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A really wonderful
#IWD2023
today at the Inaugural Captain Dara Fitzpatrick Award
@UL
. Huge congrats to all the amazing finalists and our super winner Frances Griffin! Míle buíochas to fab co-organisers
@grainnemoshea
@NFitzPsychology
& the Fitzpatrick family ♥️
#DaraAward
#IPERN
Delighted to present to you the inaugural winner of the Captain Dara Fitzpatrick Award - Frances Griffin of
@AmbulanceNAS
So very well deserved we are absolutely thrilled for you - congratulations Frances!
#DaraAward
#IPERN
#IWD2023
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Some personal news! 👶 We welcomed baby Séamus (Sé) to the world on Monday ♥️ and are beyond thrilled to bring him home to his big brother today 😍 I cannot speak highly enough of the super care we received from all the team
@ULHospitals
Maternity
#UMHL
Míle buíochas! 🤗
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Our 4yo son is autistic and non-verbal. We started working with a new Speech & Language Therapist and she recommended an Augmentive & Alternative communication (AAC) device. My beautiful boy just used it to say "Love Mom" and my heart is bursting! ❤️😭
#Autism
#DisabilityRights
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1. 🧵 Thinking of the family of
#SarahEverard
waking up to the horrible reality of her loss today. I recently spoke with a male interviewer about
#GenderEquity
& he was shocked when I spoke about not feeling safe as a woman. So I told him about my experiences...
#TriggerWarning
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Our wee boy has turned the corner and my heart is filled with joy - the beautiful bells of St. Mary's playing Silent Night has just reduced me to tears
#TiredAndEmotional
Hoping to start the New Year with him at home now all going well tonight and tomorrow 🤞🙏
I'm not sure I've ever been this exhausted, even after bringing this precious maneen into the world almost 2 years ago. Feeling very thankful to the wonderful staff here in
#Clonmel
both in the
#EmergencyDepartment
and in
#Paediatrics
🏥 we couldn't be in better hands
#ThankYou
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🧵1. Lessons from our time on the Paediatric Ward. My 2yo son became ill on Stephen's Day and after a trip to the
#EmergencyDepartment
we spent 5 very long days and 4 even longer nights in
#Paediatrics
Here's what I've learned, I hope it's useful to other parents in the future
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I'm not sure I've ever been this exhausted, even after bringing this precious maneen into the world almost 2 years ago. Feeling very thankful to the wonderful staff here in
#Clonmel
both in the
#EmergencyDepartment
and in
#Paediatrics
🏥 we couldn't be in better hands
#ThankYou
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A thread on Public Health. Prior to
#COVID19
there wasn't a great awareness among most people about
#PublicHealth
as a Medical Speciality. I don't mean any disrespect in saying that, it's an observation, not a criticism, from someone working in the field
#Coronavirusireland
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23. So for all the men who are thinking it's an equal world for us women and tweeting
#NotAllMen
just remember this "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" (JFK) Please always call out bad behaviour & listen when we speak
#BeAnAlly
#IWD
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It's a tremendous honour to host the inaugural Captain Dara Fitzpatrick Award for
@IPERN999
with the wonderful
@NFitzPsychology
@grainnemoshea
I can't wait to meet our amazing
#DaraAward
finalists to celebrate Dara's legacy with her family, friends & colleagues on
#IWD2023
@UL
1. INAUGURAL CAPTAIN DARA FITZPATRICK AWARD It is our privilege at
#IPERN
to present this award in memory of our inspirational colleague Dara Fitzpatrick. The inaugural
#DaraAward
Ceremony honouring
#WomenInEMS
takes place on
#IWD2023
@UL
hosted by
@CumminsNM
@grainnemoshea
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Immigrant workers have been propping up
#Irish
healthcare for years. They have worked tirelessly during
#COVID19
and tragically some lost their lives to the virus. We owe them - let's make it right
#FastTrackCitizenship
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Today on
#NollaignamBan
please take the time to nominate an inspirational female friend or colleague working in Irish pre-hospital care/emergency services for the Capt. Dara Fitzpatrick Award in memory of the wonderful Dara, our Banríon na Spéire
#DaraAward
#IPERN
🚑🚒🚔🚤🚁
#IPERN
are proud to announce that nominations are now open for the Capt. Dara Fitzpatrick Award 2024. The
#DaraAward
celebrates inspirational women working in the Irish pre-hospital community and will be presented on International Women's Day
#IWD2024
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This reminds me of that time Leo said Tiny Tim in a Christmas Carol should just get a job. Yes that Tiny Tim, the disabled child
#YouCouldntMakeItUp
What does our Taoiseach have against people with disabilities? And their carers for that matter?
