@cephasplus

Emergency Physician, POCUS keen and part of the Trainee Education team at Northern & Box Hill hospitals

 Melbourne, Victoria
Joined August 2011
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Does “COVID normal” mean not enough staff in hospitals?
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Yes please. No longer an emergency if you can test yourself in your own home and isolate. Leave EDs for the true emergencies.
Western Health@western_health3 Jan 2022
Our emergency departments at Sunshine, Footscray, and Williamstown Hospitals are currently under extreme pressure. Please DO NOT attend the ED unless absolutely necessary. Those with mild COVID symptoms seeking PCR or rapid tests should NOT ATTEND. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Phyllis Fu@phyllis_fu8 Nov 2021
Replying to @cephasplus @TheRock
Wait but she needs a twitter account for @TheRock to reach her.
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Peter Cheng@cephasplus8 Nov 2021
Here’s the proof 😇
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Replying to @TheRock
@TheRock I have a colleague who is an inspiration to the people she works with (she is an Emergency Doctor in the busiest ED in Victoria, Australia). In this COVID time, we were hoping you - an inspiration of hers - would have a moment to say Hi to her. It would MAKE her day.
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She is the real deal and an amazing leader, working long hours and busting her chops when nobody else would. She draws her strength from @TheRock calendar hanging by her desk… I know she’d be thrilled to hear from you!
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Here’s the proof 😇
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The ICU has been busy snapping away! 📸 The team recently ordered a Polaroid camera to take photos of themselves to stick to their gowns, so that their awake COVID patients can see their lovely faces underneath all that PPE. :) A bit of fun for all during a difficult time!
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Opening up at 80% can mean: (A) having our freedoms back and returning to life as normal, or (B) living under constant threat of infection and thereafter fighting to stay alive in ICU (assuming there is a bed for you) Get your shot. Before it’s too late.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital@TheRMH30 Sep 2021
"There is a cohort of people that is going to suffer greatly in the coming months and it shouldn't happen. It doesn't need to happen." Watch the Head of our ED A/Prof Mark Putland's passionate message to the media on @TheTodayShow this morning.
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Just a note to say that you don’t have to pinch both nostrils when you have a nose bleed. Just press 1. 😉
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Don’t wait. Vaccinate. Any vaccine, but get it now.
Victorian Department of Health
@VicGovDH9 Sep 2021
Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 significantly reduces your chance of going to hospital. Of people with COVID-19 who are currently being treated in hospital, almost all of them are unvaccinated and none of them are fully vaccinated.
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A patient newly diagnosed w/ a myeloproliferative disorder presented to the #ED w/ SOB & atrial flutter. #POCUS revealed pericardial effusion w/ evidence of #tamponade & pulmonary #edema, leading to escalation of care that may have saved her life: pocusjournal.com/article/202… @iamritu
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drshukla14@DrShukla1413 Jan 2016
Follow needle tip for US guided vascular access #FOAMed #FOAMus xitter.cf/DrShukla14/status/6871… – at Doha, Qatar
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Quick survey: what do POCUS users think about scanning for low suspicion aortic dissection (suprasternal for flap, PLAX for root dilation, AR and effusion)? Can avoid CT or won’t tolerate the risk?
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Case the other day: 66F with RUQ abdo pain + fever = cursory look revealed RLL shred sign and effusion. CXR later confirmed it.
kylie baker@kyliebaker88811 Dec 2020
Yep me too - and single shot lung bases if upper abdo pain, with a quick glance at IVC and subcostal heart in a very brief screen for grossly dysfunctional heart.
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Lung Ultrasound for COVID-19 by Dr. Kylie Baker youtu.be/Y_a_h8FyH7c via @YouTube

Lung Ultrasound for COVID-19 by Dr. Kylie Baker

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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"social isolation is not an act of fear - it's an act of love." You show you care when you don’t put others in harm’s way by spreading the virus. Your freedom is less important than the life of another person. Let’s flatten this curve together. apple.news/A0CNB88l0RjOa-z8d…

This Sydney doctor believes Australia can avoid a COVID-19 public health crisis. Here's how

Australians are being urged to avoid physical contact over the coming weeks as authorities work to curb the spread of coronavirus.

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Scanning COVID-19 everyday..but not all the B-lines confirm and not all the asymptomatic positives have no pneumonia. We need careful observation to give power to LUS. I heard from someone that LUS is too sensitive..this is simply stupid!
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This is sensible since most abnormalities are basal, peripheral and bilateral
kylie baker@kyliebaker88814 Mar 2020
I am thinking that for our less sick patients that we have them sitting with back to us, and we scan primarily from the back, reaching around from back 2 front only if the back is normal or we need a heart view. This way both machine and sonographer stay out of cough trajectory.
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It doesn’t get any simpler than this! Great stuff!
Emergency Echo@EmergencyEcho29 Feb 2020
Replying to @EmergencyEcho @EMAJournal
3/ Continue compressions & echo Oxygen away All else stand clear Charge defibrillator Hands off compressions Rhythm check/Record echo Echo off Deliver shock or Dump charge
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It’s genius to add a few words to an existing protocol so a frantic Resus team can finally do something about the 4H,4Ts
Emergency Echo@EmergencyEcho29 Feb 2020
Replying to @EmergencyEcho @EMAJournal
5/ Credit to the authors for this excellent piece of work: Thomas Finn Jacqueline Ward Chu Te Wu Alan Giles Vijay Manivel onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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