Couple of our National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 crews SVUH ED earlier with the trophies. NAS Paramedics & Advanced Paramedic manage rugby injuries every week nationwide. Our SAFE Rugby instructors all come from a NAS or NIAS background. Loughlinstown NAS DirectorNAS

Des Kelly, Paramedic and EMC, Wicklow and more recently Community Engagement Officer retired recently after 33 years service. His colleagues, friends and family celebrated his career in the NAS with a presentation in Wicklow tonight National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 @NasDirector Loughlinstown NAS

Excellent talk from Dr Sharon Lambert. I’ve heard her a few times, always funny and thought provoking. Well done #NASCONF18

Pearls of wisdom from a great colleague Lawrence Kenna, in conversation with Kieran Henry at #NASCONF18

I can tell you about 55 ZW, an ambulance we had in Maynooth #NASConf18 such a man with so many memories and how the service has changed Lawrence Kenna National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑

A special recognition to Lawrence Kenna and his wonderful supportive family. Thank you Lawrence for a wonderful contribution to National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 throughout the years and many more to come. #ambulancefamily #NASCONF18

My colleague, mentor, boss and hopefully friend, the guy who occasionally reins me in a bit, received a presentation from @NasDirector to mark nearly 4 decades of selfless service. Lawrence Kenna, a true role model for our staff. #NASCONF18

Back with Mater Hospital this morning for our weekly multidisciplinary simulation training in the ED. National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 @NasDirector Dublin South Central Ambulance Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance

Now that the realistic simulation part is over, the teaching and learning part starts. Managing the difficult airway Mater Hospital National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 Dublin South Central Ambulance Loughlinstown NAS

My intro to EM/EMS 101 speech: It is not my goal to frighten or intimidate but I want you to always recognize and remember: You are beginners, taking your first steps in a sometimes life and death business in which seasoned professionals routinely get their ass kicked. 1/2

If you are uncomfortable or averse to being humbled or easily frustrated by lack of information or control. - you may want to consider other careers in healthcare. Welcome aboard! 2/2

Expanding the National Ambulance Service 🇮🇪🚑 Eastern Education and Training Team for the year ahead at Dublin South Central Ambulance with #Instructors from #Dublin, #Wicklow & #Kildare areas

Weekly trauma sim session Mater Hospital Mater Emergency Dept with Dublin South Central Ambulance staff. @NasDirector Loughlinstown NAS

Multidisciplinary simulation session this morning Mater Hospital with Dublin South Central Ambulance Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance and our EAS colleagues from Óglaigh na hÉireann @Aercorp112 @NasDirector Nasir Jones

Fracture rates to high this morning SVUH ED. Haven’t you seen the weather ? Don’t go out if you are at risk of falls. Wear sensible footwear. Avoid sloppy paths. If you ignore these warnings a life changing injury may await you.....

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From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy: 1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.

Is there any human being alive that takes Giuliani seriously?

BREAKING: Donald Trump's personal library was destroyed in the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago. Both books are sadly beyond repair, and he hadn't even finished coloring one in yet.

Wow. Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys just drop kicked Trump and his MAGAs outta here.