Kathleen Collins

Nurse, Aunt, Knitter, Atheist (ex-Catholic), at least 3rd generation Feminist, Unionist, oh and like a bit of sport

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

@reallyspoketome I hope the call from Gerry was sprint it out

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

I missed the start of the men’s race, do we know if they held a minutes silence for Mel Hoskins as well? #roadnats24 #couchpeloton

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

I thought there might be less ads on Kayo, happy just have footage without comms, alas just as many ad breaks as SBS #RoadNats24 #couchpeloton

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

@giveitaburl @TCorbett2908 The Kea’s will destroy the trim on a car if you stop in some alpine areas for too long, as in more than ten minutes!

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

@kellulz Helps with chronic pain too, those bastards are right. Doesn’t make it any easier to get into routine though.
Well done on getting into it

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

@zahribeth Fair enough, sometimes they do that themselves anyway

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

@ZoosVictoria Ummm, which dates were they?

[Safer Care Victoria @SaferCareVic]

Consultation on Australia’s first National Nursing Workforce Strategy is open until 20 December 2023. There are a range of ways to participate. Simply visit https://t.co/vB2hGFGVYq or to find out more, go to the National Nursing Workforce Strategy at https://t.co/W9X0f0Cg4U.

[ANZICS @anzics]

It is with great sadness that we learned of the sudden and unexpected death of our colleague Dr Michael Yung.

Michael trained in Paediatric Intensive Care at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne in the early 1990s, subsequently working in Kenya as a paediatrician intensivist and the UK before returning to Australia. For the past 25 years, he worked as an intensivist at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide, where he was Director of the PICU until a few years ago.

Over the course of his career, Michael made an enormous contribution to our specialty. He was a rigorous and incisive clinical researcher, exploring multiple common PICU problems and therapies. Such was the quality of his work that a randomised controlled trial that he performed 25 years ago still influences treatment of acute asthma in critically ill children today. His comprehensive and careful reading of the PICU literature informed his practice; he exemplified the role of the academic clinician, continuously distilling and interpreting evidence to improve care. He had recently been studying a Masters in Biostatistics, reminding his colleagues that it was important to “not just exercise the body but to continue to exercise the mind”.

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We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues at this sad time.

To read the full tribute written by Michael’s colleagues from across Australia and New Zealand please click here: https://t.co/roRO0NHU4J

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

You are technically right @meljones_33 Jess Duffin has played AFL at the MCG but it was in an exhibition match in 2016 not as part of the AFLW #wbbl

[Collingwood AFLW @CollingwoodAFLW]

Mikala isn't nicknamed the Bull for no reason 😤

[Collingwood AFLW @CollingwoodAFLW]

That fighting spirit 😤🤍🖤

Better everyday.

[ANZICS @anzics]

Celebrating the launch of the ANZICS PROEMS pilot project today at Alice Springs ICU. @anzics leading the way in person-centred care.
#anzicscore @ICU_PaulS @intensivedave @ed_litton @SueHuckson @SHAILA_YOGI

For more information: https://t.co/LHIamZJU6M

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

@PaulScho203 We still won though

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

Are we going to get aerials on top, they could be hair follicles

[The Alfred @AlfredHealth]

The spring sun is shining on the completed facade of the Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre.

Over 1000 glass panels, weighing up to 700kg each, have been installed to create a skin-like veil, with carefully selected translucent frit pattern representing layers of skin dermis.

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

I want to see a prescription for “mould juice” on a hospital drug chart #MedTwitter

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

In 1928, medicine laureate Alexander Fleming discovered a mould he was working on could produce a substance that killed bacteria. At first, Fleming called it "mould juice" but later it was named penicillin.

Which discovery do you think will receive the 2023 medicine prize?

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

Bugger, guess I’m going back those last 20 or so rows, at least this is the bottom of the sleeve so it’s not too many stitches, might have been when I feel asleep earlier today #knitting

[Kathleen Collins @kath_collins]

An amazing patient my colleagues cared for all while our workload was increasing to record levels.

[The Alfred @AlfredHealth]

After spending nearly six months in The Alfred ICU, Hector became the second person in Australia to receive a double lung transplant following COVID-19.
Read Hector’s incredible story of survival: https://t.co/AUWZXOx1LI

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Hans Krebs identified the citric acid cycle - also known as the Krebs cycle. The cycle is a series of reactions that convert nutrients into other molecules with a large amount of chemical energy.

Do you know why it is so important?