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Prof Kate Curtis

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Emergency nurse, clinician researcher at Illawarra Shoalhaven and Sydney Nursing School, @Sydney_Uni

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As a paediatrician, I urge Australians to be guided by scientific evidence when making decisions on medications | Mike Freelander Claims of a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism have been repeatedly disproven โ€“ despite what the US administration suggests I have treated more than 200,000 patients in almost 40 years of practising medicine. Autism is a complex disorder which can present in many different ways and in a spectrum of severity. Causation is a very important consideration and, as a paediatrician, I know that parents often ask why their child has autism. Particularly in the severe end of the autism spectrum, genetic disorders can present with autistic features; for example Angelman syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome, Williams syndrome and many others. However, for the majority of the children who are diagnosed with autism, no cause is found. We also know that the number of children diagnosed with autism in the developed world is increasing. There are many reasons for this, not least that we are better at diagnosing it. However, in my work I often heard the question โ€œwhy is my child autistic?โ€ Continue reading...

As a paediatrician, I urge Australians to be guided by scientific evidence when making decisions on medications | Mike Freelander

23.09.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 149    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.

23.09.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17433    ๐Ÿ” 6174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 322    ๐Ÿ“Œ 194
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After work swim #mollymook

15.09.2025 08:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿง๐Ÿช scones Aussie style

28.08.2025 03:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The hug of the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Luxembourg.
That's probably one of the nicest things you'll see today.

26.08.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1190    ๐Ÿ” 207    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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More than 51,400 people aged 60 and over endured waits of 12 hours or more in Scotlandโ€™s Emergency Departments last year โ€“ new analysis from RCEM reveals.

Thatโ€™s 14,407 more patients than 2023.

Read more from RCEM, @gerisoc.bsky.social โ€ฌand @rcpedin.bsky.social here: rcem.ac.uk/news/shockin...

14.08.2025 05:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2.5yrs in the making, 2000+ hrs of prep and HIRAID at Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital is live!

Over 5 days of teaching, Chiangrai has Thailandโ€™s 1st HIRAID trained nurses, including 13 instructors!

A big thankyou to Poom and Koi for leading, MFU and the Thai government for support.
#HIRAID

18.07.2025 03:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Back home with my lapdog #dogs @aussie52.bsky.social @dogs.bsky.social

17.07.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Calm before the storm
#mollymook @shoalhaven.bsky.social

01.07.2025 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@hiraid.bsky.social
Oh Canada๐Ÿ
We had the honour of being invited to speak about HIRAID at the Canadian National Emergency Nurses Association conference in Saskatoon.

Despite catastrophic bushfires in northern Saskatchewan, hundreds of emergency nurses from across Canada attended

06.06.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bred before 1909 in Italy, Variegata di Bologna produces large, cupped, 5โ€ roses with 60+ petals in each blossom in a creamy white with neatly striped purple-crimson lines.

31.05.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 213    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A swallowtail butterfly feeding on a rose milkweed flower, with wings open.

A swallowtail butterfly feeding on a rose milkweed flower, with wings open.

This swallowtail butterfly is feeding on a rose milkweed flower. Loved by so many polinators, milkweed isn't just for Monarchs! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฆ‹

#butterfly #butterflies
#nature #naturephotography #photography
#macroย #macrophotography
#swallowtail #swallowtails
#milkweed #monarch

28.05.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The world is coming to Hamburg. Are you?

From June 9โ€“13, 2026, the global emergency medicine community gathers for a celebration of science, connection, and courage.

Join us at ICEM 2026!

www.icem2026.com

#wetogetherforward #emergencymedicine #FacharztNotfallmedizinJetzt #icem2026

28.05.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My cousin had an arrest in recovery post cardioversion recently

He was resuscitated and is fine

His spouseโ€™s response was to:

1. Do a CPR course
2. Buy a defibrillator
3. Make sure the neighbours (they live rurally) knew about and could access the defibrillator

When stuff happens, do +ve stuff

19.05.2025 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spring
#fungi #quรฉbec

18.05.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And here are some from my father who has over 150 native Australian dye extractions! #bsky.art ๐Ÿงถ
spinoffmagazine.com/color-play-w...

10.05.2025 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And here are some from my father who has over 150 native Australian dye extractions! #bsky.art
spinoffmagazine.com/color-play-w...

