Martha O'Connor
@MarthaOC_
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Senior Physiotherapist, COPD Outreach, STGH. All views my own.
South Tipperary, Ireland
Joined July 2019
Great day launching @COPDSupportIre in Carrick-on-Suir 🫁 Classes every Monday at 11am in @CarrickSwanClub Juvenile Centre with Geraldine from @TipperarySports #COPD #exerciseismedicine
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Sputum retention can be very problematic for people with COPD! Trying to ensure we are prescribing individualised airway clearance regimes to all necessary patients! Some light reading…The Use of Airway Clearance in COPD https://t.co/FSbUBOFnfV
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An invaluable local resource for people living with COPD in the Carrick-on-Suir area @COPDSupportIre @mariaba01464133
New peer support group for those living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in the Carrick on Suir and surrounding areas Launch/info day Friday 24th March at 11am in Carraig Hotel Further detail per (083) 086 4118 + support@copd.ie @COPDSupportIre @HSELive
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Registration is open for our #AdvancedPractice Respiratory Physiotherapy Course this April, endorsed by the National Clinical Programme for Respiratory https://t.co/FHbiY0noy6
@_ISCP_ @iscp_pd
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Congratulations to the winners of our highly competitive "1 Minute Sit to Stand Challenge" on #WorldCOPDDay2022 in Tipperary University Hospital - Rachel and Paul from Physio; and Karen on the STEP team👏👏 @STEP_Tipperary @mariaba01464133 @SouthEastCH @COPDSupportIre @DelaPhysio
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Celebrating #WorldCOPDDay2022... Acute and Community colleagues working together to provide integrated care for patients in South Tipperary @DelaPhysio @mariaba01464133 @COPDSupportIre @SouthEastCH
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Fantastic learning opportunity today, provided by @NCPRespiratory1 - will be hugely beneficial for our patients with chronic respiratory disease in South Tipperary @CamBTF @mariaba01464133 @SouthEastCH @CPRC_ISCP
Very excited for our first of 3 virtual study days in collaboration with Angela Ryan and the Ireland National Clinical Programme for Respiratory
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Are you checking lying and standing blood pressures as part of your assessment of older people? Nice reminder here of how to do this accurately ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #bestpractice #orthostatichypotension #fallsprevention
Physiotherapists - Yes, YOU! When was the last time you checked a patients BP (correctly...) #FallsAwarenessWeek
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Letting physios refer for x-rays could save the health system 234k per year! This is a key ask in our pre-budget submission for 2023. Read more here: https://t.co/6JZKG9Dmm0
@DonnellyStephen
#MISCP
#MISCPAdvocacy
#ChooseChartered
#ISCPyourvoice
#Budget23
#askthephysio
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In Ireland, physiotherapists are not legally permitted to refer patients for X-rays, as they are not one of the health professionals included in the legislation governing referrals for these investigations @IrishTimes Health & Family (page 11: 02/08/2022)
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All welcome!
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In 2019, 76% of patients attending #TipperaryUniversityHospital said they had 'good' or 'very good' experience in the National Inpatient Experience Survey. In 2021 survey, 91% said they had a 'good' or 'very good' experience. Fantastic improvement 👏🏼👏🏼 @careexperience
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Delighted to have the opportunity to present learnings from our multidisciplinary Oxygen Assessment and Review Pilot Clinic at TippUH Quality Day #advancedpracticephysio #APP @AilishGrant @daphnemasterson @CPRC_ISCP @NCPRespiratory1 @TippUHnursing @mariaba01464133
Great to be cheerleading my current & past Community Specialist Resp Team colleagues at todays TippUH Quality Day 🫁 #respisbest @DaphneMasterson @MarthaOC_ @TippUHnursing @NCPRespiratory1
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Online networking event this Friday at 2pm for Nurses & Physios working in Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Integrated Care. Presentations from @COPDSupportIre & @NCPRespiratory1 If you haven't received the link & would like to join please get in touch! @CPRC_ISCP @Anail_Ireland
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Excellent feedback from the highly informative and topical course presented by @ml_muliebrity last weekend. Organised by South Eastern Branch ISCP @_ISCP_
TippUH Physio dept host course presented by Michelle Lyons ‘ Postnatal to Peri Menopausal Physiotherapy’ All participants CORU registered physiotherapists from all over Ireland @WeHSCPs @TessODonovan
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Exciting Opportunity! UHW is recruiting for new Pathfinder Service. Applications are open for Clinical Specialist OT and Physio + Snr OT and Physio. @UHW_Waterford @eils36 @AOTInews @PathfinderACP @paulmaloney83
https://t.co/GNsoZXmayE
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📢Clinical specialist /senior physiotherapists working in respiratory care. 👀👇 Interim HSCP Lead NCP Respiratory now advertised Closing date for applications 12 noon on 29th April https://t.co/EfkPsmURnA
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Lots of people asking us about #bumblebees at the moment - why they’re seeing them on the ground - so here’s a quick thread to explain what they’re up to. Please share as every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year! 1/7
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Good algorithm on considering a patients suitability for flying with oxygen. Unfortunately very very minimal access to Hypoxic Challenge Testing in Ireland. Looking forward to reading more detail.
BTS Clinical Statement on air travel for passengers with respiratory disease @BTSrespiratory
https://t.co/c8ZA888B81
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@roinnslainte ionisation for respiratory physiotherapist would allow earlier diagnostics and appropriate management for respiratory patients attending existing clinics like Oxygen Assessment and Review clinics, ran by#APP's. Decreasing footfall through ED @NCPRespiratory1
Following a meeting with @roinnslainte & @HSELive, ISCP continues to advocate for legislative change around ionising radiation & the creation of an APP grade. @marieomir is working closely with the @WeHSCPs Advanced Practice Group as well as developing a competency framework
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