Michael McDonald

3rd Year Dundee Medical Student

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

Treatment of patients with co-morbidities could be ethically debated and should be decided by a team of professionals #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

Media sources could cause widespread panic and huge influx in the emergency room and the NHS should prepare for this #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@CrashCall the NHS could release their own statements/recommendations in an attempt to make information clear to the public #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@CrashCall I suppose these other sources could have an adverse effect on the situation depending on what they say #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@AlexChristmas13 @DundeePublicH @sunilpowar101 @vegetabletarian national guidelines issued but individual cases need looked at #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@DundeePublicH @sunilpowar101 @vegetabletarian a team of doctors and nurses should decide, other team members need included #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@vegetabletarian there seems little point in treating patients who are not going to survive anyway, we need to save who we can #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@sunilpowar101 agreed, no point in sending an ill child to school who will just aid the spread of flu #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

Reliable media sources such as the BBC could cause more people to get vaccinated #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@NoelRebeira @EmmaStanhope1 @PHO_Team @Rebecca200994 @Adam_A_Murray you could use volunteers? People always willing to help #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@ckwonie_ ward sisters are kind of like the nurse in charge

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@PHO_Team @TomForbes13 @MegWhitfield16 nurses and ward sisters should also be involved, just ran out of room in the tweet #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@PHO_Team @TomForbes13 @MegWhitfield16 if there is doubt, a group of doctors should consult and reach an informed decision #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@TomForbes13 @MegWhitfield16 if it is likely the patient will die anyway, without flu, you protect those who you can save #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@TomForbes13 depends on how likely the patient is to die without flu. If they could survive, surely they should be vaccinated?#fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

Doctors can't continue to misdiagnose the flu, the symptoms need to be made clear to health care professionals #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

Priority group would be patients with severe underlying medical problems, historically are effected worse than the healthy #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

Summary: the symptoms of the flu need to be publicised, A&E need to prepare for influx and patients only go if seriously ill #fluscenario

[Michael McDonald @_michael_mcd_]

@CrashCall there should be more campaigns similar to this, highly publicised during epidemics to help ease the strain on A&E #fluscenario

[Craig MacLean @CrashCall]

I like this campaign a lot. http://t.co/ifqTA9aa2e #fluscenario @_michael_mcd_ http://t.co/bg3JIKlz0R