Euan Watt

Emergency Physician. Interested in critical care, undifferentiated patients, medical education & POCUS. Golfer & cyclist.

[Euan Watt @erw269]

Wee FaceTime to Dad before my night shift. End of the call he said "right, off you go and do good things for sick people."

I actually can't think of a better way to describe Emergency Medicine.

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@hexles @vincristine @CheckpointRNZ Good idea in theory. In reality, nearly impossible to run safely. A key skill of experienced generalists (GP, ED) is recognising when the seemingly “run of the mill” is actually a subtle presentation of much more sinister problem. Less experienced staff would often miss these.

[murray pearce @pearce_murray]

311 NZ households now hold more wealth than the bottom 2.5 million New Zealanders combined.  Do you think that is fair?

[Dr. Rick Pescatore @Rick_Pescatore]

I gave my best years to medicine. Missed birthdays, bedtime stories, first steps, last moments. Swallowed the lie of our ‘indispensability.’

The truth?

Medicine will take everything if you let it. And it will never love you back. Don’t regret it like me.

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@robby_lester Just unbelievable. Gobsmacked.

[Euan Watt @erw269]

So a petition of > 200,000 is "not representative" of NZ, yet his party got 240,000 in the 2023 election...? 🤨 #ToitūTeTiriti

https://t.co/bNIZ4jvN8w

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@phabbay The fuck is wrong with people?!

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@robby_lester This feels an awful lot like the NHS did 10 years ago...

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@KeepGoinEoin Antibiotics for AOM 😳

[nick pulmcrit @pulmtoilet]

Disclaimer:: I am not a surgeon, but did have to do an emergency cric on a patient with massive hematemesis, a soiled bloody airway, who was coding. I've played this out in my mind mentally so many time and made the decision to cut before I hit the door. MY practical experience:

[Richard Hills @RichardHills_]

The classic NZ thing will still happen though.

The ferries will reach the end of their life in two years, the Govt will realise the only way to get new ferries is to buy new ferries & rebuild the docks, they’ll make that call due to the 2026 election.

And it’ll cost $4billion.

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@DiBird4 The fact that you have such insight into this suggests you’ll be just grand. It’s totally normal to feel that way.

The dangerous docs are the overconfident ones who don’t ever feel stressed about the breadth of knowledge/skill that is required of them.

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@robby_lester @RawiriTaonui Agree Lester. An amazing guy - and just incredible with patients.

[Euan Watt @erw269]

Powerful letter. Pressure surely now building on @chrisluxonmp @NZNationalParty @DrShaneRetiMP to hit reverse on this ridiculous policy? #nzpol

[Euan Watt @erw269]

How have we ended up with this guy? Honestly, just so embarrassing.

[Nick @StrayDogNZ]

Luxon continues to have a tenuous grasp of facts.

Apparently the revelation that there would be 35x more tobacco retailers than he claimed "doesn't change a thing."

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@robby_lester Tune in next week for exclusive: “Earth Is Not Flat.” 🙄

[@doconskis 💉 @DocOnSkis]

This is an incredibly bad idea, courtesy of an unqualified entrepreneur who doesn't know enough to recognise how little he understands about diagnosis and screening.

The marriage of Dunning-Kruger and greed is string in this one. And dangerous.

#medtwitter

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@spa1982 @AbdnAnaes @NHSGrampian @flaviacavale @PefsNhsg @Freeman_SFF FONA mannequin looks very much like a certain American politician…

[Euan Watt @erw269]

The chest drain is the example I always use. We have got to be careful in NZ that we don’t start down this slippery slope where service provision trumps all training opportunities for trainees.

Have seen this EXACT scenario play out once or twice this side of the world too…

[Rachel Edwards @rachelgemma90]

@Neal94G @clifford0584 Yep. 100% believe this. I’m an EM ST4 who has never done an open chest drain - I’ve previously not been allowed to do them because “there’s too many patients waiting to be seen, it’s thoracic/resp/gen surg’s job to do the drain”

[Euan Watt @erw269]

Luxon looking incredibly weak by standing by silent as Peters turns last couple of days into a circus. Did he used to let his deputies cavort around like this as a CEO?! #strongandstable #nzpol

[Euan Watt @erw269]

@barco030 @MariaSherwood2 Colin what he’s saying to you, quite clearly, is that this government will be strong and stable 🙄