Awais Saeed

Doctor - Emergency Medicine -Automobile Ardent - Foodie - Loves to Travel - MUFC ⚽ - Views my own - 🇵🇰🇬🇧

[Dr Rhonda Garad Difficult by Design @RhondaGarad]

This took my breath away: We didn't name the slaughtered children because Israel would go after their remaining family.
We can't even name the victims of the deplorable genocidaries.

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

When a child loses a limb in war, the injury is not just physical; it is psychological, emotional, social, and existential. Their world collapses in an instant. Often their home has also been destroyed, their parents killed, and their siblings lost.

https://t.co/7WzWmNB36t

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

British.

[Lexie Mannix, MD @ALMannixMD]

The ED is where policy meets reality:

No access to primary care → med refills in the ED
No mental health funding → crises in the ED
No addiction services → overdoses in the ED

We don’t just see patients. We see policy failures.

[Awais Saeed @docawais]

Grateful for the chance to present at #EUSEM2025 in Vienna. Always energising to connect with colleagues, exchange ideas, and celebrate progress in Emergency Medicine. 🌍✨

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

"Because we’re all terrified—of missing something rare, of complaints, of being the name on the “learning event”—we end up immobilised. Or worse, we over investigate."

We need a culture shift from defensive practice to clinical courage
https://t.co/8pIvKNlYgg

[Lexie Mannix, MD @ALMannixMD]

Emergency Medicine depends on collaboration.

When the ED calls you, here’s what you can do to be a great consultant (by request). 🧵

[Ian Higginson @RCEMpresident]

Work out the maths. Evidence from England shows that for every 72 people who stay 8-12 hours before admission, there is one excess death. Not tackling this is a deliberate policy choice.

[Parody RCGP @Parody_RCGP]

What it's like working in the NHS right now.

[Sammy Arab @SammyArab]

Our national study found that for every one hour with patients, UK resident doctors spend four hours on admin.

In @bmj_latest today, we break down why this isn’t just an inconvenience, it’s a safety risk. 

1) Fragmented EHRs → endless copy-paste + re-entering data
2) Trainees turned into scribes
3) Less training, less confidence, less preparedness

We suggest:
• Reassign admin to allied staff
• Joined-up IT that fits clinical workflows
• Minimum patient-facing time requirement in training
• Clinicians co-designing digital tools

If you work in healthcare: what’s one admin task you’d automate or reassign tomorrow?
👇 Your answers might shape the fix-list.

Thank you to my co-authors @KaranChhatwal_ @HamaadAKhan and Professor Stuart D. Rosen, and BMJ editors @Juliet_hd and @jolie__neill.

You can find the link to the full BMJ piece in the comments.

With thanks to @imperialcollege and @bmj_latest

[H™ @MahatmaaGanji]

Pakistan's massive oil reserves

[Dr. Rick Pescatore @Rick_Pescatore]

The most beautiful thing in emergency medicine isn’t saving a life.
It’s conducting the symphony.
3, maybe 4 crashing patients at once.
You can’t save them all at the same time.
But you don’t panic.
You lead.

[JormyJr @JormyJr]

This tribute video for the 20th God of War anniversary is something special, enough to have made me tear up.
Thank you @SonySantaMonica
Thank you God of War
💙

[Royal College of Emergency Medicine @RCollEM]

🌙 Ramadan in the ED: Understand its impact on Muslim ED staff & patients. Fasting from sunrise to sunset affects hydration, medication schedules, and overall well-being. Let's ensure compassionate and informed care during this holy month: https://t.co/nnK0GcYJdD

[Dr. Rick Pescatore @Rick_Pescatore]

Emergency medicine is a lifestyle, not just a job.

You’ll see the sickest patients, the worst luck, and the darkest corners of humanity—& still be expected to smile, move fast, and get it right every time. A thread on what they don’t tell you about EM. 🧵

[Andrew Petrosoniak @petrosoniak]

I think we may have gotten to a time in healthcare unfortunately where stating “this is a patient safety threat” no longer carries weight it did to drive change given the breadth of everyday threats that exist in the system. 🤦‍♂️😳🤷‍♂️

[Andrew Dobbin @dobbin1977]

RCEM president: ‘All the admission avoidance in the world won’t help an elderly patient waiting on a trolley in a corridor for hours (days)’

Never a truer word. Root cause of crowding is lack of Health & social care capacity & flow + need to evolve to realistic medical practice

[David Menzies 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @David_Menzies]

The notion that the hospitals are storing up inpatients unnecessarily or that we can treat much more of our emergency admissions at home is a fallacy. Stroke, sepsis, cancer, trauma, heart attacks and pandemic cannot be managed by ‘integrated’ and ‘enhanced’ community structures

[Royal College of Emergency Medicine @RCollEM]

We have made it clear that the NHS temporary escalation spaces (TES) guide is "normalisation of what is an unacceptable and dangerous situation".

RCEM Position Statement: https://t.co/7ck9CTFwBu

RCEM News: https://t.co/r3GxB1TCVJ

TES guide: https://t.co/bjKuCEgEuj

Independent's coverage (in quote repost): https://t.co/MICgayv24i