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Rachel Edwards

@drracheledwards.bsky.social

Emergency Medicine Registrar (PGY11) | PHEM Doctor @wmcareteam | Eternal LTFT Trainee | Mum of 2 - Birmingham, UK #MedSky

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Iโ€™m carrying out some research into the psychological impact on police officers of witnessing a pre-hospital resuscitative thoracotomy.

Please share & send to anyone you think it might be relevant to (UK only)

30.05.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m carrying out some research into the psychological impact on police officers of witnessing a pre-hospital resuscitative thoracotomy.

Please share & send to anyone you think it might be relevant to (UK only)

30.05.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
DipIMC Revision Course | Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

For anyone sitting the #DipIMC exam in Julyโ€ฆ Midlands Air Ambulance are doing a 1 day revision course - tickets are available to book online now:

www.midlandsairambulance.com/education/cl...

#DIMC #PHEM

25.03.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Applications now openโ€ฆ

wmcareteam.com/wmct/vacancy...

#PHEM #EM #Trauma #CriticalCare

03.01.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pre Hospital Extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) in the UK: The Sub30 study Understand the impact of the sub30 study on ECMO CPR, and compare its results with other international studies of ECPR

Letโ€™s review the Sub30 trial. The first uk study of ECPR in PHEM and lots of challenges.

Should we adopt it more widely?

www.stemlynsblog.org/sub30study/

02.01.2025 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But the person specification will be available to view on Friday.

01.01.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ST4+

01.01.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exciting news for those with an interest in #PHEMโ€ฆ the West Midlands CARE Team are looking to recruit doctors!

Recruitment will open this Friday. Details announced via the website & social media.

wmcareteam.com/wmct/recruit...

01.01.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Adding to the list of weird things Iโ€™ve knittedโ€ฆ. a placenta.

23.12.2024 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Prehospital critical care beyond advanced life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review To assess the clinical outcomes of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest attended by prehospital critical care teams compared to non-critical cโ€ฆ

Really grateful to have been given the opportunity to get involved with this research. Great to finally see it be published โ˜บ๏ธ

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

14.12.2024 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, I hate it.

10.12.2024 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m looking for recommendations for EM related podcasts. There seems to be lots out there covering all the sexy resus/trauma/PHEM stuff, but not much out there about the more โ€˜vanillaโ€™ EM presentations.

09.12.2024 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aw yes heโ€™s lovely! Was on shift with him for the first time last week - heโ€™s a good egg

05.12.2024 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh good! Glad you enjoyed it.

05.12.2024 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Panel Discussion - Regional ECTs Podcast Episode ยท CARE Team Sessions ยท 03/12/2024 ยท 1h 4m

Another episode of the CARE Team Sessions podcast is out ๐ŸŽ‰

This episode features myself and 3 other PHEM clinicians discussing how we got into pre-hospital critical care, career pathways, along with some of the challenges, coping mechanisms, tricks and tips.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

03.12.2024 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The full conference programme is here...
Get ready for PREPARED25
If you're an EM or Anaesthetic Trainee, Foundation Doctor or Medical student...this is one Prehospital Conference not to miss!

www.emergemedical.co.uk/prepared25/t...

#PREPARED25 #PHEM #prehospital #conference

22.11.2024 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You cannot run an A&E like an outpatient clinic, but you can run it like a fire service...
๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿš’๐Ÿ’จ

A thread
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#Medsky #EMedsky

30.11.2024 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Defibrillation and refractory ventricular fibrillation Of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) presenting in ventricular fibrillation (VF), the majority require multiple shocks.1 Guidelines recom

Interesting article. A lot of what we label as refractory VF isnโ€™t refractory at all. Itโ€™s actually recurrent.

Is there a way in which we could change defibrillation strategies or antiarrhythmic drug administration to better address this?

academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...

28.11.2024 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One off doses of antihypertensives for asymptomatic hypertension is associated with increased risk of AKI.

Similarly randomly throwing darts in the air for no reason is associated with increased risk of ADITH.*

Will this madness never end?

*A dart in the head
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

26.11.2024 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Twitter post from @EmergencyBod 3rd April 2020

1. Dr Habib Zaidi, 76
2. Dr Adil El Tayar, 63
3. Dr Amged El Hawrani, 57
4. Dr Alfa Sa'adu, 68
5. Thomas Harvey, 57
6. Areema Nasreen, 37
7. Aimee O'Rourke, 36
8. Prof. Sami Shousha, 79

They are the first to die looking after us. Sadly they won't be the last.

#StayHomeSaveLives

Twitter post from @EmergencyBod 3rd April 2020 1. Dr Habib Zaidi, 76 2. Dr Adil El Tayar, 63 3. Dr Amged El Hawrani, 57 4. Dr Alfa Sa'adu, 68 5. Thomas Harvey, 57 6. Areema Nasreen, 37 7. Aimee O'Rourke, 36 8. Prof. Sami Shousha, 79 They are the first to die looking after us. Sadly they won't be the last. #StayHomeSaveLives

I'm looking back on those early covid days and remembering the early deaths among healthcare workers in the UK.

100 died by the end of April.
Approx. 1000 by the same time the following year.

The WHO estimates total deaths of healthcare workers worldwide from covid as between 80,000 - 180,000.

24.11.2024 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m still haunted by the deaths of some of my colleagues I looked after on ITU. 4 years on and still no justice.

24.11.2024 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you see this post a concert pic you took

23.11.2024 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Biology, chemistry, maths & French - I would have gladly done religious studies as well if Iโ€™d had the chance!

23.11.2024 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#CivilitySavesLives

21.11.2024 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

21.11.2024 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57894    ๐Ÿ” 6460    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2248    ๐Ÿ“Œ 721
Here is what you can do to take climate action

Here is what you can do to take climate action

You can take real #ClimateAction, whether it's a big or small step. Here's how ๐Ÿ‘‡ #COP29

21.11.2024 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 239    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

As more people arrive, more Emergency Medicine folks need to be added to this Starter Pack.

Comment for yourself and/or your suggestions on here and I'll add them.
go.bsky.app/UiT6Rz1

20.11.2024 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Pls!

20.11.2024 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Already enjoying the vibes on here much more โœŒ๐Ÿป
Nice to scroll through my newsfeed and not be bombarded with the usual garbage.

20.11.2024 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lots of new additions to the #PHEM starter pack as more people join Bluesky

Tag below or DM for additions

go.bsky.app/NWQRhE1

18.11.2024 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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