Dr in ICU & anaesthesia. News column contributor. Checklist card concept creator. Ex-A&E & Outback flying doctor.Keen traveller, reader & kitesurfer.
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31 Dec 2022
Crash intubation in A&E the other night. Urgent , so we observe a shortened checklist.
20 seconds later we’re ready to RSI, having identified suction not switched on.
If you think you don’t have time to do the checklist, the more you need to do it.
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Jun 11
The Global Anaesthetic Safety (GAS) card has received great feedback in many African nations, distributed by @SAFE_courses and @wfsawca.
We’ll soon distribute sample cards to anaesthesia societies and keen providers in LMIC. Pls DM me or @mack_kalengajr if interested. 🌍 🇬🇧🇫🇷
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Jun 10
Now’s the time to order airway checklist cards for your August starters’ lanyards.
Adult cards (@dasairway @ICS_updates @FICM @RCoANews endorsed) - 38p
Paediatric cards with drug and equipment dosing aids - 65p
Make your safety checklists unforgettable. 🧠
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Apr 2
The checklist cards usually hang on the lanyard so they can’t be forgotten, and are carried by a whole team.
But, some hospitals hang a single card on the emergency grab bag or pager. One card costing under £1, but one big impact.
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Mar 5
Three lecture theatres.
One venue.
Non-stop learning.
Just some of the topics at #GAMC 2026:
Decision making, Human factors, Advanced airway skills, AI & technology, Guidelines updates, Global perspectives.
Move between theatres or catch up with recordings later.
Shape your prog!
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Sadly I think so many are focussing on non-clinical skills to get their application over the line. When at this period it is so crucial to get clinical experience under your belt. I say this as an academic clinician.
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1 Aug 2025
The food shelves in our huge #NHS tertiary hospital. Been like this for 3 days.
This is the only food outlet, since the main hospital canteen was permanently shut in favour of this @WHSmith /M&S portal.
Pls sort NHS food&drink provision @wesstreeting
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20 Jun 2025
🚨BOOKINGS FOR VIRTUAL ACCESS REOPENED🚨
we’ve had LOADS of people inquiring about getting access to yesterdays talks!!!! So much so that we’ve reopened bookings for virtual access!!!! No better value for money quality airway CPD going!!!
Link to get access:
bookcpd.com/course/GAMCJUNE2…
@ProfEllenO @gunjeet99 @oldandbaffled @noolslucas @elboghdadly @sally_ghazali @AndyHiggsGAA @dr_imranahmad @gunjeet99 @silv24 @doctorwibble @SheilaMyatra @LondonSneh @SamGoodhand @altgm
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19 Jun 2025
Wise words from @Capt_Dude - we’re obsessed with leadership in medicine and never really focus on followership.
#GAMC2025
19 Jun 2025
And now captain Neil Jeffers giving us insight into how high performance teams work under pressure #GAMC2025
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19 Jun 2025
And now captain Neil Jeffers giving us insight into how high performance teams work under pressure #GAMC2025
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20 Jan 2025
What tools do people use for operational / performance debriefing (not psychological debrief) after emergency scenarios?
Keen to see any aide memoirs / crib sheets used to guide structured team reflection. 🙏
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10 Jan 2025
Does NAP 7 show we’ve lost our way with human factors?
A short piece I wrote for @Assoc_Anaes on #humanfactors - missed opportunities around debriefing, CRM and simulation, and the thorny issue of transposing aviation standards to our practice.
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26 Nov 2024
I’m now peddling my opinions & plugging checklist cards on BlueSky.
It’s actually quite good. Although you will probably never see this post. 🤔🤫
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4 Nov 2024
Our hospital opened at the end of October 2018
Since day 1 of opening we have kept a detailed registry of all intubations in the emergency department
We completed our sixth year of data collection this week
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16 Oct 2024
Featured on the hub for #WorldAnaesthesiaDay, nine useful resources about anaesthesia, including insights from anaesthetists and examples of good practice pslhub.org/learn/patient-saf…
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“Did he express any particular wishes if something like this happened?”
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30 Sep 2024
🚨Running a new batch of airway checklist cards so please let me know if your dept wants some!
Adult and paediatric available - see thread in the tweet below for details…
#MedTwitter #patientsafety #humanfactors
31 Dec 2022
Crash intubation in A&E the other night. Urgent , so we observe a shortened checklist.
20 seconds later we’re ready to RSI, having identified suction not switched on.
If you think you don’t have time to do the checklist, the more you need to do it.
#patientsafety
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23 Aug 2024
This won’t surprise anyone who sees emergencies in cardiac lab.
- Unfamiliar, unmarked kit & storage
- Unclear objectives between cardio/anaesthetic team
- Variable (!) comms
- Horrible ergonomics
Could it be improved with better standardisation, joint sim & debriefing?
22 Aug 2024
Out now!
More NAP7
Cardiology patients receiving anaesthesia
-often an unplanned event
-logistically high risk (remote & unfamiliar environment?)
-medically high (>1% of anaesthesia activity vs almost 10% of cardiac arrests)
-poor outcomes
(Contrasts very much with cardiac surgery - also <1% cases vs almost 10% of arrests … but impressively good outcomes)
Worth a focus…
@Anaes_Journal @jas_soar
associationofanaesthetists-p…
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17 Aug 2024
Interesting….
16 Aug 2024
This is the reason London telephone boxes (the red ones with the windows) were banned . They were death traps because the elderly fainted inside from the heat, and then were prevented from falling to the ground because of the 4 walls. Every morning there were a few elderly dead people retrieved from around London. The cure for a faint, is to fully faint. @EM_RESUS
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14 Aug 2024
Spent a fascinating day at an aircrew CRM course, welcomed by @mike_sooty and @draken_europe 🙏.
Lazy parallels between healthcare & aviation are common - but emulating nuances of personal reflection, openness in error & debriefing (good & bad!!) in NHS are v achievable. ✈️
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