Finally, after 3years of hard work, it's here. The 1st ever dedicated FREE logbook for
#irad
training:
Please welcome: TIRTL...
The
Interventional
Radiology
Training
Logbook
Thanks
@BSIR_News
for funding &
@calmdigital
for developing this FREE resource.
Surgical drain snapped off inside patient abdomen during removal on ward.
#IRAD
TO THE RESCUE!
Two wires negotiated under xray guidance through drain. 12x20mm balloon inflated within drain for traction & 12x40mm balloon used to dilate tract during withdrawl.
Avoided open surgery
My new favourite case of all time. A massive rupturing 7cm renal artery aneurysm embolised with an Amplatzer plug, Ruby coils & Onyx, with preserved flow to the kidney, static U&E's and home within a few days with no open surgical intervention. I LOVE
#irad
#withoutascalpel
Awesome day opening the brand new £5.5million IR Theatre Suite
@nhsuhcw
with
@im_radiology
@clarewarmington
& our CEO, CMO, CFO & Trust Chair
@StellaManzie
and numerous clinicians, nurses, AHPs and staff we sometimes neglect like admin, estates, med physics etc. Time for a beer!
Chuffed to be the first consultant
@nhsuhcw
to use our brand new GE Discovery IGS7 IR Suite. Can't wait for our 4th IR Suite to open in September and completion of the £5.5million IR rebuild. Exciting times.
RECRUITING NOW:
2 x IR Consultants
@nhsuhcw
Our brand new 4th IR room will open in May 2021 and we need 2 new colleagues as part of the planned expansion. Our 7 bed IR day case unit is a game changer. Get in touch & apply below on the NHS Jobs website:
Fun day helping run the 1st ever Vascular IR Training Day at the new Midlands Imaging Academy Simulation Suite
@nhsuhcw
Radiology trainees using state-of-the-art simulators & gaining hands-on practical skills in
#irad
procedures
#withoutascalpel
#likesurgeryonlymagic
Sad to see our IR FY2 doctor
@nhsuhcw
leave today. One of only a few IR FY2's in the UK, he did ward assessments, consent, prescribed sedation/antibiotics/analgesia and admitted/discharged patients from our 7-bed IR day case unit. Good luck to our new FY2 starting tomorrow!
So pleased to be doing my 1st varicocoele & UAE after 4months abstinence. Varicocoele done in 9mins (3mins screening) & UAE in 34mins (10mins screening), so not lost my touch. Along with a PTC, angio, US kidney biopsy and CT pancreatic drain - a perfectly varied list
@nhsuhcw
Taster weeks in Interventional Radiology can be hit & miss, not always giving a good representation of what we do
@nhsuhcw
But this week has been a perfect mix of elective & emergency cases from across the wide spectrum of services we offer.
#likesurgeryonlymagic
#withoutascalpel
Always thankful for a conveniently timed splenic trauma. An 8pm call means I've had dinner, put kids to bed, had a shower & settling down for naff tele. A couple of coils in selective bleeding branch & back home in bed by 11pm. Love my job!
#likesurgeryonlymagic
#withoutascalpel
Wonderful start to 2021 doing an intraoperative
#IRE
case
@nhsuhcw
Nanoknife uses electrical current to produce nanopores in tumour cell membranes which disrupts homeostasis & causes apoptosis of tumour cells, sparing vessels, nerves & ducts!
#itslikesurgeryonlymagic
Thanks to the awesome
@nhsuhcw
Comms Team for arranging the seriously talented
@WeeksJonny
to take some amazing photos of our brand new GE Discovery IR Suite and helping me produce our new IR website:
6F sheath "snapped off" in femoral/iliac vein during cardiac procedure.
CALL IR!
Unable to snare as ends embedded in vessel wall.
7F Endoscopy Biopsy Forceps used via angled 7F sheath to give directional control.
Grabbed & removed thru coaxial 12F sheath.
Better out than in!
Amazing HPB/IR collaboration
@nhsuhcw
working with
@Jawad004
to perform a robotic assisted microwave ablation of liver tumour. Collaborate, Innovate, Achieve.
Very sad day at
@nhsuhcw
saying goodbye to Dr Bhupinder Hoonjan for his last day
@RadiologyUhcw
A great
#IRad
consultant colleague & friend jets off to New York for a new life.
@NHSuk
looses another consultant to better pay & conditions abroad.
Simulateous intra-operative
@angiodynamics
Solero Microwave thermal ablation and 5-needle Nanoknife Irreversible Electroporation for two tricky liver metastases.
I love my HPB surgical colleagues
@nhsuhcw
for collaborating with me to take on these amazing cases.
