Major Trauma Service Lead @UHCW_MTC. Registered Adult Nurse, BSc Clinical Neuroscience. Interest in Violence Reduction and Prevention. All views are my own.
Coventry, England
Joined May 2009
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🚨 Trauma study day in Birmingham 🚨
⭐️ 21st November ⭐️
Tickets via crescent-theatre.co.uk/event…
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So, an 🚑 is on its way to you. Here's some useful tips for how you can prepare for a crews arrival. #HelpUsHelpYou
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Tickets will be available from 18:00 on the 14th for our next #CARETeamSessions event
Delighted to have our very own Dr Stephenson along with @Aimeeyarrington speaking at this month's sessions
Event page - tinyurl.com/38v58p59
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It looks like we may have a future paramedic on our hands! 🚑💚
Whilst on standby in Birmingham this weekend, @wmcareteam Team Clinical Trainee, Jake and Clinical Lead, Emir stopped to answer some questions for this youngster who's interested in becoming a paramedic some day.
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Exciting new opportunity to join our excellent ACP team in Cardiothoracic. We are looking for an established ACP either with NMC or AHP pin @UhcwEducation @UHCW_TraumaNeur Please contact for more info
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Hydration week has started across #teamneuro & #teamct Great work by @MollDollyyy_ @ravarna for the QR codes for fluid balance training and roaming board #focusweek #alwayslearning @UHCW_TraumaNeur @emlcook
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Retrospective review of adult and pediatric trauma patients comparing the transfusion-related costs of patients who received whole blood versus those who received balanced component therapy
@UTraumaResearch @UTHealthSASurg
#JoTACS #TraumaSurg #MedEd
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Members of Team UHCW enjoyed an emotional and extra special 75th NHS birthday service at Westminster Abbey.
The service, attended by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, celebrated the hard work and compassion of NHS staff over the last 75 years.
#NHS75
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Traumatic Cardiac Arrest, identify & treat the cause:
Hypoxia?
Hypovolaemia?
Tension pathology?
Cardiac tamponade?
@TraumaCareUK #CriticalCare #Prehospital
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New Urgent Treatment Centre now open at Solihull Hospital! Open 8am-8pm, 7 days a week, the centre provides urgent care for common issues including broken bones, sprains, cuts, stomach pains, rashes and minor burns. For adults and children (1 year+) via NHS111 or by walking-in.
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“This could be one of the biggest advances in orthopaedic surgery.” 👏
Well done to our team at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby, for welcoming their 100th patient as part of @RACERTrials which look at the precision of using a surgical robot for joint replacements.
@UHCW_RandD
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Great information board gone up in the major trauma ward relatives room.
great changes of late.
The staff are smashing it in making the ward environment more informative and colourful 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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An exciting new opportunity has opened up at @positiveyouthUK to join the team as a Youth Voice lead
Click below for more information and to apply!
Looking for an exciting new role in youth work?
Come join our team, leading on our work around Youth Voice and Participation, ensuring young people are central to decision making: wmjobs.co.uk/job/165731/prog…
Please send us a CV & Cover Letter by the 7th July.
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Thousands of nurses will miss out on the 'COVID backlog bonus' because they are not directly employed by NHS trusts.
The @DHSCgovuk says this was communicated during negotiations but @theRCN said they ‘do not accept’ this position.
rcni.com/nursing-standard/ne…
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The past few months our Junior Membership alongside our Med Elective students have been involved in community outreach events, providing CPR & Stop the Bleed sessions to a number of groups. One of our teams aims is the provision of prehospital medical education.
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🚨 Unite members are striking today from 6.00am - 12.00pm and 6.00pm - 12.00pm.
💚 Please follow our advice so we can make sure we get help to those in need as quickly as possible.
🚑 Don't be afraid to call us but be aware we will have fewer ambulances operating.
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1/ Thanks for all the support for this study! Adding to the same theme, here's a previous literature review we published on #collars in elderly patients in the pre-hospital, ED and longer-term settings. #MorningPaper
@DrGeorgePeck @elderlytrauma @e1v1m1
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
Promoting our small comparative study just published 🎉 #Collars cause dysphagia in both elderly and young healthy subjects. Please think twice!
#MorningPaper
@SMHMajorTrauma @elderlytrauma @DrGeorgePeck @cerysamorgan1 @e1v1m1 @BASStrainees @markhwilson
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