Haven’t had the words...you were my Reg, then I anaesthetised for you, then I looked after your patients on ITU & finally I became your peer.
You were proud as you watched me grow up.
You were a giant and will be much missed my friend.
Can’t believe you’re gone.
RIP Erwin 💔
Good afternoon from the Helimed21 crew today. Beautiful flying on this set of shifts! Weather is lovely, but please stay safe out there!
@airambulancekss
5 yrs ago today I set off for Iraq, on what was to be the beginning of a much longer journey both personally and professionally. Like all crossroads I wonder what would have been,or not, had I not gone because it changed my life in ways that I hadn’t anticipated.
Thank you so much to
@BBCr4today
and
@MishalHusain
for inviting me to talk on The Today Programme with Imran of
@beardedbrozuk
this morning! What a privilege- a Ramadan to remember in many ways this year!! 🙏 🥰
(*AND I wasn’t in PJs!)
Lovely views of London on the first of many chilly winter’s nights (plus a rare glimpse of a certain camera shy pilot!)
@airambulancekss
@KingsCollegeNHS
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made” - RBG
Solidarity with
@PCAFurey
and all the other great ladies out there from the Helimed60 medical crew today! 💪
#999family
and proud
When I was a kid in Cairo, I used to love helping my grandma whenever she cooked- like spending a morning neatly layering the nuts and pastry for a baklawa. Good to share the love this weekend.
Behold the glory of my wonky Ferrero Rocher pyramid ready to proudly be served at the ambassador’s reception (what do you think
@AminMeleika
?) 🤣 Thanks so much
@HEMS_crew
!!
*Full disclosure: it took eleventy thousand nine hundred and twelvety million minutes to make this.
Today we bid farewell to Team 63 at SMH ED. You’ve been amazing through an incredibly difficult time with unique challenges. You’ve adapted with enormous grace & supported each other w. great camaraderie- as is the ED way. Big shoes to fill!
Love from your consultants x
#TeamED
Hiking in breathtaking Patagonia- now on a stretch of 3x 8hr hikes- day 1 done! Meeting great people on my journey and a chance to contemplate life, the universe and everything...gotta agree with you
@101dnarg
- I love my work but for sustainability you need to work to live.
Driving to HEMS shift in early hours, pretty empty roads, through the blue hour, all very peaceful...except for mistaking group of pheasants for a person in the road in the pitch black, making emergency stop and almost having an MI-yeah apart from that really peaceful start! 😳🤣
Saturn and Jupiter passing right next to each other- looking almost indistinguishable with the naked eye as the ‘Christmas Star’.
I know this Christmas will be very lonely for a lot of people and it’s all a bit grim right now, but there is some light ahead. We’re almost there x
Took a fair old while, and lots of patience but got there in the end (not too bad I reckon considering no camera, no tripod and no moon!)...
#NEOWISE
@airambulancekss
@RedhillATC
Happy 30th Anniversary
@LDNairamb
!! Amazing breadth of people I feel so privileged to call friends as well as colleagues. Very humbled to be one of the many this great institution has helped to develop. A great night had by all -thank you to the events team for the hard work! 🚁
The growing trend of tweeting about jobs from the prehospital env. is worrying and fuelled by the misapprehension that not including the name/ specific age/ loctn somehow safeguards anonymity. But the pt and their family & others on scene can unsurprisingly identify the pt 👇
@josh_paramedic
My best friends Dad had a serious accident which sadly he did not survive. I didn’t know the nature of the accident at the time, but saw a tweet from a para and I was able to put 2&2 together.
Today we said goodbye to friend and colleague Dr Steve Metcalf.
He was one of a kind, unfailingly honest,funny,never afraid to be anything but his genuine self and very supportive & encouraging to many of us during difficult times.
You will be sorely missed by all of us Steve.
Night vision goggles to help look out for hazards and a Trakkabeam to make our landings safer are some of the things that keep us flying 24/7
@airambulancekss
Thanks to all you donors out there for your generous support!
“As far as I’m aware she does not have any degree in economics.”
“I was and I remain a professor of economics.”
This is what happened when a Brexit Party MEP questioned the expertise of Green MEP Molly Scott Cato over post-Brexit trade.
Cheeky off-peak end of day run to clear the mind...urban landscapes, great architecture of the Alexandra Estate, random dude doing Capoeira and even the
#abbeyroad
crossing was quiet. God I love London ❤️
He was one of my absolute favourite authors who clearly cared about the state of the world and opening up our eyes to the types of things that often happen in our names.
RIP
#JohnLeCarre
About bloody time… she’s not only an incredibly stupid woman with a poor grasp of the law, she’s also amoral and has shown this weekend just how dangerous she is….
This has honestly made my day.
Fantastic afternoon cooking
@migratefulUK
- thank you so much Lina and the lovely team for such a fun session!
Lots of cuisine options to learn whilst enabling refugees from all over the world to support themselves.
Highly recommended!
