Very excited that RDAA members can access reciprocal membership to the Society of Rural Physicians Canada - connecting across the world with our rural colleagues
Dr Kate Polarbird Kloza
@drpolarbird.bsky.social
Semi-nomadic FACRRM with a love of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic, and all places wild, remote, and beautiful | rural generalist | she/her | Denman Terrestrial Campaign doctor 2024-25 | #polardoc #maccadoc #medsky #GPsky #wildmed #remotemed
Been back a month but Bunger Hills will always be in my heart Deep field work is a particularly special privilege in remote medicine
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Expression of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in cerebral Arteries: Implications for hemorrhagic stroke Post-mRNA vaccination
The rapid deployment of mRNA vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, such as BNT162b2 (BioNTech-Pfizer) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna), provided a critical tool in combatin…
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18 days in the deep field at Bunger Hills and it was definitely time to wash my hair: at this point it has gone from festival hair (with dry shampoo) to festy hair Now I’m fresh, glam and fruit scented #polardoc
The rocks out here are just incredible. So much morphological drama This is tafoni - wind erosion holes in rocks The geologists out here are working hard with their science and generously teaching us #BungersHills #polarmed
Reading “Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow” while sitting in a camp chair in the lee of the medical melon Outfit is UV protection on this beautiful -4C slightly breezy sunshine day in the Bunger Hills Yes, that is my laundry between the flags #polardoc #wildmed #antarctica
A23a has finally escaped the vortex! 🏊♀️🌀 The biggest iceberg in the world is on the move again after a casual half-year sabbatical spent spinning in circles. Our @magic.bas.ac.uk colleagues have illustrated A23's super circuitous 2024 journey via satellite imagery ⬇️ www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/w...
Deep field camp life is all hands on deck working together, regardless of your job I spent the morning setting up tents with our comms operator and the afternoon pumping water to primary and secondary tanks with the electrician and camp manager #polardoc #remotemed
Read about the incredible work of @nighatdad.bsky.social "In 2012, Dad established the Digital Rights Foundation, an NGO that aims to address the digital divide and fight online abuse of women and other gender minorities in Pakistan." www.wired.com/story/nighat...
She Escaped an Abusive Marriage—Now She Helps Women Battle Cyber Harassment
Inspired by her own experience of abuse, Nighat Dad fights for women’s social and digital rights in Pakistan and beyond.
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Phew…flying out to Bunger Hills tomorrow after a crazy week and a bit at Casey station prepping our team’s cargo with the ops and science folk, and checking all my medical kit Excited to be heading to the deep field #polardoc
Here is a penguin It’s an Adélie penguin It’s my placeholder penguin til I can sort my photos from an epic day out walking on the sea ice around the Swain Island group ~40 minutes away from Casey station #polardoc
I want this on a shirt I feel like there's so many work teams and expeditions this is applicable for
Mad Physiologist@madphysiologist.bsky.social · 2y agoIt’s gonna snow Like a mofo Ho ho ho
Today I learnt that icicle is tautology
Susie Dent@susiedentwords.bsky.social · 2y agoEtymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an ‘icicle’ it was an ‘ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add ‘ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an ‘ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.
Under-resourced child/adolescent mental health services lead to many secondary consequences, not least a significant impact on young people's sleep which is difficult to compensate for without adequate CAMHS assessment/support Early intervention is essential www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Long wait for NHS mental healthcare has ‘stark consequences for children’s life chances’
Consultant psychiatrist on why early intervention is key and why delays are unacceptable
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Researchers found a 62% drop in cervical cancer deaths in young women over the last decade due to HPV vaccination! That’s huge! www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill... #MedSky #BlueSky 🧪 #medtwitter #IDSky #EMSky #EMedSky #nursesky #MedEd #fmsky #pedsky #publichealth
The unseen but critical aspect of wilderness and expedition medicine: preparing and packing your kit before you go No matter how large or small trip, prior preparation determines your success and safety #wildmed #remotemed #polardoc
Saying g’day to my penguino buddies at the Antarctic Circle Rather apt as I began my polar career at Casey and had a photo shoot with outgoing winter doctor at this very same sign 14 years ago #polardoc
#primarycare #familymedicine We need SAFE , accessible green spaces and partnerships to support those populations and localities with the highest risk of mental health problems & the worst access to healthcare and community green space assets evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/local-...
Green spaces are linked with better mental health
New research has found that a green home environment, and access to green and blue spaces, protects against anxiety and depression.
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A very interesting listen - long COVID may be a persistent infection rather than sequelae of infection #GPSky #Medsky
Prof Brendan Crabb AC@brendancrabb.bsky.social · 2y agoSo it looks like I'm going to Antarctica tomorrow... I don't even care the bus is coming at 4:20am because I'M GOING HOME!
a stuffed penguin is flying over a bed in a room .
Alt: Pingu, the plasticine penguin, is bouncing up and down on a wooden bed. The mattress is bending and flexing as he jumps This gif is a representation of how freaking excited I am that I'm going to Antarctica tomorrow!
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Describe your in-person skills with one image (I’m the penguin)
a person is walking in the snow with a penguin behind them .
Alt: a person is walking in the snow and an Adélie penguin charges at them with beak open, the person runs backwards and falls over
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Amy G Dala, MD@amygdalamd.bsky.social · 2y agoDescribe your in-person skills with one image
Yay, my latest publication examining the editorial cartoons of PMs Julia Gillard, Margaret Thatcher, Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley has now been assigned an issue. I also get another 50 free e-prints! So click the link below if you want to read the full paper: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RHCQ6...
The Unsettling of Women Prime Ministers: A Gendered Analysis of Political Cartoons
Women politicians have long experienced gendered and often sexist portrayals within the mainstream media that reproduce and reinforce the heteronormative gender binary. Though the media overwhelmin...
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Clinicians use combat metaphors when describing critically ill patients and families in the electronic health record. Research in the #CHESTHumanities section of #journalCHEST: journal.chestnet.org/article/S001... #MedEd
Suggestions please for audiobooks and books to download to read in the deep field camp I realised tonight I’ve already listened to all my favourites while at Macca
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It's a very difficult one. We interviewed 50+ people who believed either that vaccines made their LC worse or that it dramatically improved it, or that it had no effect. I have absolutely no doubt that it can do all three in different people. I don't know what I'd do if it was me.
