A 12-year-old Ukrainian girl who needed medical treatment has been airlifted from Poland to Ireland tonight. The Irish Air Corps flew the child, her mother and two siblings to Cork - where she is now being treated in Cork University Hospital | More: https://t.co/9KNSkZU8nV
At handover I heard a patient had hyperkalemia.
My sho head hypercalemia
My reg heard hypokalemia
others felt excluded
The patient suffered.
traditionally drs use pointless Latin terms.
Madness
USE HIGH POTASSIUM - 5.7
No ambiguity, no jargon, plain medical English.
@CUH_Cork & @giveblood_ie in collaboration with @AmbulanceNAS, @westcorkrr and @eastcorkrr have now gone live with Prehospital Blood Transfusion enabling critically injured and ill patients receive emergency blood transfusion at the scene. This will save lives. @CUHCharity