Intensivist, husband, general physician, dad, cyclist, ponderer, gardener, economist, pianist, unpredictably enthusiastic, wants the world to be a better place
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Joined May 2015
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Saddened and frustrated by this flash screen that just appeared on my Facebook app. To live stream a massacre then offer a text number to contact for support is a profound abdication of both responsibility and humanity.
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This social media platform on which we choose to communicate also hosts and profits from the echo chambers in which extremism flourishes.
#ThisIsUs
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The new Dunedin ICU also features the best registrar facilities in the country. Come on the rest of you, keep up!
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American College of Physicians position statement opposing euthanasia @CareAllianceNZ annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2…
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Rehearsing road rules with my daughter. Skewers and playing cards. Low fidelity simulation at it's best.
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At Zealandia today I counted the respiratory rate of a tuatara at 3 breaths per minute. Clearly a modification to the EWS is in order.....
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A poignant day - Waitangi day - to see NZ's founding document - Te Tiriti O Waitangi - at the National Library. Layers of pain, passion and possibility - with huge relevance to health (even ICU). Interesting fact: during WW2 it was stored for safety in a suitcase in Masterton
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ICU registrar at handover - "apart from his aphasia and hemiplegia, he's neurologically good". Spoken like a true intensivist. Give this man his fellowship!
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Permit me a proud-daddy moment at my daughter's graduation - and a tribute to my family. Their love, support, humour and honesty keep me going and are the silent partner to every patient encounter. #lostwithoutyou
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He walked with me through some difficult times. And taught me to never leave unnecessary plastic in a patient!
To my @WellingtonICU whanau, sharing all my love with you at this very difficult time. Peter told me to stop mumbling when tired & stop fiddling with vasopressors too quickly. He also acknowledged when I did my best. He taught me some of the truths in life. Thanks #mana #aroha ❤️
So I drop into MacDonalds for a sundae at 1:30 am on the way home from a middle of the night visit to the ICU. My daughter later tells me that's for groups of inebreated youth. She thinks I'm a tired, old intensivist. I think I'm a sweet, clean uno-neo-millenial...
An award for excellence in the "non function" category at a ceramics exhibition. Made me wonder what you'd get a "non function" award for in medicine....
