Healthcare workers and medical colleges must speak when healthcare is under attack. Sharing this letter written by @acemonline colleagues calling on our college to act. The silence is deafening. Read, consider signing, & share widely #notatarget#gaza https://t.co/tLKe1rTyuc
Here’s what I took from tonight:
- I AM AGAINST ARMED CONFLICT
- health is a human right; hospitals and healthcare workers ARE NOT TARGETS
- there are so many good people in the world; compassion, empathy and love are our only pathway out of this, together
Healthcare workers and medical colleges must speak when healthcare is under attack. Sharing this letter written by @acemonline colleagues calling on our college to act. The silence is deafening. Read, consider signing, & share widely #notatarget#gaza https://t.co/tLKe1rTyuc
"We're having a lot of issues being able to show and provide care in a meaningful way because of the resumption of the bombing. It's a narrow space to be trying to provide healthcare [in #Gaza]." - Dr. Natalie Thurtle, our Medical Coordinator in Jerusalem. @RosieBarton@CBCNews
Indiscriminate and relentless attacks must stop now.
Forcible displacement must stop now.
Assaults on hospitals and medical staff must stop now.
Restrictions on aid and the siege must stop now.
🔴 It all #MustStopNow! #Gaza
MSF is calling upon the Australian Government to be much clearer and louder in calling for an immediate and enduring ceasefire in Gaza.
https://t.co/JT14DX7cIS
We couldn’t get him out and he died painfully with no access to medical care or pain relief for an abdominal blast injury. I honestly don’t know how much more our staff can take.
Dr Mahmoud Abu Nujaila.
Dr Ahmad Al Sahar.
Dr Ziad Al-Tatari.
We are devastated by the killing of these three doctors - including our Dr Abu Nujaila and Dr Al Sahar - following a strike on Al-Awda hospital in #Gaza today.
https://t.co/TXyZNl5X78
Natalie's statement speaks volumes for the calibre of an emergency physician whose courage & ethics speak for themselves.
At #acem23 focused on "Action Under Pressure", she demonstrates the integrity under duress we should all aspire to.
Colleagues, watch & learn from her.
I don't know anyone that personifies 'Performance Under Pressure' better than @Turtle1doc.
I'm really disappointed in @acemonline response to her talk at the #ACEM23 conference.
https://t.co/c7dw8y6eIK
.@ACEMPresident asking the room to educate themselves about trauma-informed care and get better at it as trauma impacts lots of our patients in ED #DevEM2022
Dr Ryan Dashwood bringing up some powerful & important topics - the importance of changing the negative narratives around Aboriginal Heath, the need to dismantle institutional racism in our hospitals and normalising “healthy black”. #DevEM2022
The air is bad....... Plant a tree. 🌳
It is too hot.........Plant a tree. 🌴
Our soils are damaged..Plant a tree🌲
Too much wind.....Plant a tree.🌿
Protect our water....Plant a tree.🌵
Shortage of food....Plant a tree.🌾
You can never undermine a TREE
Higginson 7 levels of leadership in crowded depts:
1. Head down - get the work done
2. Game face - support others to cope
3. Bring your best game - positivity, wellbeing, driving best care
4. Up your game - dept leadership, proactive and strategic, system focus
#ICEM22