Follower of Jesus. Rural Family Physician trying to make it in the city. Here for the #FOAMed #RuralFamMed #PoCUS #FMPoCUS
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined May 2010
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Had a great time this morning with False Bay Hospital clinical team, playing @EM3FOAMed Education Games. Did "ECG Bingo" and "Is It ACS?". Excellent way to ensure team engagement, especially if chocolates are prizes! #FOAMed #FamMed em3.org.uk/foamed/category/E…
Excited for our @SAAFP1 Pre-Conference PoCUS workshop, led by @GusiPocus with local Family Physician trainers. I’ll be there to take many selfies. So come join on 6 Sept in Cape Town! #FMPoCUS #PoCUS
ALT Link to registration: https://www.jotform.com/form/223282703213042#preview
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Safe POCUS requires that one can articulate the pre-test probability which justifies the scan, and the positive and negative likelihood ratios of that specific POCUS exam performed. POCUS without a basic understanding of Bayesian clinical decision making is perhaps dangerous.
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We are excited to invite you to the official launch of the Dept of Family, Community and Emergency Care on Wed, 23 August 2023.
Guest speakers include Dr Imtiaaz Sooliman (Gift of the Givers) and Dr Keith Cloete (Head of Health & Wellness, WCG).
@GiftoftheGivers @WestCapeHealth – at Cape Town, South Africa
You can now RSVP for the official launch of the Dept of Family, Community and Emergency Care on Wed, 23 Aug '23. Guest speakers include Dr Imitaaz Sooliman (Gift of the Givers) and Dr Keith Cloete (Head of Health & Wellness, WCG).
Register here - bit.ly/3DEyelX
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Study findings do not support the treatment of elevated inpatient blood pressures in hospitalized older adults without evidence of end organ damage and highlight the need for randomized clinical trials of inpatient blood pressure treatment targets. ja.ma/3NXGLWV
Nice view of Mitral Stenosis with my @ButterflyNetInc with anterior leaflet as a hockey-stick shape or diastolic doming. #PoCUS #FMPoCUS #EchoFirst
Had fun with my new @Oculine1 mount to go with my @ButterflyNetInc. Makes vascular access much easier. Thanks for hooking me up @zebra_medical
Looking forward to the South African release of this feature!
Oh #butterflyiq, you “B-line” beauty. This is going to be a game changer for the lungs pre-set. Cutting edge AI tech.
#zebramedical #POCUS #ultrasound #lungs lnkd.in/d5Qvk9De
Reopening our GA theatre service at False Bay Hospital! Got to find veins with my @ButterflyNetInc. And hang out with @Spdpleroux. My doppelgänger @montmorency314 was even there. Good to be back in theatre again. @zebra_medical @AnjeGregory #FMPoCUS #PoCUS
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Paediatric palliative care for the generalist | Ambler | South African Family Practice - #MedTwitter #PalliativeCare #Foamed safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/…
A good reminder for myself, to scan all the way through to the apex. This little dude was trying to hide from me. Also some pretty smoke / spontaneous echo contrast. #PoCUS #FMPoCUS #EchoFirst
Had lots of Difficult Airway fun this morning at False Bay Hospital. Ducanto D Grip, Front of Neck Access, SALAD and test-driving our re-discovered Video Laryngoscope. Thanks to @rosshofmeyr and @Spdpleroux for the mannequin and @sebdehaan for material #FamMed
More fun with my @zebra_medical @ButterflyNetInc. Young patient scanned with @skaapie7, IV drug user with clinical infective endocarditis. Ended up with a positive fungal blood culture. A very unhappy aortic valve. PoCUS helped us expedite cardiology transfer. #FMPoCUS #IMPoCUS
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#primafamed session on educational research & innovations in #familymedicine, with experiences from Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa and Nigeria. Training for #primarycare needs to be informed by evidence, esp from our region, and incorporate technology and leadership development. – at Malawi
Had so much fun hanging out with my old mate @skaapie7 (Jonathan Naude) at Mitchells Plain Hospital, taking my new @ButterflyNetInc iQ+ for a spin courtesy of @zebra_medical. Found a pretty spine sign! #IMPoCUS #FMPoCUS
ALT Visualisation of the vertebral bodies above the liver and diaphragm indicates a right pleural effusion. A normal air-filled lung doesn’t transmit sound waves so the vertebral bodies stop at the diaphragm. But fluid transmits the sounds waves so the pleural effusion allows us to see the vertebral bodies above the diaphragm.
Great work Thandi
So pleased to finally share my M results. Here's to hoping this will contribute to the improvement of rehabilitation services in SA.
mdpi.com/1851266 #mdpiijerph via @IJERPH_MDPI
#rehabilitation #humanresources #rehabilitationworkforce #ruralrehab
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Aggressive fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis does NOT improve clinical outcomes, and it ⬆️ the risk of fluid overload. 💧
#MedTwitter #GITwitter #MedEd #pancreas
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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Doctor of the Year 2022: Craig Parker, EC for his amazing team that developed OxERA the device that saved rural lives during the COVID-19 pandemic
#ruraldoctors #RHC2022 #doctoroftheyear #oxera