#VoteYesNo
IMPORTANT: Leo Varadkar accidentally said the quiet part out loud in the below video. He has urged people not to share this clip under any circumstances. Thank you.
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It's appalling that the
#MaternityRestrictions
persist - heartbreaking for women giving birth alone & their partners. The risk can be managed but sadly the will just isn't there to do it. Traditionally women's health has never been a priority in Ireland & the status quo continues
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Delivered a care package to the hardworking paramedics in Limerick earlier - up to their eyes already and facing into a wet night! 🚑 Goodies included home-made muffins, some healthy snacks and most importantly for the night shift - caffeine!
#Bake4NAS
#RAOK
#Coronavirusireland
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On 2nd Jan 2020 at 5.52pm our lives changed forever with the arrival of this bundle of joy! 😍 It's been a rollercoaster of a year and I can't believe we're already celebrating his 1st Birthday 🥳 Looking forward to a party with family & friends in safer times ❤
#HappyBirthday
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Thrilled to be awarded
@hrbireland
funding to host an upcoming Seminar
@MedicineAtUL
to support the development of the new
#ResearchStrategy
for
#PrehospitalCare
in Ireland. Excellent timing on
#ULResearchWeek
#HRIResearchDay
Thanks to all involved for their support
#IrishEMS
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I'm reflecting on the fact that we're married 14 years today. That was our first wedding - we've done it three times! Long story 😂 The summer we first met in 2002 we choose our baby names and finally this year that dream became a reality ❤
#MeantToBe
#MiracleBaby
#EndTheStigma
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Delighted to have joined the wonderful faculty
@PublicHealthUL
as a Lecturer in Public Health and really excited to meet our new Masters students at orientation this afternoon!
#PublicHealth
#StudyAtUL
💚
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1. I posted this a few weeks ago and was overwhelmed by the response. It was a very special moment ❤️ But there are many difficult moments. Today on
#WorldAutismDay
I want to highlight the lack of public services for children with disabilities in Ireland
#DisabilityRights
#Autism
Our 4yo son is autistic and non-verbal. We started working with a new Speech & Language Therapist and she recommended an Augmentive & Alternative communication (AAC) device. My beautiful boy just used it to say "Love Mom" and my heart is bursting! ❤️😭
#Autism
#DisabilityRights
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In line with current best evidence and applying the
#PrecautionaryPrinciple
the wearing of
#FaceMasks
should be recommended in public during the
#COVID19
pandemic. Excellent work by
@trishgreenhalgh
and
@CebmOxford
#FollowTheEvidence
#WhyWeDoResearch
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A difficult watch on
#rtept
tonight Harrison's family's experience of accessing services for children with additional needs is that of so many families in Ireland (including our own). "Early" intervention for children with
#ASD
is not being delivered early or often not at all
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Did you know that "Ambulance Drivers" don't exist?
@AmbulanceNAS
is staffed by Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, Advanced Paramedics
#HealthcareProfessionals
#WhatsInAName
#RespectParamedics
#IrishEMS
#IPERN
@RTENationwide
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We're homeward bound! ❤ So thankful to all the staff in
#Clonmel
at
#TipperaryUniversityHospital
I couldn't speak highly enough of the care we received there. Please stay home this
#NewYearsEve
and protect our amazing HCWs and those more vulnerable to
#COVID19
#HappyNewYear
Our wee boy has turned the corner and my heart is filled with joy - the beautiful bells of St. Mary's playing Silent Night has just reduced me to tears
#TiredAndEmotional
Hoping to start the New Year with him at home now all going well tonight and tomorrow 🤞🙏
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"Over the last 10 years the Government did not build one affordable home"
@RoryHearne
speaking about the
#HousingCrisis
on
@IrelandAMVMTV
Putting the banks before Irish citizens and building a crisis instead of houses!