Here we go- breaking the first day of fasting with these lovely dates I've been saving especially! May the coming month bring peace, serenity and blessings to all.
#RamadanKareem
Great evening with incredible colleagues
@LDNairamb
gala last night- an opportunity to meet some of our inspirational former patients as well as the fantastic generous donors who make it all possible- thank you!!
Definite Ramadan highlight this year was tonight’s
@OpenIftar
-with
@rizwanahmed
and
@thebrownhijabi
such relevant discussion about faith, inclusiveness, inequality, the labelling of ‘political’ art, AND I got asked a question by
@MishalHusain
! Thanks so so much
@o_salha
&team!!
Fantastic talk from
@timnutbeam
on extrication. We tend to be a pragmatic bunch in PHEM so great to see the evidence support what many believed: prioritise reduction of entrapment time vs movement minimisation. Pt perspective v thought provoking re better comms & empathy
#LTC2022
Amazing
@LVlaanderen
doing the nausea inducing abseil down RLH from the
@LDNairamb
helipad to raise money! Well done to
@jpower67
, Morgan, Kosti, Jess (and of course Spider-Man) - plus everyone else far braver than me!!🤢😂
Thanks to the kind man at the petrol station who saw I’d forgotten my wallet and took pity on me with my flat tyre and insisted on giving me a £1 coin so I could use the compressor! Good karma that man...! ☺️
Looking at old photos with the family and came across these of my Grandad: despite a difficult childhood still one of the kindest, most moral men I’ve ever met. Also championed women in our family to be educated and independent ahead of his time. And could carry off a good Fez!
The last week I've had to bid farewell to 3 awesome colleagues and now also wonderful friends. It's been amazing guys- you will all be sorely missed- until we meet again..!
@74RWS
@Whwarlord
Tim Webb
@LDNairamb
Imp to remember it's a privilege to be a healthcare professional and be there to help where we can. It's about the patient and their trust and without specific consent it's a breach. It's inappropriate from the ward or from ED- expected standards are not less pre-hospital
Thank you
@timnutbeam
for sharing this message. Your team have provided another eg. that I’m using on my soap box on sex bias in healthcare at our ED board rounds. And it is more than ok to talk about inequity whether sex or race- in fact we must so we can learn
#LTC2022
Bystander CPR really does make a difference and you could be the link that helps someone survive one day. It’s not as scary to learn as it might sound and here are some ways of getting involved ⬇️
#RestartAHeart
⚡️❤️
Help us improve survival rates for out of hospital cardiac arrest in the UK – learn CPR this
#RestartAHeart
so you know how to help someone who has collapsed and stopped breathing:
Please join me in wishing a massive Happy Birthday to the wonderful
@74RWS
- one of the world’s kindest people/ general top blokes!! So sorry your celebrations have been curtailed today, but we’ll celebrate together soon in less nutty times! 🤗 🎁 🎂 🥳 🎉
Going a bit stir crazy after a long run of shifts, so braved the snow for a long walk and got to meet kindred spirits of both the human and floral variety.
Awesome day
@airambulancekss
Dragon Boat crew! 6s off final qualifiers- not bad for 1st timers! Must be all that teamwork! (sorry for weighing us down with my 100 layers under the tshirt- will do better next year!) 🤣Even got some young future recruits!
Going to work without having to think about whether you’re going to make it home isn’t a ‘luxury’ anyone should ever have to think about. These are meant to be safe spaces for everyone, protected by the Geneva Convention.
Please consider supporting the teams via MSF
#NotATarget
2 Oscar nominated films 'For Sama' + 'The Cave' explored the human cost of war in Syria.
It's a situation our teams know all too well. This MSF-supported hospital in Idlib, was bombed in 2016. 4 yrs later and health centers are still targeted.
More info👉
Come and say hi to the
@airambulancekss
charity dragon boat team, The Flying Dragons, if you’re near
@bewlwater
! We’ve won our first heat!! 🐉 🛶🚁 💪 🎉
⬇️
For many this will be the first Ramadan to share with family & friends in 3 years. May the coming month bring us the blessings of all that was missed and the peace, forgiveness and hope of what is to come. May all our fasts be accepted and duas answered ISA
#ramadankareem
Happy 30th Anniversary
@LDNairamb
!! Amazing breadth of people I feel so privileged to call friends as well as colleagues. Very humbled to be one of the many this great institution has helped to develop. A great night had by all -thank you to the events team for the hard work! 🚁
Massive thank you to
@GAILsBakery
and
@pizzahutuk
for your generous donations this evening and keeping our busy teams going! Has helped morale and put a smile on many faces (sorry Pizza Hut- all got gobbled up before I could take a photo! 😋)
@Imperial_EM
Thanks to all the kind children who’ve contributed to our ED motivational wall (special shout out to my friends and their awesome kids for their support
@pam_taak
is the only one on here!) 🤗
@Imperial_EM
@ImperialNHS
On World
#RefugeeDay
I’m remembering my neighbour Tess. She worked for the SPSL and helped hundreds of refugee scholars escape persecution in WW2, including 16 Nobel laureates. It’s vital we recognise the valuable contribution refugees can make to our society
@CARA1933
Support from Mick Lynch
@TheBMA
rally. All public sector workers deserve better working conditions and to be paid fairly for the work they do. We’re all fighting the same fight to protect public services from defunding by this government
Solidarity
@RMTunion
#ConsultantsStrike
At once both proud and mortified with my visiting Arabian family bringing out a ‘dallah’ (traditional Arabian coffee jug) complete with qahwa (Arabian coffee) and accompanying cups at the end of a meal in a super fancy hotel (still couldn’t say no...) 🤦🏽♀️😂
Starting the year as I mean to go on…lots of comfort food!