10.05.2025 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Limapontiidae sp.

Location: Romblon, Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

#SlugSaturday #SacoglossanSaturday #SeaSlug #MarineLife

10.05.2025 06:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Vivian BULLWINKEL (STATHAM) AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FNM, FRCNA Vivian | Bullwinkel (Statham) | AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FNM, FRCNA | V.B | Service number VFX61330 | Captain | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

sister vivien bullwinkel would be proud vwma.org.au/explore/peop... #nursing

10.05.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EMCrit Ghali Grills 003 - Further Disambiguating "PEA" We dive DEEP into PEA, when to stop CPR, how to know when you have adequate perfusion after ROSC, and a bunch more!!!

EMCrit Ghali Grills 003 - Further Disambiguating "PEA"
We dive DEEP into PEA, when to stop CPR, how to know when you have adequate perfusion after ROSC, and a bunch more!!!
[#FOAMed] @EM_RESUS
emcrit.org/esk1

10.05.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yet more evidence that the kids are, in fact, alright

10.05.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My photo shows an ancient wind intrument dated to the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. It is made from the radius bone of a swan (the thinner of the two long bones in a bird's wing). There are three finger holes. This wind instrument is usually referred to as a โ€˜fluteโ€™. It is incomplete and has been carefully reconstructed from fragments. Dimensions: โ€œThe maximum preserved length of fluteโ€ญ is โ€ฌ126.5โ€ญ โ€ฌmm, the possible length compared to the total length of a swans radius could have been 180โ€ญ โ€ฌtoโ€ญ โ€ฌ200โ€ญ โ€ฌmm. The asymmetrical diameter of the ๏ฌ‚ute is 10.3โ€ญ โ€ฌxโ€ญ โ€ฌ9.1โ€ญ โ€ฌmmโ€. (Info taken from โ€˜The Geissenkloesterle Flute - Discovery, Experiments, Reconstructionโ€™ by Susanne Mรผnzel/Friedrich Seeberger/Wulf Hein)

My photo shows an ancient wind intrument dated to the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. It is made from the radius bone of a swan (the thinner of the two long bones in a bird's wing). There are three finger holes. This wind instrument is usually referred to as a โ€˜fluteโ€™. It is incomplete and has been carefully reconstructed from fragments. Dimensions: โ€œThe maximum preserved length of fluteโ€ญ is โ€ฌ126.5โ€ญ โ€ฌmm, the possible length compared to the total length of a swans radius could have been 180โ€ญ โ€ฌtoโ€ญ โ€ฌ200โ€ญ โ€ฌmm. The asymmetrical diameter of the ๏ฌ‚ute is 10.3โ€ญ โ€ฌxโ€ญ โ€ฌ9.1โ€ญ โ€ฌmmโ€. (Info taken from โ€˜The Geissenkloesterle Flute - Discovery, Experiments, Reconstructionโ€™ by Susanne Mรผnzel/Friedrich Seeberger/Wulf Hein)

Music bringing people together for millennia! ๐Ÿชˆ ๐ŸŽถ

About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this flute was made from a swanโ€™s wing bone. It is one of the Worldโ€™s oldest known musical instruments!

GeiรŸenklรถsterle cave, Swabian Jura, Germany. Landesmuseum Wรผrttemberg, Stuttgart ๐Ÿ“ท me

#Archaeology

10.05.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 397    ๐Ÿ” 105    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Mrs. Perry Oriental Poppy

10.05.2025 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Portrait of a Costaโ€™s hummingbird purple gorget

Portrait of a Costaโ€™s hummingbird purple gorget

Thereโ€™s no such thing as being TOO close to a hummingbirdโ€ฆ

Ever ๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿชถ

07.05.2025 02:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5795    ๐Ÿ” 534    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 104    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Meanwhile, in Canadaโ€ฆ

02.05.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34564    ๐Ÿ” 7161    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 923    ๐Ÿ“Œ 682
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Follow me for daily Floral

#bloomscrolling #nature #gardeningfeed #flowers #photography #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #spring

30.04.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 146    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some more snaps of the talented emergency nurse leaders of beautiful Tasmania!
#nursing #emergencynursing #Tasmania #HIRAID #QualityandSafety

Music track: Summer Time by Ethan Sturock
Source: lnkd.in/gpbPm4i9

30.04.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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