Jon Wong

Kiwi in London, anaesthesia and intensive care consultant, big (covid) wave surfer, amateur barista.

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

29 job rotations in 12 years, looks like I've finally completed one journey and started another. I've found my tribe along the way.

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@DrWaqasAkhtar @KingsburyHigh @UniofOxford @AoMRC @FICMNews Massive congratulations!

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

Literally me in every viva. "...pause..... it depends on multiple factors".

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

I think this must be THE most awkward moment of the Covid Inquiry so far.

I’ve dubbed it ‘The Long Pause’.

I’d love to know what was going on in Dr Ritchie’s head here.

I’d like to think she had a moment of reflection of how many lives were lost due to her flawed IPC guidance.

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

I think this must be THE most awkward moment of the Covid Inquiry so far.

I’ve dubbed it ‘The Long Pause’.

I’d love to know what was going on in Dr Ritchie’s head here.

I’d like to think she had a moment of reflection of how many lives were lost due to her flawed IPC guidance.

[FICMNews @FICMNews]

It's #FOAMed Thursday at #FICMLearning! Check out our latest Simulation Scenario on Acute on Chronic Liver Failure written by @SabyhaK.

Follow this link for the Sim: https://t.co/VsXApeE5LK

[GHASP @GHASProject]

📣 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣

On a momentous day when @RCoANews have recommended full decommissioning of nitrous pipelines what better time to announce that the amazing Alifia Chakera @AlifiaChakera will be speaking at our conference! Alifia has done groundbreaking work on nitrous oxide mitigation which has been critical to informing guidance on decommissioning leaky nitrous manifolds across the UK! 💙
PS - She has much more to discuss than just nitrous! 🩵😁

Join us on Friday 27th September
📍Cloth Hall, Leeds & Online
🎟️ https://t.co/rxWp5UNrUG

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

Fantastic course!

[Mechanical Life Support @MLSCourse]

Great MDT team @GSTTnhs @RBandH @RoyalPapworth @uhbtrust @the_matter53344 at @MLSCourse today with good spots for changes to consider for national algorithms

Hope to see lots of you at the #UKECPR24 Summit @RoySocMed on 23 September - early bird and abstracts by end of July!

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@PrasMao It's hard to get your qualifications recognised by the gmc. But hospitals usually hire aus/nz specialists to locum consultant roles without needing gmc specialist register and will recognise your aus/nz qualifications. Its only a problem when you try to get a substantive role.

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@addyfilms @acutemedicine Congrats man! Time to party?!

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

Decisions are very context specific. This is why expertise is needed and sometimes protocolised medicine breaks down in highly complex scenarios.

[Tim Cook @doctimcook]

It’s interesting that this case

- which rests with the decision to sedate rather than anaesthetise (which is judged here to be safer)
https://t.co/usBsTEZMcU

Comes in the same week as this case

-in which the criticism is of the decision to undertake general anaesthesia instead of deep sedation
(which is judged here to be safer)
https://t.co/Jv15XIc6fl

Both key to recommendations to prevent future deaths

Albeit both may be right….

….medicine is complex and requires careful, often time sensitive, high stakes decisions and actions. Anyone telling you otherwise doesn’t understand and hasn’t done it

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@dr_emmacoombe Would love to know more! Any guidance anywhere as I suspect department rota coordinators / nhs HR departments will have no clue.

[Glen O'Humeral @HumeralO]

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@DocEd I've been thinking about this. The artificial restrictions in study budget reduces participation in international conferences by UK docs. This will compound in both lack of learning from us, but also reduce the visibility of uk practice and research. Huge ramifications.

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@DocEd I've been thinking about this. The restrictions in study budget, there is a lack of participation in international conferences by UK docs. This will compound in both lack of learning from us, but also reduce the visibility of uk practice and research. Huge ramifications.

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@dannyjnwong Good luck Danny, I'm sure you will find you feet quickly, enjoy the amazing food!

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@VirtueOfNothing @DrEilidhMaria After I inserted an CVC in NZ, I started cleaning up my trolley and equipment. I was told to stop by the bedside icu nurse and was told a housekeeper who is trained to clean properly and restock lines trolley will be along instead. This is systems safety in action.

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

Huge congratulations to all the people getting their anaesthesia CT1 offers! I still remember exactly where and what I was doing when i received the email all these years later!

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@VirtueOfNothing Just because you can do them, doesn't mean you can do them well enough to use in an emergency.

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

“Let PAs take a simple history, examine & then discuss with a GP”

Short 🧵 to explain why this wouldn’t work…

GPs are highly trained diagnosticians. With no immediate investigations to hand, the diagnostic skill we use IS history taking & examination.

1/n

[Jon Wong @wongjonathon]

@dannyjnwong @DocEd Spot on! Clearly a cost cutting measure.