Usama Basit

Two superpowers opening discussions on the future of a country which one of them is still invading, without that country

#ClassConsciousness 101

This is so bad it’s almost laughable but racism in medicine is still very real, and leads to worse outcomes and more death & disease.

America is diverse. How can you claim to want to make America healthy when you think other races and ethnicities should only be able to receive disparate healthcare?

I will never forget a visit to Dachau with my (then) teenage daughters.
The words on the memorial wall were not " #NeverForget " - that wouldn't be enough.
The words in 5 languages:
#NeverAgain

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On this Holocaust Memorial Day, perhaps more than any in the last 80 years, the words #NeverForget ring hollow as they fall from the mealy mouths of our leaders.

We have forgotten & are all complicit if the crimes of the past unfold as we stand idle.

Let us make "Never Forget" mean something again

The X logo with a one line a Nazi salute

Who did this?

Image features College Officers, members of Council, Deputy and Lead Examiners, as well as Directors of the College: Adrian Boyle, Ian Higginson, Jason Long, Russel McLaughlin, Jocelyn Brittliff, Rob Hirst, Romanna Moss, Dale Kirkwood, Catherine Feast, Kayode Adeboye, Jill Stafford and David Hall.

🧵1/5 #RCEMDiploma Oscars selfie eat your heart out!

Such a great pic from our College Officers, Council members, Deputy and Lead Examiners, as well as Directors of the College💜

🎓 They had such a brilliant day celebrating the achievements of the Members and Fellows at the Ceremony! 🎉

🧵2/5 Our Honorary Fellowships are for extraordinary contributions to EM.

Dr Jo Daniels, Clinical Psychologist @uniofbath.bsky.social, has been recognised at 🎓 #RCEMDiploma Ceremony, for work with RCEM which started in 2019 to improve our understanding of ED staff well-being & retention.

Dr Ian Higginson has been appointed as the next President of RCEM.

For now he is President Elect, and will officially take over from Dr Adrian Boyle after our AGM in the autumn.

Huge Congratulations Higgi from all at the College! 🎉

Read the full news: rcem.ac.uk/rcem-announces-next-president/

My father would womanize, he would start land wars with Denmark. He would make outrageous claims like claiming ownership of Greenland. Sometimes he would refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Be sure to know your specialty's KPIs inside out for your interview.

These metrics are crucial for evaluating care quality and efficiency.

The right to free speech means that an individual is allowed to express their ideas without threat of persecution from a government.

It is NOT the right to merely be offensive.

It is NOT the right to present lies as facts.

It is NOT the right to be free of consequence.

Certainly can be.
But often feels that there aren’t any alternatives.
I wonder if the evidence takes account of patients getting “stranded” in hospitals for a long time?
Would the harm be reduced if we could get them out of hospital as soon as acute treatment done?

An oil painting of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson in the 1860s

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), 1st female dean of a British med school, and 1st female mayor in Britain, pretended to be rich during med school (in Paris, 1870) so admin would think she'd be able to sue if they suddenly said women couldn't be doctors 1/10

Those of us who are female physicians today owe a huge debt to our predecessors ⬇️

I’m a trauma nurse in Madison, Wi. I’m a mother of two school age kids. I’m the wife of a mass shooting survivor.

Yet every single time my reaction is the same: complete heartbreak. It’s always someone else until it’s you.

Consider a donation tonight to @momsdemand.bsky.social.

Screenshot from CNN with Trump. Chyron says Trump threatened gop senators opposing cabinet picks

Caught this in the gym. No volume, so didn’t hear what the threats were, but yeah. Such a reassuring chyron.

One of the many reasons I left the U.K. and UK emergency medicine training

Corridor care is not right for patients or ED staff

In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️

I can't wait to introduce you to my bug, Bear.

Was sorry to hear about a French cheese factory that burnt down.

All that was left was de brie.

#dadjokes

When I see how good a show Bluey is now, I get irrationally angry at how much Peppa Pig I had to endure before.

"If you became an ER doc because you loved thank you's, boy did you fuck up. Because your best work does not know who you are." - Dr. Billy Mallon

Just returned from an invigorating London Trauma Conference!

It was an honor to be able to join a great group of speakers on the stage, and to meet old friends and colleagues as well as new ones.

Thanks to Prof Lockey for the invite!

Do people know if it is "unprecedented" for every winter - it is in actual fact, precedented.

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My wife told me to take the spider out instead of killing him.

Went out. Had a few drinks. Nice guy. He's a web designer.
#DadJokes

Anyone else read #Bluesky as BLOOSKIE?

No? Just me then.

*exit stage left*

The sad and inevitable truth is in another 10 years, when it is all said and done and it is irrefutable Israel committed a genocide in Palestine, there will be many a handwringing think piece from those who defend Israel's actions now, claiming 'we didn't know'. They know. Remember that they knew.

Study of pediatric appendicitis scores and management strategies: A prospective observational feasibility study Objective The objective was to investigate the feasibility of prospectively validating multiple clinical prediction scores (CPSs) for pediatric appendicitis in an Australian pediatric emergency depa...

I'm testing to see if BluSky picks up this recent #SGEMHOP article in Altmetrics.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MedSky @dennisrenmd.bsky.social