Kerry Porter

Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Older People in Acute care and beyond. Tweets are handpicked for ripeness. Views are not representative of area of work.

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@anniechard23 @btsportrugby @londonirish @henry_arundell So wonderful to see your nephew do so well Anne xxx

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@lee68_james Well said James

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@jon_harris1 @GeriSoc @kilgore_cliff @Renee99742080 Hi Jon, We run an ANP led frailty SDEC here @UHD_NHS. DM me and I will gladly chat/share info.

[Naomi Fox @DrNaomiFox]

Exciting opportunity to join our growing ACP team developing and providing specialised Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) for Older People living with Frailty in a beautiful part of the country @UHD_NHS @AcuteFrailty https://t.co/bT7FhUXPYh

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@jk_coles @proud2bOps @emmachallans @RebeccaTD @fitzgeraldd83 @COkunuga Congratulations 👏

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@jaa_adams @SECAmbulance @RoyalSurrey Love that saying! Will do. ☀️☀️☀️

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@jaa_adams @SECAmbulance @RoyalSurrey Really interested to see the number of frail patients that use this route in the first month. Great benchmark for us. Thanks for leading the way ☀️☀️☀️

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@jaa_adams @SECAmbulance @RoyalSurrey Fabulous! This is what we are striving to do! Any hints or tips?

[Dr Goblin @DrGoblin3]

This isn’t a criticism.

I’m getting calls from paramedics at pts homes. They’ve been there for ages trying to figure out a complex history and make a diagnosis, and they want my help.

It’s obviously not an emergency.
Is this really the best use of their time?

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@DrGoblin3 There is a real need for discussion between paramedic to ICT or paramedic to SDEC. Does this regularly happen?

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@DrGoblin3 Having said that ICT is always the way forward before SDEC

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@MikesRarePlants What soil do you use?

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@Renee99742080 Yes Renee, I would be very interested in catching up as well with you.

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

Calling all Frailty SDEC people. Do you take direct paramedic referrals? Does it work for you in terms of SDEC flow and capacity? Any good meaty projects out there on this?

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@real_dinner Interested to see the criteria you use. AMB scores? NEWS?

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@McGuinnessNJ @dannycooper__ @HosznyakRachael Never considered this sorry. But can see your point.

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@leanniemann @UnitFrailty Yes it’s the clinician to clinician conversations to determine the best place for the patient that seems key for all so far. Are paramedics making direct contact with you via SDEC to be part of this conversation?

[Kerry Porter @kerryBiss]

@simontutt88 Agreed, particularly if that pre approved pathway involves a 3 hour wait inside an ambulance outside ED when an empty SDEC could effectively accommodate, see and treat in the time. Can crews phone SDEC en route if they feel a frail older person could safely be assessed there?

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@DocMattThomas @Poole_Hospital @UHD_NHS I hope all is well with you Matt.

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@premzf @GERED_DOC @SJames0983 @GeriSoc Yes exactly.