Robert Culshaw
@robertculshaw.bsky.social
ICU Charge Nurse. Proctors' Bulldog.
Words in Departmental Safety Reminders.
Words in Departmental Safety Reminders.
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Robert Culshaw
@robertculshaw.bsky.social
· Nov 23
'As a patient I would rather have a good nurse than a good physician. A physician gives his blessing, the surgeon does the operation - but it is the nurse who does the work.'
Sir Henry Souttar. No. 1 Belgian Field Hospital, Antwerp. 1915.
Sir Henry Souttar. No. 1 Belgian Field Hospital, Antwerp. 1915.
We suction intubated patients a minimum of two hourly and describe the 'goz' (amount/colour/consistency/tenacity(?)).
I'm going to start using this.
I'm going to start using this.
Why's it called potentially life-threatening infected mucus and not phlegm fatale?
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We suction intubated patients a minimum of two hourly and describe the 'goz' (amount/colour/consistency/tenacity(?)).
I'm going to start using this.
I'm going to start using this.
'His gentle nature has been really comforting.'
- Patient & Family feedback that was passed on to me last night, heartfelt and you'd be forgiven for thinking I'm an ICU therapy dog.
- Patient & Family feedback that was passed on to me last night, heartfelt and you'd be forgiven for thinking I'm an ICU therapy dog.
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
'His gentle nature has been really comforting.'
- Patient & Family feedback that was passed on to me last night, heartfelt and you'd be forgiven for thinking I'm an ICU therapy dog.
- Patient & Family feedback that was passed on to me last night, heartfelt and you'd be forgiven for thinking I'm an ICU therapy dog.
Last graduation ceremony of the year done, last pair of black socks handed out 'yes, even with those heels'.
A golden hour glow in Clarendon Quad after the rain earlier this week. 🌧️
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Last graduation ceremony of the year done, last pair of black socks handed out 'yes, even with those heels'.
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'A Zeppelin Raid, 8 October 1915', Camden by John Fraser
(National Maritime Museum)
(National Maritime Museum)
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
'A Zeppelin Raid, 8 October 1915', Camden by John Fraser
(National Maritime Museum)
(National Maritime Museum)
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Halloween party ready with @robertculshaw.bsky.social (I'm a moth, he's a lamp).
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Halloween party ready with @robertculshaw.bsky.social (I'm a moth, he's a lamp).
Work (the non-bowler hat one) has been quite difficult recently.
I don't think it could be sorted completely by the availability of a mysterious woodland nurse's hut to escape to, but it wouldn't do any harm.
Carte Postale c. 1917. #HistNursing
I don't think it could be sorted completely by the availability of a mysterious woodland nurse's hut to escape to, but it wouldn't do any harm.
Carte Postale c. 1917. #HistNursing
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Work (the non-bowler hat one) has been quite difficult recently.
I don't think it could be sorted completely by the availability of a mysterious woodland nurse's hut to escape to, but it wouldn't do any harm.
Carte Postale c. 1917. #HistNursing
I don't think it could be sorted completely by the availability of a mysterious woodland nurse's hut to escape to, but it wouldn't do any harm.
Carte Postale c. 1917. #HistNursing
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When you're shopping in Paris and you spot your friend @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social's book in a famous bookshop! I was so excited 🥳
October 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
When you're shopping in Paris and you spot your friend @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social's book in a famous bookshop! I was so excited 🥳
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Patients on propofol in ICU often report negative & disturbing experiences, with distorted perceptions of reality, delusions & hallucinations.
Propofol is unlikely to achieve reliable unconsciousness and may contribute to a negative dying experience.
#AnSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Propofol is unlikely to achieve reliable unconsciousness and may contribute to a negative dying experience.
#AnSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Patients on propofol in ICU often report negative & disturbing experiences, with distorted perceptions of reality, delusions & hallucinations.
Propofol is unlikely to achieve reliable unconsciousness and may contribute to a negative dying experience.
#AnSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Propofol is unlikely to achieve reliable unconsciousness and may contribute to a negative dying experience.
#AnSky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Fantastic news and so well deserved!
🥳
We’re thrilled to celebrate our colleague @lottelydia.bsky.social, whose book Imperial Island (Harvard University Press, 2024) has just been awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize by the American Historical Association! This prestigious award acknowledges Charlotte’s thought-provoking work.
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fantastic news and so well deserved!
I found this livestock auction poster from 1890 on the floor of an antique shop and had it framed for @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social. Absolute Units deserve all the fonts. @themerl.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I found this livestock auction poster from 1890 on the floor of an antique shop and had it framed for @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social. Absolute Units deserve all the fonts. @themerl.bsky.social
I turned up in an Oxford reel again.
Potentially threatening caption.
Potentially threatening caption.
October 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I turned up in an Oxford reel again.
Potentially threatening caption.
Potentially threatening caption.
Very lucky to meet the Maori delegation yesterday and be a part of this in a little way*.
*repeatedly walking into the background of the news cameras.
*repeatedly walking into the background of the news cameras.
The first indigenous woman to study at Oxford has officially received her degree nearly 100 years after she started studying.