Best of Egyptian winter warmers koshary, Turkish coffee and zalabya (lo’met el adi, or loukmades for the Greeks out there!) 😋☺️
Far too much whatabout-ism and “all lives matter”. All discrimination is wrong. But Islamophobia ≠homophobia≠antisemitism ≠misogyny....And none of these is the same as anti-black racism.
They are all distinct. Acknowledging that does not diminish any of them.
Day 3 complete! Total of 72km and 600 floors!! All 3 hikes very different in character. Day 3 didn’t disappoint- just spectacular all the way up and ending looking down from quite a height onto day 2’s lake and icebergs. Have to say, it felt pretty awesome to finish it all! 💪😅
Arrive in v remote estancia in middle of la pampas in country of 100-150 Egyptians. 5 mins later who walks in but the Egyptian ambassador +wife!So of course we go off horse riding together!Loveliest couple ever!So here were are-3 Egyptians on horses!
@AminMeleika
@MonaMakramalla
Frank and entertaining talk from
@ashleyliebig
on the composition of a Prehospital team- right team for right patient. "We can all be unicorns and live happily ever after...." 😂
@_retrieval
#retrieval2018
My tuppence worth from it... Appreciate what you have right now. Look around you, recognise those people who really care for you and be sure to show you value them. Every day say your piece - say it well and say it honestly. Have no regrets of unsaid words or chances not taken.
Nothing beats a Cairene sunset :-)
Bonus points for spotting 2 different sets of pyramids in the photos!
(First outing for Foooojeee!!📷
@74RWS
@lardyc7
!!)
#LeCaire
#القاهرة #مصريه
Not all girls get to experience a school graduation. Education is the single most empowering thing for women seeking to escape poverty, domestic abuse, improve their children’s lives- or just to realise their own potential. When women do better, society does better.
#IWD2020
@TulipSiddiq
@thameswater
We need accountability from a company that gives its boss £2m/yr and a >£700,000 “performance” bonus for this abysmal failure in infrastructure investment passing on cost to ordinary ppl whilst making £400m in profit since April- whilst public sector workers at LFB bail them out
What a fantastic day it has been for team KSS. Celebrating our 30th anniversary with a Royal visit from Princess Anne this morning❤️
Thank you to everyone who was involved in a truly special day.
Troy exhibition
@britishmuseum
- really really cool stuff for ancient history/mythology nerds! Also thought provoking on modern parallels in times of war...
I met Ahmadreza doing a masters. He is a gentle soul-a doctor specialising in disaster response, a much needed research area in the humanitarian sector.
News that he has been moved for likely execution is deeply troubling and upsetting
Pls share widely
@MStott88
@DrLindaDykes
EM consultants are reasonable people. If you’ve been clearly asked for an opinion then we expect just that. If the referral sounds odd, speak to us and we can usually come up with a plan together.But expecting everyone to have confirmed +ve findings b4 referral is unrealistic
To my EM colleagues up and down the country: we’ve been at it for over a month now and the challenges are still coming. Shout out 2 you all - nurses, junior docs, AHPs, porters & cleaners. You’re doing a sterling job with the utmost professionalism ✊
@Imperial_EM
@RCollEM
#TeamED
Thought-provoking talk from Jim Cowburn on Manchester Arena response & enquiry that PHEM community has followed closely.Some aspects of response framework need revision but no single answer on how 2 fill care gap but integration of Enhanced Care Teams in plans =essential
#LTC2022
Last Friday of the Islamic month of Shabaan and I got to join prayers at one of the most beautiful mosques I’ve ever been lucky enough to visit 😊
اللهم بلغنا رمضان
#jumamubarak
#ramadan2023
Spending today virtually at
#GAMC2021
I can confirm that the legends are indeed legendary - so far Adrian Pearce, Archie Brain and
@Kevin_Fong
*
(*particularly enjoyed the nod to our Christmas lecture episode featuring HEMS vs the ISS Kev! 😂)
Like may others in my line of work who know what this is costing others, I’m finding it really hard to watch u.
Be honest:do u really have 2 be out there doing this stuff during a pandemic when u know it’ll be busy??Please help us.We’re trying our best but can only do so much🙏