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Emerg, OR and transfer medicine. Tweets, retweets, likes = my own / not on behalf of.
Aug 13, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
***URGENT*** = two weeks away !

#RuralMatters

HELP to keep our rural regional ER open in Sep / Oct.

Diversion NOT an option : next ER around 200 km away...

We'll fly you *AND* *YOUR* *FAMILY* in.

Amplify please 🙏

@alandrummond2 @CanadianKayMD @TrevorJain @TheSGEM Join us for a working holiday experience our *beautiful* province !



DMs open, I will facilitate !

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Sep 22, 2022 10 tweets 6 min read
1 of 10 Interesting in f/up = proposed Trauma Team (tertiary sourced & based : ERPs / Surgeons / RNs / RTs), flown out to a rural site.

Sounds great, right ?

#Controversial ?

@SRPCanada @alandrummond2 @snewbery1 @ElaineBlau
@SarahGiles10 @TheSGEM

2 of 10 No, not necessarily.

As always, it depends.

Tertiary ≠ Rural = simple fact.

Cardinal rule = you have to know your local milieu & challenges intimately.

Relative risk : tertiary = potentially in deep water rurally, if no recent hands on exposure (and vice-versa).
Sep 22, 2022 11 tweets 6 min read
Interesting f/up = proposed Trauma Team (tertiary sourced & based : ERPs / Surgeons / RNs / RTs), flown out to a rural site.

Sounds great, right ?

#Controversial ?

@SRPCanada @alandrummond2 @snewbery1 @ElaineBlau
@SarahGiles10 @TheSGEM



1/11 No, not necessarily.

As always, it depends.

Tertiary ≠ Rural = simple fact.

Cardinal rule = you have to know your local milieu & challenges intimately.

Relative risk : tertiary = potentially in deep water rurally, if no recent hands on exposure (and vice-versa).

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