Dr Thomas Shanahan MRCEM
@tshanahan0584.bsky.social
ED Research Registrar (PGY8) at Royal Perth Hospital | Affiliate Researcher at Monash University | Major trauma & EM research. Husband🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇬🇧 views mine
My poster at the ANZ Trauma Society Trauma Conference in Wellington. Great few days learning about cutting edge trauma research and practice. Enjoyed catching up with colleagues, meeting up with the trauma in older people community of practice and thinking about future collaborations.
#ANZTS25
#ANZTS25
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My poster at the ANZ Trauma Society Trauma Conference in Wellington. Great few days learning about cutting edge trauma research and practice. Enjoyed catching up with colleagues, meeting up with the trauma in older people community of practice and thinking about future collaborations.
#ANZTS25
#ANZTS25
🥳 Happy to have a poster on resuscitative hysterotomy accepted for the ANZTS trauma conference in Wellington in October.
August 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🥳 Happy to have a poster on resuscitative hysterotomy accepted for the ANZTS trauma conference in Wellington in October.
ED #overcrowding & #accessblock is a challenge everywhere!
140 in an ED and 60+ waiting just before the night shift starts.
This picture is similar across Oz
This is why I left the U.K. (which is in as bad or worse a situation).
Why are Govs not dealing with ramping, access block, crowding?
140 in an ED and 60+ waiting just before the night shift starts.
This picture is similar across Oz
This is why I left the U.K. (which is in as bad or worse a situation).
Why are Govs not dealing with ramping, access block, crowding?
August 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
ED #overcrowding & #accessblock is a challenge everywhere!
140 in an ED and 60+ waiting just before the night shift starts.
This picture is similar across Oz
This is why I left the U.K. (which is in as bad or worse a situation).
Why are Govs not dealing with ramping, access block, crowding?
140 in an ED and 60+ waiting just before the night shift starts.
This picture is similar across Oz
This is why I left the U.K. (which is in as bad or worse a situation).
Why are Govs not dealing with ramping, access block, crowding?
Recent anniversary celebrations
June 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Recent anniversary celebrations
Recent birthday celebrations
June 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Recent birthday celebrations
Nice South Perth winter walk in the sun and brunch with Benji, Nala and aunty
June 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Nice South Perth winter walk in the sun and brunch with Benji, Nala and aunty
Happy 13th civil partnership anniversary (18 years together) to my husband Benji. Lots of adventures already and many more to come
June 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Happy 13th civil partnership anniversary (18 years together) to my husband Benji. Lots of adventures already and many more to come
Family reunited in Perth, WA
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Family reunited in Perth, WA
Full general AHPRA registration. Now I can apply for ACEM training and recognition of prior learning. Then PR in a couple of years.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Full general AHPRA registration. Now I can apply for ACEM training and recognition of prior learning. Then PR in a couple of years.
Nala is home and the family are all back together after a year
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Nala is home and the family are all back together after a year
Her favourite pastime when outside
March 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Her favourite pastime when outside
Finally about to be reunited as a family. Husband has been in Perth for a couple of weeks. Nala our dog was released from quarantine in Melbourne today. Now it’s a 5 day drive for them back to Perth. Can’t wait to see her it’s been 9 months.
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Finally about to be reunited as a family. Husband has been in Perth for a couple of weeks. Nala our dog was released from quarantine in Melbourne today. Now it’s a 5 day drive for them back to Perth. Can’t wait to see her it’s been 9 months.
Boxing Day test at the MCG
Konstas looks pretty good
Konstas looks pretty good
December 26, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Boxing Day test at the MCG
Konstas looks pretty good
Konstas looks pretty good
Early Christmas present for Benji and I
482 visa granted
19 shifts and one month left in Melbourne
482 visa granted
19 shifts and one month left in Melbourne
December 24, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Early Christmas present for Benji and I
482 visa granted
19 shifts and one month left in Melbourne
482 visa granted
19 shifts and one month left in Melbourne
Coauthor AI
Highlights of 2024 on LinkedIn
Highlights of 2024 on LinkedIn
December 22, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Coauthor AI
Highlights of 2024 on LinkedIn
Highlights of 2024 on LinkedIn
One of the many reasons I left the U.K. and UK emergency medicine training
Corridor care is not right for patients or ED staff
Corridor care is not right for patients or ED staff
December 16, 2024 at 8:21 PM
One of the many reasons I left the U.K. and UK emergency medicine training
Corridor care is not right for patients or ED staff
Corridor care is not right for patients or ED staff
Sharing some food and trip highlights so far from Perth
November 20, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Sharing some food and trip highlights so far from Perth
Happy to share an invited article I wrote looking at what
#EM in Australasia can learn from the #NHS for Emergency Medicine Australasia.
This was part of a discussion on the future of emergency care in Australasia in the EMA.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
#MedSky #BlueSky
#EM in Australasia can learn from the #NHS for Emergency Medicine Australasia.
This was part of a discussion on the future of emergency care in Australasia in the EMA.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
#MedSky #BlueSky
November 16, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Happy to share an invited article I wrote looking at what
#EM in Australasia can learn from the #NHS for Emergency Medicine Australasia.
This was part of a discussion on the future of emergency care in Australasia in the EMA.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
#MedSky #BlueSky
#EM in Australasia can learn from the #NHS for Emergency Medicine Australasia.
This was part of a discussion on the future of emergency care in Australasia in the EMA.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
#MedSky #BlueSky
I’ve made a starter pack of a great bunch of healthcare professionals based in Australia and New Zealand
November 16, 2024 at 1:49 AM
I’ve made a starter pack of a great bunch of healthcare professionals based in Australia and New Zealand
Had a great trip recently to Perth when exploring where to live when we move over next year
November 13, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Had a great trip recently to Perth when exploring where to live when we move over next year
Presented a poster of my work on major trauma in older people in the UK at the recent ANZTS trauma conference in Brisbane
November 11, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Presented a poster of my work on major trauma in older people in the UK at the recent ANZTS trauma conference in Brisbane
Some recent food in Melbourne
November 11, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Some recent food in Melbourne
Great 1st two weeks working at RMH and 3 weeks living in Melbourne
February 16, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Great 1st two weeks working at RMH and 3 weeks living in Melbourne