#RightToAhome
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"All you hear is early intervention. There is no early intervention in this country at the moment because there's no public services for anyone"
This is the tragic reality for our
#autistic
children
Incredible
#advocacy
from Cara and family
#SameChance
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Patients attend the
#EmergencyDepartment
for many reasons. Analysing data from a questionnaire today and this response from an 80yo made me laugh "Sent in by the wife" 😂 As it turned out she was a wise woman!
#RightCareRightPlaceRightTime
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First day back on campus
@UL
after Maternity Leave and it's a beautiful sunny one! Lovely to catch-up with colleagues this morning and excited to start working on some new projects! 💚
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Disgraceful headline 😡 The role of the first responder on scene of a major incident with mass casualties is to triage & communicate - which was exactly what this paramedic did - many more lives could have been lost otherwise
@BBCNews
Do better!
#ResponsibleJournalism
#Paramedics
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22. I'm fully sure I would have been raped that night and possibly worse. And I'm aware I'm telling these stories from a place of privilege and there may be women reading this who weren't so lucky. My heart genuinely breaks for you, my sisters
#Survivors
#SexualAssault
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Delighted to have won the prize for best e-poster today at the
@2021Iaem
conference for our
#research
on the impact of
#COVID19
on the
#EmergencyDepartment
@ULHospitals
Thanks a million to all the team!
#PublicHealth
#21IAEM
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On hols in Spain & attended the
#EmergencyDepartment
after a playground fall. Thankfully smallie is ok & now reflecting on the visit;
- Checked in & seen immediately by doctor
- Full assessment & discharged in <1h
- Free due to
#EHIC
#UEC
in
#Ireland
must improve
#CareCantWait
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Sunset on the canal in
#Clonlara
& after a nap & a run I'm a new woman! 💪 Maneen is flying it today getting in all sorts of mischief! 😍 Just like his Mama he's a survivor and 2022 is gonna be our year!
#HappyNewYear
👊
#ExerciseIsMedicine
#EndTheStigma
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17. It wasn't the
#Christmas
we expected but I learned that there are true angels in this world and they are Paediatric Nurses
#HeartsOfGold
To all the staff in the
#Paediatric
Assessment Unit & on the Paeds ward at
#TipperaryUniversityHospital
Míle buíochas
#ThankYou
@HSELive
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Beyond thrilled to officially join this amazing team as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer
@monash_para
It's a real pleasure to work with such hardworking & enthusiastic colleagues on both
#research
&
#educational
projects & looking forward to more wonderful collaborations in the future!
🎉We are delighted to announce that Dr Niamh Cummins is our latest international Adjunct Faculty staff member to join our Department. We look forward to our continued collaboration with Niamh and her colleagues. The future is bright.
@MonashUni
@Monash_FMNHS
@IPERN999
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2. There is nothing (NOTHING!) in this world like the icy tendrils of fear that claw at your heart when your baby is seriously unwell. Parents ALWAYS trust your instincts & if your child is really sick then don't hesitate to call
@AmbulanceNAS
or go to the
#EmergencyDepartment
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Back to where it began... Our first hols in 4 years 🇺🇸 and the first with our boys! 😍 Last night we had dinner at the restaurant where we met 21 yrs ago. This pic sums up our trip (and life generally!) a bit of a blur - totally chaotic but filled with love & laughter ❤️
#Family
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That's Limerick city! A boy the kid that penned this masterpiece 😂
#Limerick
#StrikingIsNotACrime
#SupportDebenhamsWorkers
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Delighted to be working on
#StPatricksDay
when it meant I could spend time on campus
@UL
First time in my office
@AlliedHealthUL
since 2019! I forgot how beautiful the River Shannon and the Living Bridge are at sunset! Also thrilled that the launch of
@IPERN999
was a success! 🚑
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Despite being "understaffed, under-resourced and under-valued" our
#PublicHealth
doctors have deferred strike action due to ethical considerations. Makes you wonder about the ethics of those that allowed it to come to this 10 months into a pandemic?
#InvestInPublicHealth
#COVID19
Planned strike action by Public Health Doctors deferred. Full statement
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1. Fantastic to see the Emergency Aeromedical Service featured on
#RTENationwide
tonight. Congrats to an amazing team on their 3000th mission! I still clearly remember Mission 1 on 04/06/2012 and it's wonderful to think of all the lives that have been saved since then by the
#EAS
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Absolutely delighted to get vaccinated today! 🥳 Feeling very lucky and thankful to all the researchers, scientists, clinicians and volunteers who made this possible
#WhyWeDoResearch
#COVID19
#COVID19Ireland
#Vaccines
#VaccinesSaveLives
#PublicHealth
@ULHospitals
@HSELive
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Disappointing clickbait headline from
@Independent_ie
particularly considering how much our HCW have done for us during
#COVID19
It could have read "Online education for nurses and doctors doubles attendance with 83% attending when not scheduled to work"
#ResponsibleJournalism
Study finds that more than half of doctors and nurses attended online education in their pyjamas
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The baba has been babbling for months and his first words were Dada of course 😂 but this morning I walked into his room to a shout of "MAMA" with a huge smile! My heart may have burst 😍
#MorningCuddles
#MammyLife
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I'd be the first to admit I'm not usually a big soccer fan but I'm a HUGE
#Ireland
fan & even more so when it's Mná na hÉireann! ♀️ 🇮🇪 Amazing achievement by our
#GirlsInGreen
🍀to reach their first
#WorldCup
💪 My wee boys and I are hoping for an Irish win today!
#COYGIG
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24. Primary Care is under-resourced, out-of-hours GP services are overwhelmed and there is no bed capacity in our hospitals so the ED becomes patient limbo. There are 318 patients suffering on trolleys in Ireland today
#TrolleyCrisis
Our HCWs are close to burnout
#COVID19
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Delighted to accept a Research Mentor Award this week with amazing colleagues
@elainekinsella
@JennytalksPsych
for our work on
@EMerge_UL
the early-mid career academic peer support network
@UL
Baby Séamus was very proud!
#EDI
#EMCA
#PeerSupport
#ResearchWeekUL
#EMergeUL
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🧵This is the experience of
#EverySingleWoman
I know
#IsThisOk
It makes me nervous as I wait for the darkness to fade before my morning run
#BeAnAlly
In Ireland 242 women have died violently since 1996 including 6 in 2021
@Womens_Aid
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha
#VAW
#EDI
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Together with an amazing international team
@monash_para
@k_bowles
@IPERN999
I've been developing a new Research Strategy for Irish Paramedicine - so proud to now be hosting this launch seminar today
@PublicHealthUL
@MedicineAtUL
thanks to the support of
@hrbireland
@PHECC
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23.
@AmbulanceNAS
and
#EmergencyDepartments
are supposed to be for emergencies - when did it become acceptable to us as a society to wait for hours for treatment in an EMERGENCY? How is it reasonable that there is nowhere for us to go for non-urgent medical care out-of-hours?
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Our non-EU doctors prop up our health service and deserve much better than how they're currently being treated - words are meaningless we need to back them up with action
#fastTrackCitizenship
I’m a frontline healthcare worker who, during the first wave of covid pandemic,risked his life,his pregnant wife’s life and more importantly the life of my daughter who has chronic lung disease.I chose to serve this country and stayed behind when many left for better future.
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Please support our wonderful international doctors who have been propping up our health service for years under extremely difficult conditions. After all they have done for us through
#COVID19
we owe them better
#FastAccessStamp4
Let's acknowledge them 👇
I have launched a campaign to retain our experienced international doctors who worked tirelessly in this pandemic.
