Rick Body
@richardbody
Emergency Medicine Professor & Consultant. Editor in Chief at the Emergency Medicine Journal. Chair of the NICE Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee
Quote of the month from William Osler: “The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely”.
Where did May go? I’ve not posted in a month, so Bluesky has become my monthly quote board update! In the *badly needed* spirit of allyship this one is for Pride month, courtesy of Alok Vaid-Menon
May quote of the month, from Christina Koch: “Planet Earth, you are a crew”. If you haven’t heard this speech yet, you so should!… youtube.com/shorts/_74Ms...
April’s quote of the month for my office. This is from Whitney Hanson’s beautiful poem on hope - www.instagram.com/reel/DWR5v1_...
I hope everyone celebrating had a happy Easter! After a busy Easter weekend playing music at my local church, here’s a little thread reflecting on an interesting conversation I had…
In the afternoon, we focused on ambulances. Phil Jones, Rhiannon Williams & James Corden told us about how we tested over 600 patients in our project. Kevwe Okoro presented our economic analysis: £1.2m cost savings/year projected. To get sustainable implementation we now need system wide support
Yesterday, we finished our POC high-sensitivity troponin testing event on a high. In the morning, we focused on ED care with great talks from Kristin Aakre, Ahmed Dakhshi & Paul Collinson, with 7 manufacturers & 12 members of the public. Key message: success is all about the *pathway*.
Part 1 of our Innovating in Cardiac Care event is complete - a fantastic networking evening bringing together industry, emergency physicians, specialist nurses, ED nurses, cardologists & lab medicine to talk about how we can get real value from point of care high-sensitivity troponin testing.
One of the best bits of an academic job today - getting to meet in beautiful places. Today we had a lab meeting in the awesome Whitworth Building at the University of Manchester 🏯 Sadly I didn’t get to play the organ.
Today I came to use my office post it notes, and I found this. I have no idea who wrote this, but what an amazing thing to do! Thanks to whoever it was. You’re also *awesome*! 😊
November's EMJ podcast has dropped, featuring... 🐱Garfield the cat (guest appearance) & @drsarahedwards.bsky.social 🫀 Resuscitation manikins & diversity 🧠 Functional neurology 👶 Serious bacterial infection in infants 🚁 Sedation in HEMS 🍎 lnkd.in/ebTjEkSw 🎧 lnkd.in/ekZij7MD 🛜 lnkd.in/esHRsMBz
If you see this, quote with a robot that is not from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers
October’s quote of the month is from a Langston Hughes poem. “Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly”.
It’s September, so it’s time for another office quote of the month! This time, it’s from Carl Jung
Three weeks ago, a patient kicked me so hard in the temple. It took at least 10 days to recover from the concussion. Tonight, it happened *again* - kicked in the eye & across the room by another patient as I calmly tried to talk him down. I’m not the only one. And it’s completely unacceptable.
June’s quote of the month for my office board. This one is courtesy of Carl Jung!
The FA has banned trans women from playing women’s football. What problem does it solve? How were the 0.0002% of players who are trans (none of them professional) causing harm? Sport should be inclusive, it’s so important for health. Excluding whole groups without justification is totally wrong.
One of my favourite quotes from Pope Francis, who said he would be a “Pope of the poor”. He spoke out against injustice, emphasizing the need for compassion, calling for peace & strongly supporting the Palestinian people under attack. Rest in peace.
Quote of the month. This is from Charlie Chaplin’s famous ‘The Great Dictator’ speech, and I think it’s pertinent right now.
Quote of the month for my office. This one is courtesy of my daughter’s Winnie the Pooh book - I read it to her and instantly liked it!
I’m not sure I read the conclusions the same way. They said that 2/3 of pts tested for trop had no chest pain, & <2% had ACS, which is below the test threshold. So, while they do later infer that we may under-test in CP (with no data, as John says), they also suggest eliminating 2/3 of trop tests
The ban itself appears to relate only to private prescribing (see recommendations below). But there is also active legislation that appears to still prevent new NHS prescribing as well… www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/72...
Looking in further detail, we can see evidence of catch-up at later follow up. E.g., Carmichael showed no difference in age-adjusted bone density at 36 months…
The systematic review abstract suggests that there were issues with bone mineral density in treated patients… Sounds potentially concerning, but let’s look further…
Irrespective, the Cass report recommended that more evidence should be gathered for puberty blockers, via a new trial (which is in setup, hoping to start in spring 2025)…
I got home to discover that my art skills have been completely outclassed by my 9 year old daughter
I haven’t posted a quote of the month for a while. Here’s February’s, from the brilliant Maya Angelou 🤩
Quote of the month for my office board, courtesy of Emily Weaver-Holding 😊