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PedIntensivist/Anaes. Assoc Professor UCD, Medical Council President. Board Trustee LGBT Ire, Cheshire Ire, DownSynCentre. Opinions mine.
Dec 19, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
‘Im just a nurse’

A nurse working in #PedsICU >19 years had nowhere to park for her shift on Tues morning
Leaves hospital at 8.15pm, 13 hrs after arriving, car has been towed by clampers
Phone charge runs out, walks 3km in pouring rain to Garda station Garda locate her car 5km away
She walks back to hospital, charges phone, pays release fee, walks to the car, soaked and freezing

Gets home to her worried family at 11pm
Apr 1, 2020 14 tweets 20 min read
#COVIDー19 This is a ventilator. It is not intensive care. Intensive care is medical care delivered by trained and experienced staff. #weareintensivecare @WFPICCS @SvuhIcu @ICU_Ireland @PedsICU @COAIrl #coronavirus ICU is staffing, trained in the application of tech and equipment. Supported by Laboratory Medicine, Anaesthesia, Radiology, Surgery, Medicine. @CcoHse @roinnslainte @McCormackCEO @mringster #muchmorethanaventilator @sleepypedsdoc @kfinmccarthy