Hard being on the other side but awesome experience
@nhsuhcw
for my really poorly boy with quinsy. Seen in 5mins by triage, then 30mins by ENT Consultant who aspirated lots of pus, then to ward for IV antibiotics & a
@SUBWAY
all within a few hours. Amazing
#teamuhcw
Shout out to awesome
@RadiologyUhcw
radiographers, an underappreciated workforce, vital to the NHS, who quietly get on with the job.
@bumbles29
pops into the mens changing room every month to change my radiation monitors, including taping one to the inside of my lead glasses!
Proud to have been asked to present at the
@BSIR_News
Live Webinar on Monday 6th July entitled "PTC & Biliary Interventions". Hopefully no screaming kids in my background. Need to buy a headset and a padlock for the study door?
#BSIR
#BSIRT
#iRad
#webinar
CALLING BSIR ASM DELEGATES
Join me on Thursday 3rd December
@BSIR_News
#BSIR2020
@12
:40pm to share my weird enthusiasm for "Clinical Coding in IR".
I'm by no means an expert, but can hopefully whet your appetite & interest in this (?fascinating) area
@TraineesBSIR
@IR_juniors
Amazing service by
@WMPolice
&
@OFFICIALWMAS
who responded so promptly to a head on collision on the A452 between Kenilworth & Balsall Common at 7:30pm tonight. Professional, courteous & efficient. Had to dust the cobwebs off my ATLS training, but hope all parties are ok.
Uterine Fibroid Embolisation is one of my favourite procedures
@nhsuhcw
Seeing the patient in clinic, arranging/reviewing MRIs and assessing UFS-QOL symptom severity & quality of life score pre and post procedure is a perfect example of how we should do all our procedures in IR.
Humbled & honored to be named
@BSIR_News
Tweeter of the Year. Massive thanks to radiographers
@smyth_sj
&
@usernamesamia
for taking the amazing photos &
@nhsuhcw
Comms Team for support with graphic design and
@RadiologyUhcw
for retweeting my Tweets locally. I'm really chuffed!
Chuffed to see my articles in the
@BSIR_News
Newsletter:
1. TIRTL - The Interventional Radiology Training Logbook:
2. BSIR Searchable Members Database:
Awesome Editor
@DrAidanShaw
focusing on IR training
@TraineesBSIR
@IR_juniors
Remember a cholecystostomy may be for life, not just for sepsis.
However, GUPTAS Procedure = "Gallbladder drain internalisation Using a Percutaneous Trans-Ampullary Stent" can avoid a lifelong drain & significantly improve quality of life & repeat admissions
It’s great to make use of clever IR Suite technology
@RadiologyUhcw
like CT image fusion to perform procedures without using any contrast, such as pre-EVAR Internal Iliac Artery Embolisation.
I have no idea what was just said (or done) to give
@DrNeilGuptaIR
crazy eyes!
Awesome 2-days in Barcelona teaching
#irad
colleagues to use
@PenVascular
Indigo Aspiration Thrombectomy system in a live animal lab. Brilliant to have these industry sponsored educational events up & running again after 2-yrs. Great food, great company, great learning.
#iloveir
ST3 RADIOLOGY TRAINEE?
Want to do IR Training in the West Midlands?
We have 3 vacant ST4-6 IR posts starting in September 2023.
APPLY NOW:
CLOSING 17th MAY
INTERVIEWS 14th JUNE
@IR_juniors
@TraineesBSIR
@_the_SRT
Calling all MEDICAL STUDENTS...you are warmly invited to attend the 1st ever West Midlands IR Symposium
@MalmaisonHotels
Birmingham on Wednesday 9th March. REGISTER NOW for FREE at
@IR_juniors
@BISRT_news
@BSIR_News
PLACES LIMITED
The British Society of Interventional Radiology
@BSIR_News
is run by dedicated teams of UNPAID Image Guided Surgeons, working to promote & develop the practice of
#irad
My team in the Membership & Rules Committee are the black sheep judging by our photo from a broom cupboard?
CALLING ST3 RADIOLOGY TRAINEES:
@BISRT_news
@IR_juniors
@_the_SRT
Are you interested in IR?
Are you unable to be trained in your local Deanery?
Apply for run-through RCR approved ST4-6 IR posts in the West Midlands.
Apply now:
Applications close 29th March
Excited to be on the interview panel for a new IR Training Program Director
@NHSHEE_NWest
tomorrow. Great to see these posts popping up around the country, ensuring IR training is given appropriate attention within Clinical Radiology. Any suggestions for good interview questions?
We're currently advertising 3 IR Consultant posts (Substantive or Locum)
@nhsuhcw
to coincide with the completion of a £5.5million rebuild of the IR Suite, to increase to 8 IR Consultants along with additional support staff to run this new unit. Apply now:
Excited to be running one of the first courses
@nhsuhcw
since March. Manikins out of storage. Cadavers ready to thaw. Fingers crossed for no
#covidglitches
ATTENTION IR TRAINEES.
LAST FEW PLACES REMAINING for The Midlands IR Skills Course on Friday 4th March 2022
@nhsuhcw
Vascular Simulators, Flow Models, "Embo-man", EVAR-Sim, Access & Closure Devices REGISTER NOW:
@BSIR_News
@IR_juniors
@_the_SRT
@BISRT_news
Haven't done a
#irad
pedal arch angioplasty
@RadiologyUhcw
for ages, but it's rather satisfying to get all three vessels back in play
#withoutascalpel
Should've used the fancy
@GEHealthcare
perfusion software, but always slips my mind
Gobsmacked that the first ever
#ANSIR
Course
@nhsuhcw
in Jan 2024 sold out within 48hours!
There's clearly a demand for "Advanced Nursing Skills in Interventional Radiology"
@BSIR_News
@SIRNRchat
Must be down to the awesome AI generated logo?
Or ChatGPT designed course content?
Really sore arm this morning after my incredibly efficient
#CovidVaccine
yesterday
@nhsuhcw
Really hoping I've got a registrar with me for my all day IR list, so my day can consist of gorging on copious amounts of christmas chocolate whilst "consulting" from the control room?
I presume everyone is now using the phrase GUPTAS procedure for "Gallbladder drain internalisation Using a Percutaneous Trans-Ampullary Stent"?
Obviously my favourite procedure but an amazing option for patients unfit for surgery following cholecystostomy.
#likesurgeryonlymagic
Thanks
@BSIR_News
and
@PenVascular
for inviting me to talk at the BSIR Technology Update & Networking Event. So nice to see colleagues & reps again face-to-face to share experience, practice & learning. The future of
#irad
is bright with
@im_radiology
and
@iradsurgeon
at the helm
Looking forward to sharing my experience of setting up a Percutaneous Endovascular Fistula Thrombectomy Service
@nhsuhcw
using the
@PenVascular
Indigo aspiration device.
Join us and Penumbra next week for an interactive live session featuring Dr. Bella Hausen &
@DrNeilGuptaIR
.
🗓19th of Jan
🕕18:00-19:00
Register today to join the mechanical thrombectomy discussion: .
#PowerofPenumbra
It's back...The Complete Chest Drain Insertion Course
@nhsuhcw
on Thursday 20th October 2022 with hands on ultrasound and cadaver drain insertion practical sessions. Register now:
Really proud to have served as
@BSIR_News
Membership & Rules Chairman and now on the Communications commitee, during this modern upgrade & transformation of BSIR.
#BSIR2023
highlights video looks awesome & very nostalgic.
Looking forward to Brighton 2024!
🌟 Exciting Announcement from BSIR! 🌟
Today, we're thrilled to unveil our new logo, symbolising a fresh chapter for BSIR! Along with this exciting reveal, we're taking a journey back to
#BSIR2023
with our highlights video. 🎥
Great 1st day talks
@BSIR_News
#BSIR2020
today. Missing a good post conference night out & steak dinner, but nice to see my kids this evening and get into own bed. Looking forward to tomorrow - IO, trauma, quiz, Jim Reekers...what more could you want?
Thoroughly enjoyable
@RCRadiologists
national Radiology Events and Learning Meeting. Happy to have had the opportunity to share some of my thoughts on IR procedures.
Delighted to be on the panel for this online event, sharing my experience as a West Midlands IR trainee (2010-2015), IR Fellow in Australia (2016-2017) and now as College Tutor
@nhsuhcw
and West Midlands IR Training Lead.
Join the inaugural
@IR_juniors
and
@TraineesBSIR
Interventional Radiology Journal Club! 📖
Super excited to have an all-star panel from the UK and USA. First session focuses on Global
#IRad
Training 🌍 & starts Jan 25th, 8pm UK/3pm EST.
Sign up - .
Delighted to be asked to present
@RCRadiologists
first Radiology Events And Learning (REAL) Course to talk about "Pitfalls in Interventional Radiology" on 4th February.
Fully booked course and close to home. Better fire up PowerPoint and throw something together.
Insane & epic golf weekend at 5☆ Sheraton Arabella Golf Resort in Mallorca on a private jet.
One off the bucket list!
(Definitely not affordable on an NHS Consultant salary ... but a very generous friend)
It's back...The Complete Chest Drain Insertion Course
@nhsuhcw
on Wed 2nd March 2022 with short theory lectures, then hands on ultrasound and cadaver drain insertion practical sessions. Register now:
Great to see almost 100 Consultant Radiologists for the Midlands Supervisor Training Day.
Excellent lectures, including
@RCRadiologists
Medical Education & Training Director
@Dr_PriyaSuresh
who kindly patched in, but most importantly stimulating excellent discussion & debate.
Great fun
@BSIR_News
#BSIR2019
with a handful of the West Mids contingent of past, present and (hopefully) future Consultants. Not sure what to say about my caricature!
Pleased to be advertising a brand new post of "Interventional Radiology Ward Clerk"
@nhsuhcw
to help manage our 7 bed IR Day Case Unit & 4 IR Theatres and ensure accurate recording & coding of IR procedures to ensure appropriate tariff is received by IR.
Thanks
@jet2tweets
for a week of much needed R&R in
#Lanzarote
First proper holiday in what seems like forever.
So important to have downtime for health & wellbeing.
Love my supportive wife & kids so much, who enable me to thrive in my
#irad
career.
Not a bad place for some R&R; and for the 1st time ever, met someone who knew what an Interventional Radiologist was! (Thanks to
@Radiology_UK
performing an expert minimally invasive, image-guided procedure on him).
Looking forward to this event on Monday 25th Jan. Well done
@IR_juniors
and
@TraineesBSIR
for organising a diverse Pan-Atlantic panel. Will be great to hear the similarities & differences between training schemes across the pond and perhaps interesting to all
@ETF_IRtrainees
Join the inaugural
@IR_juniors
and
@TraineesBSIR
Interventional Radiology Journal Club! 📖
Super excited to have an all-star panel from the UK and USA. First session focuses on Global
#IRad
Training 🌍 & starts Jan 25th, 8pm UK/3pm EST.
Sign up - .
A fantastic opportunity to join a group of enthusiastic and passionate future
#imageguidedsurgeons
who have done an amazing job of raising the awareness of
#irad
for medical students & junior doctors. Great work guys, keep it up!
** Calling all medical students and junior docs **
We are recruiting! If you are a UK based student/junior doc passionate about
#IRad
& want to join IRJ, we would love to hear from you!
💻 Form:
👥 Roles:
📅 Deadline: 25th May
Evacuated from
@AvantiWestCoast
train by fire brigade, 500m from Euston after 4hrs wait, due to live electricity cables collapsing on train. Currently hiking along track. Gona be slightly late to 9am
@RCRadiologists
meeting, since it's now 1pm!
Keep a sarnie for me please?
Med-Students & FY docs- consider submitting for the
@BSIR_News
Essay Competition by 16th July:
Junior Doctors (or PGDiT's!)- consider submitting for the
@BSIR_News
Case Study Competition by 30th July:
@TraineesBSIR
@IR_juniors
Another successful "Complete Chest Drain Insertion Course"
@nhsuhcw
today. Combining ultrasound insertion skills on manikins and surgical techniques on cadavers. 32 delegates (16 per am/pm session) and 8 awesome faculty. Will run again in March 2021 via
Delighted to be running "The Complete Chest Drain Insertion Course"
@nhsuhcw
on 17th March 2020. Including ultrasound guided insertion on manikins and thoracotomy technique on human cadavers. Open to everyone. Register now:
@doctorhammond
@mo_hamady
Today is my contracted off (am) and off-site SPA (pm) so I'm currently watching Peppa Pig with a poorly 3year old, but would usually be in a farm shop for a full English breakfast. All full-time IRs
@RadiologyUhcw
work 4days/week onsite to ensure
#worklifebalance
Loved teaching on the
@vygonuk
TIVAD Port Insertion Course
@nhsuhcw
Surgical Training Centre.
Nothing like learning on human cadaveric tissue, to gain the tactile experience of percutaneous puncture, tunnelling & suturing, in a hyper realistic surgical environment.
@SimeoneLeah
I'm super proud of my Midlands Imaging Academy IR Radiographer Trainer
@SimeoneLeah
for her awesome
@BSIR_News
#BSIR2023
Educational Poster, highlighting use of the
#AngioMentor
for our weekly RESIST Training Course = Rugby Endovascular Simulator & Interventional Skills Training.
Great to be running the
@RCRadiologists
FRCR exams
@nhsuhcw
(& 12 other sites across the UK). As an invigilator it's brilliant to see the inner workings of the exam and help reassure trainees of the robust "right of passage" we all have to go through to become Fellows.
@BSIR_News
@RCRadiologists
A clear mandate indeed. Exciting time to be an IR in the UK. Let's hope we can maintain this momentum to achieve this goal for our specialty, ourselves but most importantly the patients.
#IR4SpecialtyStatus
@DrDLittle
9 seems much more reasonable than the 39 ST1's we're taking on in the West Mids. But as
@PMccoubrie
points out, it's the passion & commitment of trainers, ES's & CS's which keeps the system going. Low morale, workload figure monitoring & pension taxation could see it all collapse
Do you have a passion for interventional radiology?
We’re looking for an experienced and innovative radiographer to join our friendly, multidisciplinary team in a band 6 role working in IR and theatres.
For more information and to apply please visit: