Michael Bennett

Consultant in Emergency Medicine working in Ireland. Views my own.

[Tim Rogerson @Drtmr]

For quite a while people outside ED have looked in & said - ‘the patients could go elsewhere’

The staff in ED have been pretty confident that these are ED patients & just need flow and staffing to meet the patient need -it appears they were right!

https://t.co/u97v0jRrI0

[Michael Bennett @mbennett1977]

Farcical at best!! Scary the lack of insight into the root cause of overcrowding!🤦‍♂️🤬 https://t.co/umFrPakQji

[Irish Paediatric Emergency Medicine Association @IPEMASSOCIATION]

📢 Are you a healthcare professional who provides emergency care to children & young people? 👶🚸 Tell us what questions (⁉️) are important to you, so we can focus on the right research to help children and young people in the future. https://t.co/ZvD06GpfmX

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

Opinion: To reduce ER wait times, hospitals must stop using them as in-patient warehouses /via @globeandmail https://t.co/74xtcVbyXX

[Rob Galloway @DrRobgalloway]

Would surgeons accept two patients in an Opertaing theatre?

Would intensive cares have two patients sharing one cubicle space?

Would oncologists accept other patients in the corner of their consultation and room when breaking bad news?

Of course no to all three - but in A&E we accept corridor care and it's unacceptable

We have to change what's happening to our nhs

[Ken Milne MD @TheSGEM]

Elderly patients are at a greater associated risk of death if boarded overnight in the emergency department.

A critical appraisal of a study in @JAMAInternalMed with Geriatric EM expert @SAEMEBM from the @MayoClinic

https://t.co/R7SaZKqhdi

@picardonhealth @NightShiftMD

[Ken Milne MD @TheSGEM]

@raghu_venugopal
Overcrowded hospitals lead to boarded patients in the ER. This is associated with increased mortality in the elderly.

https://t.co/R7SaZKpJnK @KatharineSmart @CAEP_Docs @First10EM

[Saint Emlyn's @stemlyns]

Moral Injury in Emergency and Pre-hospital care. Esther Murray on St Emlyn’s podcast https://t.co/tvtTA0PeMf

[Rob Galloway @DrRobgalloway]

I'm an A&E consultant and I'm tired after a weekend of nights.

But this am, I've handed over what I described as a "good department". This was said genuinely and with no hint of irony.

We provided great care and have very short waits to see an A&E doctor, but I'd forgotten how unacceptable it was to have 18 patients in the corridor, and elderly patients waiting over 2 days for a ward bed.

My lens of what is good and acceptable has been slowly warped by the slow & damaging effect of the working conditions of A&E departments up and down the country.

My biggest worry is that I'm starting to accept the unacceptable.

This is not about a lack of gp appointments, patients "abusing" the system or poor management - in fact we had excellent hospital management support, with patients boarding on each ward waiting there instead of A&E for a bed.

This is a simple case of patient demand being greater than what the overall health economy can cope with.

We have to either change the way we work, change demand via expectation management or increase resources.

If not, then the unacceptable becomes the norm and that's unacceptable.

Our patients and staff deserve better.

[Michael Bennett @mbennett1977]

@GoveeOfficial hi can someone look into this asap?

[Michael Bennett @mbennett1977]

@GoveeOfficial live in Ireland bought lights from eu store. Lights arrived with incorrect plug for Ireland. Customer service says I have to buy from Uk store for Irish plug? Cant understand why I have to buy from outside EU to get right plug? Also uk site won’t ship to Ireland!

[Michael Bennett @mbennett1977]

@GoveeOfficial live in Ireland bought lights from eu store. Lights arrived with incorrect plug for Ireland. Customer service says I have to buy from Uk store for Irish plug? Can’t understand why I have to buy from outside EU to get right plug? Also uk site won’t ship to Ireland!

[Prof Jean O'Sullivan @DrJeanOSullivan]

Great start to the @GECSIreland trauma courses in Zambia. Running parallel courses for Paramedic trainees who are revolutionizing pre- hospital care & also for medical & nursing staff ahead of the opening of the new ED at Lusaka University Hospital. Inspirational faculty team!

[Joseph Minardi @jminardi21]

@HumanFact0rz Order CT scan = add 2-4 hours to ED length of stay
Eliminate 1-2 low yield CTs per shift
2000-4000 hrs saved per year
1000ish patients out of the waiting room per year

That’s my napkin math
We don’t have to be anti-CT crusaders, just trim the periphery a little

[Michael Bennett @mbennett1977]

Come work with us in a newly created Clinical Fellow/Registrar post. 9 months in EM and 3 months in NEOC and the clinical hub!!! DM me if interested. @ed_tuh https://t.co/vy8CswaldD

[AnnalsofEM @AnnalsofEM]

ED visit volumes fell early in the pandemic and have only partly recovered. Despite lower volumes, ED crowding has increased. This issue is magnified in psychiatric patients. https://t.co/VewnRmEqk3 @DrJessePines

[IFEM Immed Past President @IFEMPPresident]

Another publication, this time from Finland, showing risks to patients in over-crowded emergency departments.
Crowding was an independent risk factor for 10-day mortality.
https://t.co/aEDvJZNpcq
#ResetEmergencyCare

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

Make a difference today! Join our ED Nursing team and be part of a professional healthcare team that puts patient care first. #CareEveryDay" Learn more and apply via this link https://t.co/UO8rTgYzFQ

[Michael Bennett @mbennett1977]

Looking to take out a loan due to the extortionate price of berries. Berries that often grow mold within 24hrs! Why are they the same price when they are sourced locally or come from Morocco?

[Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) @TUH_Tallaght]

As part of celebrations marking our 25th anniversary today, we have just announced our annual staff Hero Awards. Congrats to
Loreto Brady, an Administrator in our Emergency Department who won the Unsung Hero Award.

#TUH25