
Paul McColgan
@P_McColgan
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@QARNNS Officer, Emergency Care Nurse, Advanced Clinical Practitioner. Father of two feral boys. Loves all things rugby.
Joined January 2014
RT @CultureChangeW1: The maths definitely hurts, but the @10DowningStreet wants us to do more of it. So why not. Let's look at Cpl, Sgt,….
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Could your team improve how they conduct the risk assessment for Tetanus in patients that present with a laceration, wound or bite. The article below covers the findings & recommendations from a service evaluation I conducted on this subject.
Could your healthcare team in ED be contributing unwittingly to administering avoidable tetanus prophylaxis?. @P_McColgan discusses a 5-yr retrospective database review, which showed 18% of tetanus prophylaxis treatments in one ED were unnecessary.
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RT @DrKartikModha: Devastating post on TGG today about a GP who has died by suicide 😢. Consent from Gail’s husband for these screenshots t….
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RT @RCollEM: 🚨LEAKED🚨 NHS England data show that long waits are worse than ever imagined. From January-June this year there were 592,000 12….
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Thank you @UWEBristol for a lovely MSc Advanced Practice graduation. The culmination of the toughest 3 years of my career/life. I couldn’t have done it without the love and support of @Andigirl_22 and the children.
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RT @jim_crawfurd: I don’t want to leave, but unless someone does something serious about fixing social care/exit block soon, I don’t think….
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Staff who have quit the NHS say pay, pressure and conditions contributed to their decision.
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RT @RCollEM: Sadly, this will be an all too familiar picture for all our members working in A&Es across the UK. Emergency care is under imm….
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RT @Faye_Shepherd: During last night’s 14.5hr shift, we saw ONE patient. That’s not because there’s no demand, but because we were stuck….
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RT @Channel4News: "I think we generally feel that people don't see us as humans.". Rachel Heeley, A&E Matron at Northumbria Specialist Emer….
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RT @ShaunLintern: If I hear one more person talk about "if" there is unsustainable pressure on the NHS I am going to lose it. The NHS has….
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RT @RCollEM: Winter is a looming crisis; effective action must be taken before it’s too late, RCEM says. August performance data show:.- wo….
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RT @RCEM_VP: The first stage of dealing with a problem, is accepting that you have one and being honest about it. Emergency Medicine specia….
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RT @RCollEM: Here's #TeamACP from @UHP_NHS with a little look at their lives inside and outside of the ED. #EMACPday #AdvPracWeek20 https….
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RT @Channel4News: “We would be likely to be out of beds by the end of the weekend.”. Intensive care specialist Professor Hugh Montgomery, w….
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RT @steve_dunjey: The message that PPE works is so loud that it’s deafening. it’s the cases we DONT think are Covid positive that will g….
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RT @CPSolvers: Comparing apples and oranges. We are working on an influenza vs COVID comparison IS and would love input from the #MedTwi….
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