Mākereti Papakura receives posthumous degree at Oxford after nearly a century
The first indigenous woman to study at Oxford has officially received her degree nearly 100 years after she started studying.
www.teaonews.co.nz
September 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Very lucky to meet the Maori delegation yesterday and be a part of this in a little way*.
*repeatedly walking into the background of the news cameras.
*repeatedly walking into the background of the news cameras.
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I had the most fantastic time presenting my paper ''Wykud spyritus þat wonon in þat wylde place': Folk Horror in Middle English Sermon Exempla' at @standrewsenglish.bsky.social. I couldn't have asked for a warmer audience with more interesting questions, what a wonderful place!
September 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I had the most fantastic time presenting my paper ''Wykud spyritus þat wonon in þat wylde place': Folk Horror in Middle English Sermon Exempla' at @standrewsenglish.bsky.social. I couldn't have asked for a warmer audience with more interesting questions, what a wonderful place!
Wardable patients complaining about the yoghurt choices whilst I'm in the next bed hand ventilating a peri-arrest.
September 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wardable patients complaining about the yoghurt choices whilst I'm in the next bed hand ventilating a peri-arrest.
Me, stood before a patient sustained by every mechanical medical intervention we can provide, as a relative speaks at length telling me how they hate the NHS because of one interaction with a GP receptionist in 1982.
We've been examining portraits in our collections, especially this one of Adeline Cable (1864–1944) pioneering nurse who served during the Boer War in South Africa. In 1907 she became Matron of Salisbury Infirmary, a position she held for 18 years, salisburyhealthcarehistory.uk/adeline-cable/
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Me, stood before a patient sustained by every mechanical medical intervention we can provide, as a relative speaks at length telling me how they hate the NHS because of one interaction with a GP receptionist in 1982.
Radio Ga Ga but @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social!
A little while ago I was interviewed by the lovely Julian Morrow at ABC Radio about my @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Publishing book ✨Book Curses✨, and it aired a few weekends ago!
The colourful language of book cursing - ABC listen
Books have always aroused strong emotions in people. So much so that book owners throughout history have written curses in the front of the book to deter their theft or damage. Some of them are funny ...
www.abc.net.au
September 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Radio Ga Ga but @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social!
It caused a stir in the 'green, I can tell you.
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It caused a stir in the 'green, I can tell you.
After a year in career development purgatory due to factors rather out of my control (being attacked at work lmao) I'm finally signed off as an independent ICU Coordinator. In celebration this current night shift is absolute carnage.
August 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
After a year in career development purgatory due to factors rather out of my control (being attacked at work lmao) I'm finally signed off as an independent ICU Coordinator. In celebration this current night shift is absolute carnage.
Me handing over ICU in the morning.
At least I can say I tried. I didn’t try, but I can say I did.
August 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Me handing over ICU in the morning.
Pre-ferment post-oven.
August 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Pre-ferment post-oven.
Unexpectedly being called a 'fucking wanker' by a patient isn't great, but when they're intubated, ventilated, slightly sedated, and communicating through mouthing words and mime you've got to admire their tenacity.
August 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Unexpectedly being called a 'fucking wanker' by a patient isn't great, but when they're intubated, ventilated, slightly sedated, and communicating through mouthing words and mime you've got to admire their tenacity.
Back pain flare up has me lying on the living room floor.
Maybe the patient moving and handling structure of 'needs four people to roll, or two people and Rob' needs review.
Maybe the patient moving and handling structure of 'needs four people to roll, or two people and Rob' needs review.
July 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Back pain flare up has me lying on the living room floor.
Maybe the patient moving and handling structure of 'needs four people to roll, or two people and Rob' needs review.
Maybe the patient moving and handling structure of 'needs four people to roll, or two people and Rob' needs review.
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In case it is of any use, I recently did a recorded talk for @ballioloxford.bsky.social Access & Outreach about transitioning from A-Level to undergraduate English Literature study, aimed at Year 11s and 12s. Do share if it is of any use to students/ teachers/ academics or anyone else!
Mind The Gap - Making the Transition from A Level to Degree Level English
YouTube video by Balliol College, Oxford
www.youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In case it is of any use, I recently did a recorded talk for @ballioloxford.bsky.social Access & Outreach about transitioning from A-Level to undergraduate English Literature study, aimed at Year 11s and 12s. Do share if it is of any use to students/ teachers/ academics or anyone else!
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I had a great time at @imc-leeds.bsky.social presenting my ideas about folk horror and John Mirk's Festial exempla (more to come, hopefully...)
Ignore that I spelled example wrong in my slide. That was to keep the audience on their toes, obviously.
Ignore that I spelled example wrong in my slide. That was to keep the audience on their toes, obviously.
July 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I had a great time at @imc-leeds.bsky.social presenting my ideas about folk horror and John Mirk's Festial exempla (more to come, hopefully...)
Ignore that I spelled example wrong in my slide. That was to keep the audience on their toes, obviously.
Ignore that I spelled example wrong in my slide. That was to keep the audience on their toes, obviously.
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"The first person to respond was fellow passenger Adrian Heili, who had served as a combat medic during the Kosovo war." This is an incredible story.
July 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"The first person to respond was fellow passenger Adrian Heili, who had served as a combat medic during the Kosovo war." This is an incredible story.