Mum of three; one desperately missed. Wife. Volunteer. Geriatrician. Gives running a go. Lover of Gin and Guiding. All views are my own.
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Joined April 2014
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Emma retweeted
Burnout isn't about hours worked.
In fact, there are usually much deeper causes.
Leaders should start to recognize when it's occurring,
And take steps to help.
Use this graphic to find causes of burnout in your organization.
Emma retweeted
Sending love to all of the babies in Heaven and their families on Earth. Shine on in paradise little angels. @allontheboard
#BabyLossAwarenessWeek #BabyLoss #BLAW
ALT Sending love to all of the babies in Heaven and their families on Earth. Shine on in paradise little angels.
Emma retweeted
'#ChooseGeriatrics seeks to challenge some of the inertia around developing a workforce ready for the care of our ageing population.' - BGS President @adamgordon1978 bit.ly/47JlgBr
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I’ve been telling everyone this! We were taught that asymptomatic postural drop didn’t really matter. But it is the opposite ! 👏👏
Published in this month’s @Age_and_Ageing our @tilda_tcd work examines the relationship between dizzy symptoms on standing and orthostatic hypotension in community dwelling older people
academic.oup.com/ageing/arti…
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A great document for LED and IMG colleagues by @RCPhysicians.
Supportive advice for employers to develop individuals' career progression aims- be it into SAS roles or into training programmes (as per each doctor's wishes/ aspirations)
rcp.ac.uk/improving-care/res…
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Good Grief is back in Weston-super-Mare! Please spread the word. Bookings via the link below, with more community events to come over the coming weeks
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Emma retweeted
There are so many unresolved tensions in our daily work. I agree that they should be done in advance and that also reworking them is inefficient and annoying….
The biggest problem in medicine is lack of continuity. We get no reward for being organised and efficient.
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Read @RCollEM 'Care of Older People in the Emergency Department - National Quality Improvement Project Information Pack' #ResuscitateEmergencyCare rcem.ac.uk/wp-content/upload…
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Outcomes to matter to patients! This is also why LoS isn’t that bad an outcome measure in secondary care based studies @rosespenfold @YoungGeris @GeriSoc
FRAILTY
What matters to older patients who are frail?
• discharge to their usual residence (‘home’) (more important than mortality!)
• ‘home time’ following surgery (# of days spent alive and at home w/i a specified period)
@rosespenfold
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Emma retweeted
NH residents started on new or additional antihypertensives have twice the risk of fracture in the next month. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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So much learning #bgsconf @rob__briggs
OH is not good for older adults ➡️ more falls & fractures
1. Amnesia for events & lack of awareness of low BP
2. Low BP dips < 100 on 24BP ⬆️ falls / fractures
3. Watch out Bermuda Triangle - cognition/mobility /OH
4. B blockers & SSRI 🛑
Emma retweeted
Do you know which drugs to stop first in orthostatic hypotension? You might be surprised! The best drug is losartan, says @laramitchdr — and give it at night #BGSconf
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Yup. See also academic.oup.com/ageing/arti…
In the ethics and law session, Dr Qingyu Dou presents the work around their conference poster: Modification effect of disability profiles on the association of blood pressure and mortality among older long-term care people buff.ly/44QV9HB #BGSconf
Emma retweeted
Our lovely Consultant Dr Prasath raised over £200 for @alzheimerssoc @ThushanthyPrasa @uhbwNHS @DementiaUK @DementiaFriends 😊
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Dementia Action Week, Day 1 Mocktails @DementiaUK @DementiaFriends @alzheimerssoc @ThushanthyPrasa #DementiaActionWeek @deirdre_fowler1 @Coxj2Cox @SarahDodds8 @HayleyLong18 @Angela34466577 @jodysaunders90 @uhbwNHS @MrsCrowley01
Emma retweeted
Happy #InternationalNursesDay! 💙
We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our nursing colleagues at UHBW for your compassion, courage and commitment to our patients, their families, and to each other.
#TeamUHBW
Emma retweeted
There’s still time to book for the Parkinson’s Academy Advanced MasterClass on 14 and 15 May.
Sponsored by the Excellence Network, the MasterClass will provide an in-depth programme of training for professionals working in #Parkinsons services.
Book now: bit.ly/48Ai9dS
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What we do & see in our jobs can be devastating & harrowing. It impacts our lives, our families & having access to this scheme literally saves lives. It keeps people in work. Even knowing it is there is comforting. Its loss transcends cost. The loss will have a profound impact. – at Bristol, England
Emma retweeted
I can't help but feel this is a decision that will cost NHS England more in the long term secondary to staff sickness.