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ANP @ PICU Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool & NWTS (North West & North Wales Paediatric Transport Service). PCCS Council Nurse/AHP

North West, England
Joined June 2014
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@SamJEEllis
Sam Ellis
4 years
@davidwalliams When did we lose our sense of humous 😢
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Handing over our last adult patient 💙
@PICU_AHCH
PICU Alder Hey
4 years
☀️🌈💙🎶Here comes the sun do, do, do, Here comes the sun, And I say it's all right🎶💙🌈☀️ Our final repatriation, Adult Pod : Over and Out! #TeamPICU #TeamAlderHey #InItTogether #NHS #CriticalCare #PedsICU #teamworkmakesthedreamwork
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2 years
Last night @AlderHey received the honorary Freedom of Sefton Borough along with other Liverpool Trusts for our work during the Covid-19 pandemic. Proud to be representing Team PICU @PICU_AHCH ❤️ where we saw adults admitted to our ICU in addition to critically ill children.
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Day 2 of 7 completed! Training our amazing theatre staff and ward nurses in Critical care and ventilation skills! Amazing team from PICU & HDU and fantastic response from our ‘students’! ❤️ #alderheyteam #team PICU #covid19 #teamHDU @PICU_AHCH
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1 year
Proud to have been elected as the Paediatric Critical Care Society (PCCS) Nurse & AHP representative! Focusing on improving education, career progression & advanced practice
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6 years
Happy 70th birthday to our amazing NHS! Long may it continue!! #teampicu #alderhey #pics #NHS70
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4 years
@davidwalliams @davidwalliams @sisternavy @jenny73432863 trying to keep our humous whilst living the dream in PPE 😆
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@SkyNews Absolute rubbish! My dad took one of these yesterday, easy video & clear instructions to follow! Not to mention briiliant quick delivery & collection service!
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Our amazing team! Will miss our adults but glad many are on the road to recovery ❤️
@PICU_AHCH
PICU Alder Hey
4 years
🌈😊on Fridays we Dab! Because yesterday we repatriated our final adult back to our AICU friends! 🥳Proud we were able to help and super proud of how we all pulled together😊🌈 #teampicu #teamalderhey #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #StayHomeSaveLives
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2 years
Happy retirement to our ‘big boss’ Andy! The first PICU ANP in the UK, 40 years of NHS service🌈 @AlderHey @PICU_AHCH will be hugely missed!
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Easy to follow to keep us and our families as safe as possible @PICU_AHCH @AlderHey @PICSociety
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Meet Trent the Weimaraner aged 13 weeks & @trentaa98 biggest fan! @LFC @PICU_AHCH @AlderHey
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@RayBarnes184 @RacingEnthusias @pam30301 @piersmorgan Absolutely true! I have a family friend that owns several local nursing & care homes, he saw what was coming & took the decision to stockpile PPE in Jan/Feb - no COVID deaths in any of his homes so far. Owners do need to take some responsibility for their failings!
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Sam Ellis
8 months
Proud mum moment! Eva (on the right 🥰)
@holycrosschorl
Holy Cross CHS
8 months
🩰 Congratulations to both Eva (Year 9) and Emma (Year 11) for their amazing achievement in successfully auditioning for the English Youth Ballet.  Both girls will be performing at the Opera House in Manchester in the English Youth Ballet's production of Cinderella in Hollywood
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Low sats don’t scare us! Ready to help out our adult ICU colleagues @PICU_AHCH @COVIDLiverpool
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Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD
4 years
Joke all you want about #PedsICU folks helping out on the adult side, but if there’s one thing we are used to it’s low sats. #covid19
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4 months
@DrEilidhMaria 1/ Not sure who you’re directing this at but find this offensive. As a PAED crit care ANP I have 25 years experience in this area & many of my roles cross over into what were traditionally Dr’s. Qualified with a diploma, then spend 3 years completing a BSc in Child Acute Health
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1 year
@EmergMedDr @theRCN Completely agree! I am so disappointed with our profession right now & worry about our future
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Our amazing Critical Care pharmacist Nicky! We’d be lost without her & the rest of our pharmacy team ❤️
@bbcmerseyside
BBC Merseyside
4 years
Tonight we are again holding a round of applause to say thank you to @NHSEngland & all key workers.  We are marking #ClapForCarers with @JennyLeeSummers at 8pm.  Here’s one of our NHS heroes! Nicky Reilly is Senior Clinical Pharmacist @AlderHey 👏 #ThankYouNHS #BBCMakeADifference
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Sam Ellis
3 years
Exactly a year ago today we were in the middle of training 250 staff in critical care skills & ventilation ready for them to be redeployed to intensive care. We may be smiling in these photos but my god we were scared of the tsunami of covid patients that we knew were coming 1/2
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Day 2 of 7 completed! Training our amazing theatre staff and ward nurses in Critical care and ventilation skills! Amazing team from PICU & HDU and fantastic response from our ‘students’! ❤️ #alderheyteam #team PICU #covid19 #teamHDU @PICU_AHCH
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4 years
Volunteered to become a vaccinator, 23 years of working in the NHS & the amount of ‘training’ required to administer the vaccine is ridiculous not to mention time consuming!!
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@NWTStransport
💙NWTS💙
6 years
Great to see our friends and colleagues at Alder Hey hospital showcasing the amazing work that they do! #hospital 🏥
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4 years
@Daythehut @PantlessCanuck The pessimism here is awful! Once intubated and ventilated chance of survival is 50:50. Lets hope this young man makes it!
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1 year
@AlderHey @theRCN None of us want to be on this picket line today but enough is enough #patientsafety #fairpayfornurses
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Sam Ellis
6 years
You were 6 weeks old, shaken to near death. Nursed on the PICU, treatment was futile, the damage too severe. Neither your mum or dad wanted to hold you in your last moments, I took you out of the cot & cuddled you whilst you took your last breath. #ShareAStoryInOneTweet
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Sam Ellis
1 year
25 years working in #teamNHS many highs & lows but wouldn’t change it for the world! @PICU_AHCH ❤️
@AlderHey
🏥 Alder Hey 💙
1 year
Today, the NHS turns 75! 🎂 We want to say a massive happy birthday to all of our NHS colleagues and special thank you to everyone in the #AlderHeyFamily for everything you do for our children and young people 💙 Got a message you want to share? Drop it in the comments! ⬇️ #NHS75
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4 years
@credland_nicki @tcbtttc @troodon @SamIAm_UK @BACCNUK @FICMNews It is not sustainable for these ICU nurse ratios & could compromise patient safety + quality of care. These patients are Level 3 patients, complex, labour intensive & require experienced ICU nurse care
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@tcbtttc @credland_nicki @troodon @SamIAm_UK @BACCNUK @FICMNews Just imagine a quick intro to ICU and off you go with the ECMO cart & CVVH!
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4 years
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@PICU_AHCH
PICU Alder Hey
4 years
💙🌈👏🏻😊This Thursday is Awesome!! Our First Repatriation back to our Adult friends! Well done and Thank you to every single person supporting our Team right now 😊👏🏻🌈💙 #TeamPICU #TeamAlderHey #InThisTogether #TeamNHS
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@peterahampshire @LivHospitals One of the best services we’ve ever invested in! Invaluable ❤️ @PICU_AHCH
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@troodon @SamIAm_UK @credland_nicki @tcbtttc @BACCNUK @FICMNews 1:1 ICU nursing is whats saved our NHS from being overwhelmed! Italy has a 2-3:1 ratio & struggled. Having trained ICU nurses supervising 2-3 deployed staff has worked but has been incredibly hard.
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@flintoff11 could you help in sending a farewell message to our amazing Intensive Care Consultant Dr Naga Puppala leaving this Wednesday? Massive cricket fan often seen @lancscricket @PICU_AHCH
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Sam Ellis
4 years
What an amazing man, born the same year as my Grandad who also served in the RAF as a rear gunner in the Lancaster Bombers, we will never see a generation like them again 💙 @NHSuk @RoyalAirForce @captaintommoore restinpeace
@captaintommoore
Captain Sir Tom Moore
4 years
“So even if tomorrow is my last day, if all those I loved are waiting for me then that tomorrow will be a good day too.” Captain Sir Tom
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@MerpolNthLpool
Merpol North Liverpool
4 years
Nice gesture showing support to all the NHS staff outside Alder Hey Childrens Hospital.
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@DrEilidhMaria 2/ followed by a number of years doing speacialist qualifications in PIC, a PGCert in Eduction, an MSC in Paed Advanced Practice of which our competencies matched those of the RCPCH, also trained by the very best Consultants in Paed Anaesthesia, PIC/PIC Transport.
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@bbcmerseyside @AlderHey @NHSEngland @JennyLeeSummers Our amazing Critical Care Pharmacist Nicky! We’d be lost without her & the rest our pharmacy team ❤️
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Sam Ellis
4 years
Wow! ❤️
@paulahead99
Paula Head
4 years
So proud to reveal this amazing piece of art Painting for Saints, created by #Banksy as a thank you to all those who work with and for the NHS and our hospital. Temporarily on display @UHSFT . An inspirational backdrop to pause and reflect in these unprecedented times.
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3 years
Fancy working with one of the best teams in the NHS? #teampicu #alderhey
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@matthewparkin @BorisJohnson @BACCNUK @theRCN @UKCCNA @CC_3N @credland_nicki Wow not overwhelmed?! So how would you describe adults being cared for in Children’s ICU’s..
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3 years
@LangersSnr @SkyNews Wow isn’t this what most of us do at some point in our lives? 🙄
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4 years
@jempierce @jamesgr64814278 @Brian_JTC @DrRanj I have asthma (as do many of my healthcare colleagues) & worn a fit tested FFP3 medical grade mask for 13 hour shifts, it does not affect your oxygenation or CO2 levels! If we can wear them then i’m pretty sure the public can wear a cloth facecovering!🙏👌
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4 years
@piersmorgan It’s called patient confidentiality! 😡
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4 years
@piersmorgan Maybe not but theyve got the best PPE on anyone could wish for!
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4 years
@JulesLemon1 @KiRsTy_LuThEr @DrRanj Thats not true, masks are worn for the duration of a shift or ‘session’ & only changed before if absolutely necessary
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@KatydearKate We ran a 2 day course for prep of first wave & more recently a ‘refresher’ ready for our current wave. Lots of resources from our adult colleagues, happy to share 😊
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@CMCCN_ODN @peterahampshire @PICU_AHCH @LivHospitals Every respect to all staff working in the adult sector over these last 12 months, the resilience you all have is amazing! Hope we were able to ease some of the pressure & help ensure every patient that needed an ICU bed got one.
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2 years
@sisternavy What a disgrace!! So basically what she’s saying is that she doesn’t care about quality of care or patient safety - unbelievable! 🤬
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4 months
@DrEilidhMaria 3/ Qualified as an ANP 10 years ago. Our team work seamlessly & support trainees that rotate through & our nursing staff. We work as a team together, with other MDT members, physios, dietitians & pharmacists. This division that is being sought by your agenda has no place
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Sam Ellis
3 years
1/3 We were part of a huge NHS team that ensured every adult that needed invasive ventilation received the care they needed, not just in the 1st wave but the 2nd (3rd) too. Huge thanks and respect to our adult colleagues for holding our hands @CMCCN_ODN @LivCritCare 🌈💙
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@scp2710 @Mirrorman73 @davidwalliams Not a typo just good old northern humous!😂
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@ProfCalumSemple just listened to your interview on 5 live whilst driving home after a long day, some great points made!👍 lets hope people are listening 🙏
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Sam Ellis
4 years
So frustrating reading conspiracy theories when this is the reality 😡
@ProfCalumSemple
Professor Calum Semple OBE
4 years
To all the #COVID19 deniers who wrongly claim that there is no problem have a look inside our local Intensive Care Unit.
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@CMCCN_ODN @LHCHFT @WaltonCentre @PICU_AHCH Happy to help our adult colleagues & Covid patients #allinittogether ❤️
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3 years
@JessicaDaisie It’s brutal when you first see it but completely understand why & the need for rapid assessment. Unfortunately the media will never understand it
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4 years
@PICU_AHCH simple principles of prone positioning!
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2 years
@wheezylikesund1 @RCMAuthor Oh and white musk from the body shop!
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@lcashy @AlderHey @PICU_AHCH @alderheytheatre Glad the letters are going down well! Thanks to @DrKanaris for sharing the original letter which we have been able to adapt with help from our Critical Care psychologists ❤️ @PICU_AHCH
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4 months
@AndrewHillPT @DrEilidhMaria That is not what I’m saying but there is far to much elitist views constantly being spewed on this platform!
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4 years
One of our amazing heart warriors Jake ❤️ can you make his day and wear stripes for his 5th birthday on 23rd May! #gozebraforjake @PICU_AHCH
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3 years
Trained in ebola grade PPE we were worried. Having seen the news reports in Italy & spoke to our colleagues there, it looked and sounded like a war zone. Thankfully we didn’t see lots of children with covid but we were part of the north west intensive care network #liverpool
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1 year
@SteveBarclay @theRCN Threatening nurses with loss of their professional registration if they strike is a disgrace! How about realising that the reality of working in todays NHS, patient safety is at risk daily in addition to working conditions that put nurses registrations at risk frequently!!
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2 years
@sisternavy Surely this can’t be true??! Jeez it just gets worse! Next she’ll be saying those people in cardiac arrest will be able to administer their own adrenaline!! 🤦‍♀️😂
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1 year
@DrKanaris Red flags 🚩- 1. wanting to be allocated to the sickest of babies & complaining when not. 2. Babies collapsing without any other witnesses. 3. Blaming others, denial & raising a grievance to force an apology. 4. Narcissistic behaviour
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@PaddyMcGuinness can you help in giving your mate a nudge for our fantastic NHS ICU consultant? 🙏😊
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4 years
@CMCCN_ODN @peterahampshire @LivHospitals @PICU_AHCH They’ve made such a difference to our children’s families, staff & more recently our adult patients & their families. Every Trust needs to invest in this service, so very important!
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Sam Ellis
4 years
@robmanuel I will survive!
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4 years
@lcashy @PICU_AHCH @alderheytheatre @AlderHey @CMCCN_ODN Thanks for coming Leanne! Much appreciated! ❤️
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4 years
@PICU_AHCH The face of PICU is back!! 😂 @jennyburke4 😘
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@SamIAm_UK @credland_nicki @tcbtttc @troodon @BACCNUK @FICMNews Yes agreed! Deployed staff have been helpful but they’re not ICU nurses nor should we expect them to be ❤️
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3 years
@eddiemarsan Can’t wait to see it!!
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4 years
@ash_patel21 👏👏we have amazing support from our consultants & senior medics, wouldn’t be able to do the job without it thats for sure!
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2 months
@deborahgoshko @moribunddr Well said! It’s called bed flow, can’t get patients in if you can’t get patients out - discharge’s are a priority!🙄
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3 years
@PICU_AHCH Looks fab! Thank you 😊
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4 years
@AlderHeySurgery @AlderHey Happy retirement to Mr Lamont! Such a lovely man and fantastic surgeon ❤️
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3 years
Love this!!
@KatydearKate
kate
3 years
This !!!!!👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻😍
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4 years
@mancunianmedic @SiobhanAbrahams Not true! Lots of us are ANP’s working clinically - many years of hard work, experience & study to get here 👋
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@MadameJanBirchy @PICU_AHCH Lovely to see you both xx
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3 years
@LizzieBichard We relaxed ours a long time ago rightly so
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5 years
@KTHopkins Sorry @KTHopkins am I missing something here?! What exactly is the issue here??🤔
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4 months
@rhys_elgumati @DrEilidhMaria Erm now nothing in my post says my qualifications make me a Dr! It’s disrespectful to those that have taken the leap into Advanced Practice (now matter what their professional background is). This isn’t a competition, not sure what your experience of ACP’s /ANP’s are
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3 years
@jeanniecass @LibbiesStory @NHSuk @PICU_AHCH How lovely to see, remember Libbie well xx
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4 years
@carlycdebaca Your Grandpa is a legend, we have nursed so many babies after their Norwood procedure over the years & will continue to do so!❤️
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4 years
@SepsisUK @NTravel76 @dasgobardhan Absolutely & not to mention every children’s intensive care unit in the UK admitted covid adults & stopped all routine surgery. This was not a conspiracy this is responding to a pandemic 👍
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An fitting turnout for Sue RIP ❤️
@PICU_AHCH
PICU Alder Hey
4 years
🌈💔today has been a sad day here as we said a final goodbye to one of our own, our friend and colleague Sister Sue Tickle, after a brave battle with cancer. A emotional tribute saw East Prescott Road lined with everyone clapping in her honour. RIP Sue it’s been a pleasure xx💔🌈
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@FinKitch @chris_kammy Love this, we use this in our Paed Critical Care human factors presentations! @chris_kammy you’ll be hugely missed! Absolute legend ❤️
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@sisternavy
sara soilleux
4 years
For every nurse and AHP & carer #OurNHS this is exactly what we get !
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4 years
@gerri_sefton @DetectStudy Congratulations Gerri! Enjoy 😊
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4 years
@jemmabarton486 @PICU_AHCH Lovely to hear from you Jemma! Look forward to seeing you, take care xx
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@stgeorgesce Fantastic night! So glad the kids got an opportunity to be part of it!
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4 years
@lcashy @PICU_AHCH You’re all doing amazing & you’re help is much appreciated! xx
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1 year
@credland_nicki Serious/major incidents expected to be declared across paediatric services this bank holiday. No HCP wants this, the blame is firmly at the Governments door
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2 years
@timricketts_ My question would be who took handover about the patient when 3rd Dr went home at 12? Good communication should mean you know what’s going on with all patients on the ward, at least enough to give a relative an update
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@ejgarner85 Emma you will be amazing, remember to look after yourself - PICU is tough (as you know ❤️) but what a fantastic legacy for beautiful Thomas xx
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