CoomaDoc's profile picture. Rural GP, Skier, Programmer, Hater of poorly designed EMR, All tweets my own and not any way reflective of NSW health .

hamish

@CoomaDoc

Rural GP, Skier, Programmer, Hater of poorly designed EMR, All tweets my own and not any way reflective of NSW health .

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holy hell


I dont know why Acrrm makes life so difficult for GP registrars. Talking to yet another Reg yesterday who is looking at swapping to RACGP, who seem to now be more rural friendly than ACRRM. 🙄


Saw someone throw a sharp in the recycling bin. It’s the same color as the contaminated waste bin 😬😬. Sharp safely removed, doesn’t seem like a good system.

CoomaDoc's tweet image. Saw someone throw a sharp in the recycling bin.  It’s the same color as the contaminated waste bin 😬😬. Sharp safely removed, doesn’t seem like a good system.

Patient sees me in GP with CHF, I check them out, tweak BP meds and review in a few days.15min Same pt sees me in hospital, cxr, path, ecg, pivc. Assess. Tweak meds, follow up with GP. At least 90min…..


This year 3 people in the Bombala area have died from quad bike accidents. 😐


As the long term medical students return to the city, they leave the traditional gift of a fancy glucose tolerance test ….. I think I need a nap.

CoomaDoc's tweet image. As the long term medical students return to the city, they leave the traditional gift of a fancy glucose tolerance test …..    I think I need a nap.

You know there is a rural medical crisis when you ring another rural hospital to transfer a patient, and they refuse the patient, but offer you a job.


Told my 99y old patient that he can still use the chainsaw, but not while climbing a ladder. 🙄


Scrubs by dangerfield. Shoes by Birkenstock. 😂

CoomaDoc's tweet image. Scrubs by dangerfield. Shoes by Birkenstock. 😂

Call from a patient’s family. Patient now in aged care central coast NSW. Can’t find a gp. Can I do prescriptions…. Last seen 6 months ago by me.


Great Aussie comment from a patient when I asked what the road was like to his town. “Well you won’t fall asleep on it “


Today I learned that Cialis is better than tamsulosin for bph, but has better side effects for most men. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…


Just showed an RN how to suture a wound. Looks great. More and more my job is making decisions and taking responsibility, which is fine. I dont need to do every procedure. With DR shortage, I’m trying to get RN to do more of my work (if they want to) #winwin


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