Christine Broadhead
@cjbroadhead
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Clinical pharmacist with an ED/ICU focus; (not terribly fast) runner; travel addict
Joined July 2011
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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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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Today’s only in Australia, courtesy of the MJA: 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.
mja.com.au
A 62-year-old woman presented to an emergency department with severe pain two hours after rescuing a wild platypus, with two penetrating injuries to her right hand
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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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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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RT @MarkGottlieb: There’s nothing more important than a person’s name and apparently Gout Gout’s family say it is pronounced Guot Guot (lik….
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RT @pjvazel: A meeting in space and time just the way I like them… So the 20.06 Australian 🇦🇺 200m record set by Peter Norman in Mexico 196….
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And less than four months later….
@mitchdyerlive I think we may finally have a contender for the Australian record. It would be poetic justice if a young black man was the one to finally take Peter Norman’s mark.
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RT @timrosen35: GOUT GOUT 20.04 OPEN AUSTRALIAN RECORD AT AGE 16. PETER NORMAN’S 56 YEAR OLD AUSTRALIA RECORD IS NO MORE. 2ND FASTEST A….
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I’ll add to this. Never handle a bat ANYWHERE in the world. Even when there is no rabies, other lyssaviruses (hello ABLV) will still kill you. (Also thanks for reminding me to check US booster recommendations & PEP need, as the Australian ones are hard for me to grasp).
Rabies virus is the most lethal virus you can get. Neuroinvasive rabies is a death sentence. I cannot stress this enough: if you have any physical contact with a bat—especially a bite—get treatment immediately. If it gets into your central nervous system, you will die horribly.
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This is your periodic patient safety reminder that Arrow blue catheters are impregnated with chlorhexidine (and some with silver sulfadiazine as well) and shouldn’t be used in patients with chlorhexidine allergies.
The Cordis corporation still exists, though its ownership has changed. The sheath that most people call a 'Cordis' is actually the 'Avanti+' sheath. The patent expired long ago, and other companies also make it. The one we carry is the 'Arrow' and is made by Teleflex.
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Heads up for anyone heading to the #melbmara expo: the @garminau stand has 15% off. Gold if you’re in the marked for a Fenix 8 like I was!. Cc: @MerryMegsy.
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Yesterday I encountered a never event. Opened a restaurant website to be greeted with two options:.- menu.- reserve a table. FINALLY someone who understands what we want from restaurant websites!.
Why are you, a restaurant website, gatekeeping your online menu by making me choose delivery or pick-up, when I merely need to mentally rehearse my drive-thru order.
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Boarding announcement just now: “larger bags wheels first into the overhead locker”. This person has clearly never taken a wheeled luggage on a @Qantas DHC-400. They don’t fit in the overheads. You have to drop them at the foot of the stairs to go in the hold.
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THIS is the respiratory device most prone to erroneous use. #changemymind. (For context, my patient was using it ineffectively and the med reg who admitted them had thrown their own out in frustration as they couldn't get it to work). #notpostedinrealtime
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Happy 80th to my dad!. You may be gone, but never forgotten.
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Hey @myQConnect why are your notifications giving me a North American time when my timezone is set to Australia/Sydney?
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Hey @Telstra , how do I opt out of these texts? Every month I get:.1. email bill.2. email to say you’ve sent the bill.3. txt to say you’ve sent the bill.4. bank email BPay view bill has arrived.5. bank app message re BPay view bill. Was 1 day once, 20 yrs ago. THIS IS RIDICULOUS!.
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