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Rhonda Sturley

@geriatics

Consultant Orthogeriatrician with an interest in elderly trauma working at St George’s Hospital.

Joined February 2016
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This study in the 23 major trauma centres in England involving 35,689 patients found that geriatrician review almost HALVES the risk of death for severely injured older adults aHR 0.43 [95% CI 0.40-0.46, p<0.0001] Fab work from @CLARITYresearch 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳 thelancet.com/journals/lanhl…
A national study of 23 major trauma centres to investigate the effect of a geriatrician assessment...

A national study of 23 major trauma centres to investigate the effect of a geriatrician assessment...

Geriatrician assessment was associated with a reduced risk of death for seriously injured older people. These data support routine provision of geriatrician assessment in trauma care. Future research...

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CLARITY (@CLARITYresearch) profile pictureCLARITY@CLARITYresearch5 Jul 2022
🔊Serious injuries & older people Two new papers in @LancetLongevity. The Frailty in Trauma Reporting (FiTR) studies. All 23 English major trauma centres. >35k older people. FiTR 1: thelancet.com/journals/lanhl… FiTR 2: thelancet.com/journals/lanhl…
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Amazing weather today! Perfect for a dog shoot 🤣 #shiba #shibainu #boxhill #NationalTrust
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Scotland isn’t too bad! 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #scotland #staycation #shiba #shibainu #salen #resipole
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George's Geris@GerisGeorge16 Jun 2020
Looking for a change? We are recruiting to expand our team: mix of subacute Geriatrics + rehab and subspecialty eg OPAL / community. Fixed term role in Mary Seacole ward @StGeorgesTrust (substantive equivalent with the RCP now)... Deadline 28th June. jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/91607…
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Stunning cake delivered this afternoon for @DrGSAlg birthday. Such a beautifully made (and tasty) cake created by @ivanscakes. Baking cakes in his own time to say thank you to the NHS. Thank you so much!!!! Absolutely demolished by @GerisGeorge @StGeorgesTrust #cake #NHS
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Enjoying the bluebells and loving the NHS support! #shibainu #shiba #NHS
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George's Geris@GerisGeorge15 Jul 2019
Supporting one of our own! Go @rach_dunn Good luck England! @BryonyBryboss #ThisIsNetball #RosesRISING #roses @StGeorgesTrust
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#RosesRISING #NWC19 #ThisIsNetball Here we go! – at Liverpool, England
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So good! #netballenvy #ThisIsNetball #diamonds #NWC19
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NZ v ZIM Loving it #NWC19 #NetballWorldCup #NetballWorldCup2019 #ThisIsNetball – at Liverpool, England
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Tools to predict falls in hospital have no evidence base #BGSconf
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Epidemiology of impatient falls- 12.5% in a rehabilitation/community setting #BGSconf
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Discovering that loneliness in the elderly has the equivalent mortality to smoking 15 cigarettes a day 😱. Are robotics the answer 🤖?#BGSconf – at Cardiff, Wales
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‘Altered states on the Cardiac Intensive Care Ward’ via @cardiffuni #BGSconf
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Geriatric registars often don't know what they don't know until they do a community geriatric placement! Come and find out more at poster 89 #BGSconf
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22 major trauma geriatricians from across England in 1 room Lots of positivity Hot topics of debate: Best practice tariff Triage Frailty + sarcopenia screening Rib#s TBI + anticoag Cervical collars Sacral+pubic # intervention The future of this growing subspecialty is bright 👍
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So excited to be part of the first National Elderly Trauma Meeting today! Such potential and enthusiasm to improve care even more for frail trauma patients. #elderlytrauma #silvertrauma @GerisGeorge @RoySocMed – at Wandsworth, London
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Are you a GA/GS and still looking for a club for this season? @ActoniansNC still have a couple of spaces in our County League Div 3 Squad and would love to hear from you. Contact: Claire 07956 343611 and you’ll be invited to come for a couple of free training sessions.
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George's Geris@GerisGeorge16 Sep 2018
The day has arrived! Good luck everyone doing the #londontobrighton today raising funds to make @StGeorgesTrust Senior Health wards more dementia friendly. 🍀🚴‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️🏖 justgiving.com/fundraising/d…
Dementia Cafe SGH

Dementia Cafe SGH

Help Siobhan Burke raise money to support St George's Hospital Charity

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VP Speechie@VPSpeechie12 Sep 2018
Day 2 of the @StGSpeechies Senior Health Communication Week! The focus for today: dementia. #CommunicationWeek
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