Alex Psirides
@psirides.bsky.social
Co-director & Intensivist at wellingtonicu.com. National RRT/MET. Aeromedical retrieval. Once ventilated a chimpanzee. Didn’t end well.
This is why nothing smells bad
September 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is why nothing smells bad
God no. I haven’t even told them there are other causes of shock
September 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
God no. I haven’t even told them there are other causes of shock
*other micro-organisms are available
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
*other micro-organisms are available
We have laparoscopic cholecystectomy capability here as well.
September 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We have laparoscopic cholecystectomy capability here as well.
Reposted by Alex Psirides
"generate a map of the USA with each state named"
August 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"generate a map of the USA with each state named"
And recommendation 3 is odd: which other profession has an ‘advanced assistant’?
July 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And recommendation 3 is odd: which other profession has an ‘advanced assistant’?
Reposted by Alex Psirides
10/ And there are wider questions about how we ever got into this situation, introducing a new model of service delivery with so little thought. Some medical leaders have serious questions to answer, not least to those who have suffered as a result (both patients and PAs given false expectations)
July 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
10/ And there are wider questions about how we ever got into this situation, introducing a new model of service delivery with so little thought. Some medical leaders have serious questions to answer, not least to those who have suffered as a result (both patients and PAs given false expectations)
Which also leads me to ask why the GMC are now regulating ‘assistants’?
July 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Which also leads me to ask why the GMC are now regulating ‘assistants’?
To their credit, the MCNZ have said they are watching international (particularly UK) developments.
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
To their credit, the MCNZ have said they are watching international (particularly UK) developments.
Current selling point is ‘doctors won’t work here but PAs will’ speaks volumes to rural inequity and wondering how they will be supervised.
July 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Current selling point is ‘doctors won’t work here but PAs will’ speaks volumes to rural inequity and wondering how they will be supervised.
Huge respect for the vastly underestimated feel of vibe-based medicine. It is the future.
(It will have to be given funded research is over)
(It will have to be given funded research is over)
June 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Huge respect for the vastly underestimated feel of vibe-based medicine. It is the future.
(It will have to be given funded research is over)
(It will have to be given funded research is over)
And outside Hollywood, pretty sure no first world health care system uses defib paddles any more
May 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
And outside Hollywood, pretty sure no first world health care system uses defib paddles any more