James

Clinical Skills Tutor/RN • ALS/EPALS/GIC Instructor • Medical education • Ultrasound guided vascular access • Sports medicine • Pre-hospital care volunteer.

[Katie Wiskar @katiewiskar]

Confession: I LOVE hyponatremia 🤓

(I know, I know. What can I say, I'm a true internist!)

HypoNa is often feared, maligned, and misunderstood - but I promise it doesn't have to be scary!

Here are my top 10 hyponatremia tips and tricks - a 🧵

[BASICS_HQ @BASICS_HQ]

A little insight into the teaching on our PHEC (Pre-Hospital Emergency Care) Course from a recent student, Dan. https://t.co/3PL4ZgPvCA

#BASICS_HQ #PHEC #PHEM #PHEMtraining #emergencymedicine #doctor #nursing #gp #ruralgp #eventmedic #prehospital #prehospitalcare #ACCS

[Royal College of Emergency Medicine @RCollEM]

🚨SAFETY FLASH 🚨 Glycerol Toxicity from Slushies

Can present as nausea, abdominal pain, headache, drowsiness and profound hypoglycaemia.

See the full SF with links: https://t.co/809nqNjEkD

For all our safety flashes and news alerts: https://t.co/vcsoaYXB4q

[James @jameswhatling]

@SPryke2 @JohnCattEd @teachals @Team_English1 Great work Stuart et al! 📚

[James @jameswhatling]

I’m heading on over to @bluesky

If anyone would like to engage on that platform, feel free to follow me 🙂

https://t.co/BInih5fcDe

[MR MUSK 🆇 X 🚀 @dodgefather016]

This is an incredible resource for all palliative care / interested in pall care or just curious - thank you Kath for contributing!

[Jack hughes @Jack_Hughes16]

@GlenwrightCook https://t.co/GWAA41i2qw
Game changer in my area.

[Matthew Evans @Neuro_Matt]

Common lumbar puncture-related myths:

1. You have to get a CT or MRI head to make sure the LP is safe (in all patients) - FALSE

2. You have to check platelets and clotting before LP (in all patients) - FALSE

3. Patients have to lie flat for an hour after the LP - FALSE

[Jacob de Wolff 🇳🇱🚲☕️ @jfdwolff]

So, the poll shows that of 2038 respondents, one third chose the recommended dose of levetiracetam in adult status epilepticus... #levetiracetam #statusepilepticus

[Matthew Evans @Neuro_Matt]

Would love to see the same poll for what people give most commonly for benzo dosing. Almost always around 1mg loraz in my experience. People are always “scared of losing the airway” in someone actively losing their airway from a prolonged seizure. Madness.

[Dr Richard Webb @DrRJWebb]

I’m looking for paramedics, or Nurses/Doctors working in pre-hospital care with special interests in pre-hospital paediatrics to help work on a project with me… if you’re interested, please get in touch here or DM! Thanks!

Share widely, tag colleagues!

[Mindful Maven @mindfulmaven_]

6 Rules That Will Change Your Life:

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[Maxi Hristov @Maxi_Heights]

2 Mathematical Principles For Success:

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

THIS SUNDAY please join me & @TheBHF in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️

Sadly many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime - so let’s all be ready

450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES! Let’s make it a million!🙏

https://t.co/LkIy8JIiCy

[George Stern @georgestern]

Don't let others control you.

Time is too precious.

[George Stern @georgestern]

Top performers aren't just magically more productive -

They're using these 6 techniques: