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Quotes that made us laugh in the moment are added to a whiteboard
My niece asks pertinent questions for a school project
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A little ‘thank you’ light show is projected onto the hospital
Parallels are made between the Nightingale facility nearing completion, and pandemic flu facilities 100years earlier
We start collecting handprints from our ICU workers
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PIPA going strong
Clinical trials aseptic unit making hundreds of propofol and NMB syringes each day
Clinical pharmacy services to crit care now 7 days a week, 12hours a day
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Renal replacement fluid supplies now under pressure, and start to be micromanaged
Regular counts commence to report back to NHS central, we write on anything handy
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Neuro ICU takes all general ICU work, other expanded/specialist units take covid patients
PIPA in full flow
Clinical trials mass produce propofol and atracurium syringes
Nationally:
Propofol supply begins to wobble
Epoprostenol demand surges and detabilises supply
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A more robust near patient IV prep area is developed - Pharmacy Intravenous Preparation Area (*PIPA*)
Staff trained in IV making and ANTT in a medical school facility
Nurses, medical students, pharmacy technicians, pharmacists collaborate
Critical care surges into cardiothoracics
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After the IV making service falls over, a new collaboration gets it on its feet again
Outpatient areas are earmarked for an expanded service, shielding nurses and medical students are added to the initiative
More critical care areas are converted to covid bays
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The near patient IV making service falls over: new staff supporting the weekend are not trained in time, the weekday staff are exhausted
Clinical trials aseptics unit start production of prefilled syringes of propofol and atracurium
Home haircuts begin
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Paediatric ICU empties and hands over the space to adult critical care to make ready for further influx
The near patient IV medicines making area is pushed out of ICU as bays fill up with COVID, putting it in the “PPE only area”
New spaces are eyed up to locate the service to
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Urgent planning for national medicines in critical care is underway
Nightingale hospitals soak up infusion pump supplies (amongst other equipment and resources)
“Making service” commences at OUH (this will morph into PIPA over time “Pharmacy Intravenous Prep Area”)
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Pharmacist upskilling webinars by UKCPA and RPS experience high demand (each event ran at least twice)
Businesses begin supporting NHS staff with care packages
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The redeployment of pharmacists to critical care requires rapid upskilling at scale
The UKCPA and RPS pull together webinars and resources to quickly address the need
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PPE training for pharmacists newly deployed to critical care
Atracurium supply comes under strain, initial plans to consider cisatracurium
Begin looking at 7day rosters
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Inside, urgent planning occurred
Lightening nursing workload a key aim:
-Simplify CD process
-Prefilled syringes made in aseptics
-Individual patient doses made nearby
-COVID order sets simplify prescribing and administration timing
Outside, it was beautiful
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Planning continues in the pharmacy critical care corner
Rest of department swings in to support
Outside, Spring gets underway
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“We learned how quickly research can answer impactful questions, and I hope our findings inform future policy and clinical practice. It was a testament to how people can stretch above and beyond to improve and protect the health of humanity.” —Susan Cheng, MD
#COVIDAnniversary #COVID5years
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Five years ago this little bugger changed things forever. Most of all it stole at least two years from us all (for millions it stole a lot more) but at the same time as stealing from us, it taught us not to take a single thing for granted, cherish everyone, question everything
#covid #covid5years
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Five Years After COVID Declaration, Global Health Agencies Face New Challenges Amid Staff Cuts haiku.ainewsbrew.com/article/3459
#COVID5Years #PublicHealth #WHO #CDC #GlobalHealth #HealthPolicy #DiseaseControl #Healthcare #PublicHealthPolicy #PandemicResponse
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It’s 5 years since the ‘secret army base’ was set up in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow to impose Martial Law on the locals. I wonder if it’s still there….. #covid5years
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Mark Carney Takes Helm as Canadian PM, Confronts Rising US-Canada Tensions Over Trade and Sovereignty haiku.ainewsbrew.com/article/3433
#RemoteWork #FutureOfWork #CanadianBusiness #WorkFromHome #COVID5Years #WorkplaceEvolution #EmployeeRights #ProductivityGains #WorkLifeBalance #HybridWork
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Five Years After COVID: Remote Work Faces Uncertain Future in Canada Despite Productivity Gains haiku.ainewsbrew.com/article/3432
#RemoteWork #FutureOfWork #CanadianBusiness #WorkFromHome #COVID5Years #WorkplaceEvolution #EmployeeRights #ProductivityGains #WorkLifeBalance #HybridWork
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Just realizing that in two days, it's five years since we got the email at my office about closing for #COVID.
We thought we would be away for two weeks. None of us were prepared for what actually happened.
Just wild to think about.
#COVID5Years
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