To ensure this, they should be included in the upcoming policy on Stamp 4 visa
@LeoVaradkar
@DonnellyStephen
Plz RT
#FastAccessStamp4
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Very thankful to be back home celebrating this special day with our little boy! 😍
#HappyBirthday
#TwoYearsOld
🧵1. Lessons from our time on the Paediatric Ward. My 2yo son became ill on Stephen's Day and after a trip to the
#EmergencyDepartment
we spent 5 very long days and 4 even longer nights in
#Paediatrics
Here's what I've learned, I hope it's useful to other parents in the future
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Representing
@LimerickFire
today I ran with a heavy heart thinking of the family & friends of Des Fitzgerald. Dessie was a big fitness fan & I've fond memories of our chats about running during the extrication research study. Donations to
@PietaHouse
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20. "Avoidable attendances" are non-urgent visits to the ED which could be treated in other settings, such as primary care. Often referred to as "inappropriate visits" but I dislike this term - most people attend ED because of a gap in services leaving them with no other option
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18. Very aware I'm making these observations from a place of privilege - we were so lucky to only spend 5 days on the
#Paediatric
ward and for our family
#EverythingIsAwesome
But my heart goes out to all the parents with sick babas who spend significant time in Paeds
#SendingHugs
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My first run in 20 months and it's during a
#Thunderstorm
I'm taking that as a good omen! Still rehabbing a back injury and that wasn't entirely pain-free but it was 15 minutes of pure joy! ❤️
#Running
#ChronicPain
#ExerciseIsMedicine
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Shocked and horrified to hear about the tragic murder victim in
#Tullamore
I stayed out too late running this evening on the canal and was nervous on the way home. With good reason apparently - will women ever be truly safe in this world? Thinking of her family tonight
#RIP
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This time last year I was having my first contractions - 3 weeks early! Little did we know what 2020 held in store for us... Tonight baba is still up and no sign of sleep! 😂 But he's smiling 😍 making us smile and look forward to a brighter 2021 🎆
#GoodBye2020
#NewYearsEve
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⬇️ Can people stop saying "Ambulance Drivers"? Please acknowledge the highly skilled Healthcare Professionals working in our
#Ambulance
Services -
#Paramedics
, Advanced Paramedics, Emergency Medical Technicians, Emergency Call Takers & Emergency Medical Dispatchers
#IrishEMS
🚑
Dear every Minister and in particular minister
@NormaFoleyTD1
this morning on
@NTBreakfast
there are no ambulance drivers anymore. All frontline Ambulance personnel are highly trained and registered emergency healthcare professionals. Regards Ambulance personnel nationwide
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Thank you all who reached out today with kind words. It was a privilege to share my experiences with
@andreagilligan
@KatieGHannon
& I'll be speaking tomorrow morning on
@IrelandAMVMTV
We need to keep advocating for
#WomensRights
in memory of the beautiful
#AislingMurphy
❤
#VWAG
1. 🧵 Thinking of the family of
#SarahEverard
waking up to the horrible reality of her loss today. I recently spoke with a male interviewer about
#GenderEquity
& he was shocked when I spoke about not feeling safe as a woman. So I told him about my experiences...
#TriggerWarning
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"How individuals respond to advice on how best to prevent transmission will be as important as government actions, if not more important." (Anderson et al 2020)
#coronavirus
#COVID19ireland
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15. A very sick baba can go from zero to hero very quickly - and can just quickly reduce a tidy hospital room to destruction after their first food in days
#ToastPowered
Apologies
@newschambers
the (fabulous) book was an unfortunate casualty
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25. There are no easy solutions to
#EDcrowding
but to not even try to resolve the
#TrolleyCrisis
in a pandemic is unconscionable
#COVID19
On the eve of the New Year we once again have the opportunity to
#BuildBackBetter
but will we seize it?
#Hope
#NewYear2022
#PublicHealth
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Wishing a very happy Nollaig na mBan to all today. Thinking especially of the wonderful women working under such incredible pressure in our health services. GRMA agus tabhair aire daoibh mo chairde ❤
#COVID19ireland
#NollaigNamBan
#HoldFirm
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21. I wait for the daylight and make my way home to a houseful of frantic friends who are horrified at my appearance and appalled at my experience. We're all appropriately chastened and nobody ever goes anywhere alone again that summer
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#Limerick
you're sounding well 🤩
@snowpatrol
you're not half-bad either! 😜
#LightUp
#SnowPatrol
#ThomondPark
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A lovely day to round off a lovely weekend - feeling like a very lucky lady to have so much joy in my life ❤
#40andfabulous
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6. Your world will shrink to the size of your tiny room, everything and anything beyond those 4 walls will be irrelevant. The bars of the cot will feel like prison bars separating you from the arms of your baby and a few feet across the room will feel like a million miles apart
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3. Even a very sick child will fight tooth and nail against a needle. It took 4 of us (myself, 2 nurses and a doctor) holding my baby down to get an IV line in. The first time I cried as much as he did, but by the third time I was a pro at holding it together
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Technically I'm on
#MaternityLeave
but duty calls with
#COVID19
It is a bit tricky trying to write
#research
proposals with this munchkin! 😍 Love how he's giving his Dad the stinkeye in this pic 😂
@TodayFM
@REDSPoT_IE
@AmbulanceNAS
#FormalFriday
#SupportTheFrontline
#MyEMSday
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On a different canal, on a different day, at a different time... It could have been any of us
#shewasgoingforarun
🏃♀️
#AshlingMurphy
❤
#VAWG
#Femicide
#PublicHealth
#WomensRights
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This is a sobering read on GP capacity from
@HIQA
- is it any wonder our Emergency Departments are overcrowded? By these estimates we need up to 3000 more GPs in our health system within the next 4 years
#PublicHealth
#GeneralPractice
#EmergencyDepartment
#CareCantWait
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22. I've analysed the clinical trial data myself and seen the evidence - there is no simple solution to ED crowding - the
#TrolleyCrisis
is a complex multifactorial problem. Here's another cold, hard fact - our health service is critically ill and ED crowding is just one symptom
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3. I feel that stab of fear (that every woman has felt at some stage) & pick up the pace but I'm near the end of my session and tiring fast. He's gaining on me & I realise I can't outrun him (despite the fact I've represented Ireland in athletics) he's a man and he's just faster!
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5. The man looks around wondering which way I've gone and he SMILES. I still remember the fear in that moment, trying so hard to be quiet, to control my breathing and my aching limbs and to this day I can actually smell the wet ferns I buried myself in at the memory of it
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I'm delighted to announce that we are launching a new project
@UL
next week to support the
#Health
&
#Wellbeing
of
#Prehospital
practitioners re.
#COVID19
🚑
@AmbulanceNAS
@IrCollegeParas
@AlliedHealthUL
@REDSPoT_IE
@WellbeingDayIRL
#Paramedics
#IrishEMS
#WorkWell20
#MyTeamIsUL
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Delighted to work on this project developing a National Strategy for Out-of-Hospital Care with an amazing team of partners from
@monash_para
@IPERN999
including
@k_bowles
@alan_batt
@mrsot13
@shaneknox1
@DrJuliaWilliams
#PublicHealth
#IrishEMS
#Paramedics
@PHECC
@PublicHealthUL
Congratulations to Dr. Niamh Cummins (Lecturer in Public Health) on receiving funding from the Pre-hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) to lead the development of a National Strategy for Out-of-Hospital Research in Ireland.
#PublicHealthUL
#PostgradAtUL
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14. There is actual medicinal value in tea and toast for breakfast, especially when you've had no sleep in 5 or 6 days. Also you probably won't shower, you probably will be smelly with greasy hair and you probably won't care!
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20. Eventually after what feels like a lifetime they pile back into the truck and drive away. I lie in the dirt, crying, covered in a cold sweat, shoeless, thanking my lucky stars and cursing myself for my stupidity. I know I've just had the luckiest escape of my life
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Also while I'm having a rant here 😜Non-experts contributing their own modelling graphs without being familiar with the intricacies of
#epidemiology
is really not helpful 🤦🏻♀️
#ArmchairEpidemiologist
#PublicHealth
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Delighted to be part of the team working with
@monash_para
to investigate international
#ResearchPriorities
in
#Paramedicine
It's a project that I'm extremely passionate about & hoping that we will have great representation from
#IrishEMS
🚑 🇮🇪 Please RT!
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One of the best keynotes I've ever seen at a conference - informative, entertaining, passionate & often hilarious. If
@jasonleitch
is half as good a Clinical Director as he is a speaker then Scottish health is in safe hands!
#EMS2022
🚑
#Lead
#Understand
#Breathe
#LindtBunnies
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I had a lovely email last week congratulating me on 15 years of service to
@UL
💚 Today I was a lucky winner in the
@MedicineAtUL
Christmas Raffle and popped into campus to collect my prize - another nice surprise to see the nameplate on the door of my new office!
@PublicHealthUL
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Just had a paper accepted for publication 🥳 immediately followed by one of my lovely students
@PublicHealthUL
wishing me a Happy Teachers Day 😊 Wishing the same to all of my colleagues
@UL
💚
#WorldTeachersDay
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#OnThisDay
A memory from 9th Jan 2014 when our
#research
on
#prehospital
care of spinal injuries was featured on
@rtenews
The Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for
#paramedics
were subsequently updated in Ireland 🚑
#WhyWeDoResearch
#EvidenceBasedPractice
#IrishEMS
#MyEMSday
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🧵1. You "meet" all sorts of people on Twitter but one person I would really like to meet in person (in safer times) is
@mohsinkamal169
We've talked by DM & on email and I think that Mohsin is a very special human. If you read this article you'll see why...
#fastTrackCitizenship
Mohsin Kamal was always a hard worker at school. He grew up hearing stories of the struggles his father faced as a child and knew how much his family valued education (via
@IrishTimesLife
)
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Who cares about
#SantaClaus
and pressies when there's a bookshelf to climb? 🎄
#BabysFirstChristmas
#ThreeMoreSleeps
🎅🏻
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9. Of course I shouldn't have been alone, I probably also should have been out so late, drinking and wearing a short dress (despite the oppressive heat) all of the things I as the woman would have been blamed for had this story had a different ending
#VictimBlaming
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An excerpt from my soon to be published paper "Moochiness, Mammies and Sleep Deprivation: A Mixed Methods Study" Photo features Participant Baby 1 😍 (Male Age 15 weeks)
#SleepDeprivation
#IrishMammies
#WomenInAcademia
#LoveIrishResearch
#COVID19
#Coronavirusireland
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A cloudy morning for
#DIL2021
🌅 The
#sunrise
might be hidden but I know the sun is still there - just like there is always someone there for you. If you're struggling with your
#MentalHealth
please reach out & talk to family or friends
#YouAreNotAlone
❤
#Hope
#RUOK
@PietaHouse
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10. Accept help in whatever form it's offered - it's not the time to act the martyr. The necessities on the ward are: a charger (more than one device is even better), a few changes of clothes (I got thrown up on multiple times) and lots of caffeine
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After watching me hurdle over lawn-chairs, hurleys and shovels last weekend my husband had a genius idea for
#MothersDay
Best pressie ever! 😍
#Hurdles
#Athletics
#MastersAthletics
#TrackAndField
#MultiEvents
#LockdownTraining
#WomenInSportIre
Also photo-bombed by the dog 😂
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13. The waiting is interminable, time crawls by as inexorably as the life-giving fluids drip through the IV line. Distraction is key - try to sleep, read a good book (thanks Chris!) or write a ridiculously long Twitter thread - anything to stop the negative thoughts consuming you
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7. Despair will inevitably come for you - in the blackness of night do not, I repeat NOT let your mind wander down a dark path of imagining worst case scenarios... it's fiercely painful and entirely futile. It's very hard but try to stay positive (you won't manage)
#Hope
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In my opinion, in order for this recommendation to be fully effective we need to provide
#PublicHealth
#Education
on appropriate use of
#FaceMasks
by the public while also continuing to promote good
#HandHygiene
#PhysicalDistancing
and
#StayHome
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