people who may or may not have NCV in a confined space on an aeroplane with lots of other people who may or may not have NCV, and see what happens.
Yup, stupid.
If you are in china, stay indoors, minimize contact with others and sit tight!

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@rsatyak @UofT @BIDMChealth @BIDMCAnesthesia @APSForg @ASALifeline @RCoANews @AAGBI @AAGBI_GAT @ptsafetyNHS @harvardmed Sound advice - on the whole. Pity no end point for preoxygenation. 5 minutes of O2 is archaic when expired gas analysis is part of mandatory monitoring in Anaesthesia and depending on lung disease and other comorbidities may not get FeO2 to>O.8 let alone >0.9.

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

The world’s leaders sit on their hands doing nothing and meanwhile, as earth burns, $1.9 Trillion has been invested in fossil fuels -- but we can stop it! The world's biggest investor just flipped -- now let's get the rest on board! Sign now! https://t.co/eW2Pv0revH

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@rupert_pearse @LouiseSavic @doctimcook @BJAJournals @BJA_Research An international registry of anaphylaxis to sugammadex?

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@robdmitchell @scruff888 @ScottMorrisonMP Any suggestions? Off the top of my head I can’t think of any that fit this description.

[Simon Macklin @Sam_Gasman]

@doctimcook @rupert_pearse @phwandjes @LouiseSavic @BJAJournals @BJA_Research Speed of turn around time is multifactorial, I agree. I see speed and reliability of onset of action being important as well as the reliability of effective NMB reversal. Sugammadex v neostigmine = no contest. Opinion.