Ross Smith
@ross1ross
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tech head - anaesthetist - musician
Sydney
Joined March 2009
Very succinct and insightful presentation of the results of NAP7 by @doctimcook at the kollinginstitute yesterday . Thanks prof cook.
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Seeing @PatMetheny at the Sydney opera house was a transcendent experience. What a musical journey.
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People are feeling climate change in higher food prices and power bills and in the skyrocketing costs of insurance. Leaders who are serious about cost of living must be serious about action on climate change. #LeadersDebate #auspol #AusVotes2025
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Awake art line, CVC, TIVA, BiS, CMAC, D-blade, flexi ETT, NG tube, temp probe. iGel.
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“Be careful, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus #FrenchElections
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I’m not sure what’s the point of the Greens in parliament. To use Gough Whitlam’s great line: “There is no one so pure as the impotent.”
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I suggest to friends around the world NOT to do what the US has done, putting profit-driven mega-corporations in charge of most health care. It has been an enormous disaster!
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I gazed at my great-great-grandparents' grave. They lived on the US Frontier in the 19th-century. Things they never had: Electricity. Indoor plumbing. Hospitals. Electric lights. Antibiotics. Cars. Phones. Vaccines. Computers. I had to wonder--were they any less happy than we
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Ecuadorian Embassy in Canberra tightens security upon news of Assange’s return https://t.co/6nz2EYbyJv
chaser.com.au
"Please, not another 7 years!"
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Provocative study suggesting that patients of female anaesthesia providers have better intraoperative outcomes @dariovonwedel @MatthiasEikerm1 @maxsebschaefer @BIDMCAnesthesia @BJAJournals
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Nitrous leaking from hospital pipes is a massive problem that many of us have never thought about. Let’s fix this asap. #climatecrisis #ASM24BRIS
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Great album launch for @Camera_Obscura_ last night at rough trade east . Great harmonies, tight synchronisation.
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A great article - thanks @annabelcrabb In Bruce Lehrmann's 'omnishambles' of a trial, Justice Michael Lee delivered a powerful lesson in shades of grey
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Ditto 100%
@Nitrousman75 @cliffreid @EMManchester @scanfoam Not my experience. When I was using a Mac blade I might NEED a 4 blade about once every 2 years - and then only for someone particularly tall. No problems engaging hyoepiglottic ligament w Mac 3 in overwhelming majority of patients & it's mechanically superior. 100% HAVL now.
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We all need as much help as we can get
Style Lessons from George Costanza In this thread, I will talk about some dos and don'ts of men's tailoring using one of my favorite style icons, George Costanza. 🧵
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Interesting article by @adele_ferguson and the @abcnews @4corners team today in their series on #Medicare Billing that makes some interesting claims.
abc.net.au
A major investigation into the chronic pain industry has uncovered how Australia's healthcare system is being left open to financial exploitation by some medical practitioners.
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For me, one of the great things about being part of a music festival is getting to spend time with my mates. We’re usually tour around different parts of the world and it’s pretty special when our paths cross. Sometimes magic moments happen like this one on Sunday. I’ve worked
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It can be hard to know what to say when someone is diagnosed with cancer. These tips from @CancerCouncilOz are helpful. Having worked with patients with cancer, and family and friends affected; I think mostly they just want to be treated the same. https://t.co/yvE50rE0JA
cancercouncil.com.au
Knowing what to say to a friend or family member who has been diagnosed with cancer can be hard. Here are 10 tips.
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#wilco at the enmore last night. Great songs , amazing performances. @nelscline was on fire. Leah senior was fantastic.
To paraphrase some guy (ok, me...): I have seen around 10,000 bands. A hundred good ones. A dozen great ones. And one You Am I. And one #Wilco. Extraordinary.
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