Kelvin Ward Profile picture
Urgent Care Physician | #POCUS enthusiast in primary care | #FOAMus
Feb 2, 2021 32 tweets 11 min read
This was by far and away the most important news story yesterday in NZ... however the NZ media appears to have given it only cursory exposure. Maybe they do not understand the significance of the admission that #COVIDisAirborne (Thread)

The Director General of Health @AshBloomfield admits that the community cases from last week, were most likely exposed in the Pullman Hotel via Airborne Transmission!!
Apr 1, 2020 16 tweets 9 min read
Post Mortem of a Pandemic Response

It's two weeks since the border closure and one week since the lockdown. So how are we going?

Well, these two bold moves by the government, with their huge economic implications, are at risk of being wasted
read on to see why . . . Lack of testing is our achilles heel.

Our current level of testing is woefully inadequate to identify the extent of community transmission.
If we do not identify it we can not isolate or eliminate it.

We must test, test, test! Don't believe me?...
Sep 8, 2019 13 tweets 6 min read
A/Prof George Condous encouraging a consistent approach with regard to nomenclature for 5 types of ovarian masses. As #POCUS practitioners we can improve or descriptions of these findings #WFUMB19
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