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Paeds trainee, Simulation and Paeds EM Fellow. Kid Confident bod,

Joined August 2012
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After a great question posed by one of you, we’d love to crowd source your experience so we can cover more in our upcoming episode…🎤
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peruki.org for tickets!!
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🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Sneak peek of the incredible line up for #Neptune25 Run, don’t walk…. BOOK NOW to secure your early bird price!!!!
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Webinars coming soon: 🚨Mastering Paediatric Assessment 🚨Mastering Paediatric Trauma Management 🚨Sepsis 🚨Paediatric OHCA
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We’re excited to be at @TraumaCareUK 2025 for the next 2 days - come and say hi for a chance to win some posters! #BeKidConfident #Traumacare25
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Me and my younger sister are fundraising to deliver aid to displaced Syrians and Palestinians in Lebanon. We would be grateful if you could share the link and donate whatever you can. (Especially during Ramadan ✨) justgiving.com/page/rafiahin…
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⚡️SAVE THE DATE ⚡️ We are pleased to announce that Neptune 2025 will be held on 14-15th July 2025 at a brand new venue! 🤩 Tickets to be released in the week commencing 13/01/2025 🎉 More details here: dreeam.ac.uk/neptune
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🚨 NEW BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINE 🚨 Detection and Management of Non-Accidental Injury in Infants 🔗 tinyurl.com/rcemInfants 🔗 All RCEM clinical guidance: tinyurl.com/rcemCG #rcemCG #MedTwitter #EmergencyMedicine
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We’re recruiting - Clinical Fellow (Higher ST6+) in PaNDR & Simulation 🐼 🚑 Apply here: apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/66…
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📢🚑🚨3 New Posters on Analgesic Interventions for Children 🚨🚑📢 THE MOST effective analgesic strategies to ensure kids receive the best possible care when they need it most! Visit kidconfident.org for more #TraumaCare #EMS #Paramedics #BeKidConfident
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This makes me want to get my 2025 calendar already. Book the date.
⚡️ NEPTUNE 2025 ⚡️ Dates are being finalised, speakers are being confirmed and the organising committee are getting exciting organising NEPTUNE 2025! More details coming soon!
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⚡️ NEPTUNE 2025 ⚡️ Dates are being finalised, speakers are being confirmed and the organising committee are getting exciting organising NEPTUNE 2025! More details coming soon!
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🚨 Free eBook: Emergency Pain Management for Injured Children 🚨 Produced by @paediatricblast in collaboration with KidConfident.org @UniofBath @SaveUKNews & @WISHQatar Download your free copy now at: kidconfident.org/quick-guide…
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Ever think about where to go with an IO in kids? Here’s a really useful guide to vascular access in children by the brilliant @jackaanory - including a link to the EZ-IO tutorial describing distal femur site identification & IO insertion #BeKidConfident bit.ly/IO_Kids
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Understanding head injury and pre hospital management. Kidconfident delivers another not to be missed trauma poster @DocNayyar @KidConfident23
Part 4 of the Trauma series, @DocNayyar gets all geeky and explains ICP and how recognising and managing this in children with traumatic head injuries can be helpful. Check it out along with our new trauma resources including a new e-tutorial at kidconfident.org
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I've spent my day off trying desperately to undelete my nhs.mail. I followed the leave and join process and still found it got deleted. Thankfully recovered but this is indicative of the admin hell of being a junior Dr moving trusts every 6m. @NHSEngland sort it out.
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