Anaesthetic, Pre-Hospital & Retrieval doctor with
@EMRSscotland
(ScotStar) based at Glasgow airport. Also interest in expedition, remote & rural medicine.
In August I started my dream job of working as a Helicopter doctor with the Scottish Ambulance Service. It’s a huge honour and a privilege.
#PHEM
#IBTPHEM
After two days of induction with my new air ambulance I went to Lincoln for a week-long training on pre-hospital scenarios. Very intense but great to meet and work with my peers.
#RedArrows
came too!
#PHEM
#IBTPHEM
#ScotStar
Already one month done with ScotStar Air Ambulance. Where does the time go!? Thank you for the team for making me feel welcomed. P.S Night flying is very special in Scotland!
#IBTPHEM
#PHEM
Got a publication today in British Journal of Anaesthesia!!! Thank you to Chika Uzoigwe and Rashid Riaz for all your amazing work. Thank you
@BJAJournals
for accepting it
Really happy to be in Bristol for the Association of Anaesthetists Trainee conference. Thank you
@Assoc_Anaes
for accepting my poster.
#TC2022
@emsa_heem
Just finish a major incident medical management course in Edinburgh and when we were about to leave on the train this happened
#Edinburgh
#WhatAreTheOdds
#PHEM
Lt Col Harvey Pynn spoke about Military Pre-hospital Care at
#FPHC2023
. Such challenging environments to deliver care! Keep things simple and move fast. Interesting that intramuscular Tranexamic Acid is on the horizon to save lives.
#PHEM
#IBTPHEM
I just heard that I was successful in my latest exams for the Diploma of Immediate Care. 🕺. Thank you for all those that helped me along the way. Especially Dr Matt Woods and all those
@EMICS999
@FPHCEd
#DipIMC
@emsa_heem
Following motor vehicle collision all patients should be encouraged to self-extricate asap. If not possible, need to create minimum safe space for self/rescuer extrication w/o delay
#FPHC2023
Psychosocial care talk from Caroline Leech and the report from
#FPHC2023
. Look after yourselves, your colleagues and help create a culture of psychological safety at work.
Homework:
@LNAACT
Thank you for the opportunity to be an observer on Thursday. I learnt a lot.
#LNAA
#PHEM
#PreHospital
Donate to the charity if you can so they can continue to do great work.
Great talk form Dr Rikard Moen about the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian care. Another interesting course to complete.
#FPHC2023
#PHEM
#IBTPHEM
·
@emsa_heem
Dr Kash Makam representing the East Midlands deanery at Association of Anaesthetists trainee conference 2019 by having his poster presented
@AAGBI
@AAGBI_GAT
Our bottoms were red 🍑,
Our shins bruised blue 🤕,
Here’s to the next outrageous adventure with you. 😍
Happy Valentines from the Emergensea Duo! 💙
Let’s share some love to our awesome charities; you can still donate via our website: & click donate now
@Leic_hospital
thank you for the free sandwiches for staff however I’ve just seen this at closing time! Please can we stop this waste?! Maybe deliver to wards for staff or to charity food banks
@leicslive
know any?
Time to change these filters on my respirator. Very strange these two little things were so important to keep covid-19 out while working on ICU and operating theatres.
Thank you to whoever handed my wallet in and to
@ntmichaelsmount
for organising it to be returned to me. My Cornish staycation mishap now sorted. Thank you very much.
Amazing to bump into the
@BBCClick
crew tonight. They just filmed the Clickmas episode. Looking forward to that. Thanks
@LaraLewington
for this pic. (Apparently
@spenley
had to leave early)
#bbcclick
Thank you for chatting to me at
#FPHC2023
. I’d love to win the rectangular green bag (bottom left in picture) or the orange backpack one. Something small enough to carry the essentials for community first response/GoodSAM. (Airways, AED, tourniquet, bandages)
We're ready to go at the
@FPHCEd
conference and doing a Prize Draw to win a free bag! 🤩
To enter, simply share this post with which bag you'd want to win and why, bonus dips for every colleague you tag!
#FPHC2023
#PrizeGiveAway
@DefibMachines
Dear team, any chance you could loan me a defib so I can have one in my car? I’m a
@GoodSamApp
responder and sometimes I’ll be in remote Scotland where a defib could safe a life.
Loving the Scottish gritter tracker. Especially that you can see their names! Hansel & GritAll, Gritty Gritty Bang Bang, Double Snow 7, Snowey Tribbiani and Spready Mercury to name a few 😂
@VitaCocoUK
thank you for your free cartons of vita Coco. They will definitely be appreciated by the NHS staff on my night shifts this weekend.
#StayAtHomeSaveLives
Got a publication in The Lancet Neurology today!! Thank you Chika for your hard work with this correspondence and thank you
@TheLancetNeuro
for accepting it.
@emsa_heem
Loving the sustainability theme at EMSA summer meeting this year. So much we can do as anaesthetists from the coffee room to the operating theatre
#AnaestheticNinja
#plasticwaste
@Leic_hospital
thank you for my team UHL badge and for acknowledging my stint working in intensive care at Glenfield hospital during the first wave of pandemic.
#TeamUHL
Save the date📅
We are proud to announce our HEMS conference on 13 June 2024
On this day, we'll be joined by national and international speakers looking into the future of HEMS.
More details and tickets are coming soon.
We look forward to seeing you there!
@Halfords_uk
thank you for my free NHS 10point car check. As a doctor in Intensive care it’s nice to know my car has been tuned for my commute to work during this time.
#StayAtHomeSaveLives