Clinical pharmacist with an ED/ICU focus; (not terribly fast) runner; travel addict
Joined July 2011
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May 26
I worked as a pharmacy assistant when I was in high school.
Had a presentation that was the parent of someone I knew with a wierd story about that someone.
With my pharmacist decided on a treat-and-refer pathway.
By that night they were in the teaching hospital with badness.
May 26
We lost a colleague last year who presented with a persistent sore throat not amenable to antibiotics. The ENT surgeon was worried and referred her to us for FNAC. We didn’t see any definite mass, and the oropharynx was out of our comfort zone. We aspirated a lymph node we discovered…that’s where we knew there was trouble.
Summary: High-grade B-cell lymphoma.
Medical practice can be treacherous even to the wary…
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May 16
The Australian version says “do not drive or operate heavy machinery”. And working in a rural area, they’re clearly talking about tractors, post-hole diggers, combines, and yes, forklifts. Plus anything else that might need to be operated.
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Finally a decent photo of me...
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Christine Broadhead retweeted
A timely reminder from @UTAS_ Pharmacy researchers
Thyroid Monitoring and Amiodarone-Induced Thyroid Disease in Australian General Practice: A Retrospective Cohort Study mdpi.com/3745552 #mdpiclinpract via @MDPIOpenAccess
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Feb 18
First world problems: breakfast menus where EVERY ITEM contains egg.
Brought to you by someone who dislikes both the taste and texture, and my family member who is allergic.
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Feb 10
And raise it higher 🙋♂️if you've ever despaired at peoples inability to use a no-carbon-required (NCR) pad properly (i.e. put the cardboard beneath the last copy of the one they're writing on)
Raise your hand 🙋♂️ if you’ve ever made an actual carbon copy (cc)
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And here stands proof that mathematicians do indeed have a sense of humour.
And they're willing to play the long game to set up the joke.
The concept of being at Princeton in 1970 and befriending another grad student just so you can coauthor an algorithm with his name after you earn your doctorates, and only admitting it was for this express purpose in his memorial tribute.
Name a single BL that is half this good.
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Jan 13
Recently saw a patient with RA who I described as having "post methotrexate hands".
Patient was a bit puzzled so I pulled up a similar photo on my phone.
Pt & spouse quickly realised what a difference their rheumatologist tx made. (Dx in 1990s per pt)
Which is the most commonly used first line DMARD in RA 🚨?
A. Leflunomide
B. Sulfasalazine
C. Methotrexate
D. Hydroxychloroquine
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Hey @garmin, I’ll have you know that somewhere over the Christmas/NY period I graduated from “high anaerobic shortage” to plain “anaerobic shortage”!
#takingthesmallwins
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25 Dec 2025
After several years of sabotage, I have emerged from #whamageddon2025 unscathed.
Cheers to all those who were relegated to #whamhalla this year.
#whamageddon
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Christine Broadhead retweeted
23 Dec 2025
If you're sending Christmas cards to elderly people, please please please put your return address on the envelope. My dad is still getting sent cards two years after he died and it's absolutely heartbreaking not being able to tell the senders.
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11 Dec 2025
Hey @eSafetyOffice
Although I’m not a great believer in the ban, I’d have thought a social media company taking advertising $$$ for an ad specifically spruiking ways to avoid it should be an offence…
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11 Sep 2025
Signs the ED nurses have accepted me:
Asked to mind a recently (<1 hr) thrombolysed STEMI patient while they left the immediate area to grab bits & pieces.
[Note: still not ALS accredited (no-one can work out if I can be) but have passed the theory]
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16 Aug 2025
Public service announcement: The Swooping has begun.
Poor guy needed a second run at me because I didn’t compute the first one because it’s AUGUST.
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16 Jun 2025
Can I put in a request for chew toys for the seriously committed small dog @KONGCompany ?
I present Bonnie and the remains of one of her latest toys:
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12 May 2025
Today’s only in Australia, courtesy of the MJA: mja.com.au/journal/2025/222/…
Interesting points:
- the patient is not a young male (typical snakebite population here)
- that spur is HUGE given the size of the creature in question
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3 May 2025
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30 Apr 2025
Hey @OspreyPacks is there a good overview of the changes with the updated Soujorn 60?
I have an older one, and am tossing up just replacing it rather than sorting out complex repairs in Australia.
New one seems to have a much squarer design of zip - is that accurate?
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16 Jan 2025
Congratulations @telstra - this is a new one.
My Telstra account (which is basically the only thing that goes to my Telstra email), got sent to spam this month!
I went looking when it didn't get forwarded as per usual...
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