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Ian McPhee

@igas2.bsky.social

Once a gasman - now retired (cancer sucks!!) Still concerned about/interested in, all things health related… especially workforce welfare.

created December 1, 2024

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Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Longstanding landmark operator. Would find this the most expedient as a result. Decided a while ago to learn US but did not transition… “old dogs”!! 😎

4/9/2025, 7:23:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

If landmark has been your thing for 30yrs… then a no.

3/9/2025, 9:35:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Straight from the Trump playbook! Zero integrity.

2/9/2025, 12:16:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Too kind!

31/8/2025, 5:18:20 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

👏

30/8/2025, 8:49:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Ditto! 🎶

30/8/2025, 7:09:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Disappointing… had her pegged as one of the “good ones”!

29/8/2025, 11:31:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hoping it is all going well… and that memory is preserved.

29/8/2025, 3:52:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you David. Also pneumonitis now… coming under control with steroids. It’s a wild ride on the Mab-train! 😎

29/8/2025, 2:17:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

As medical students we would play “spot the diagnosis” at the pub. None of us were into mitochondria!

29/8/2025, 2:14:40 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Always there with a “wild” shot Sandy!! 🙏

29/8/2025, 1:38:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Sounding a little more like #MyABC

28/8/2025, 10:10:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Such a 🤡

28/8/2025, 9:03:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Perhaps? It’s past time that we rid ourselves of the Magats!

28/8/2025, 6:17:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

And now, for their perpetration of a genocide, out withe Israelis.

26/8/2025, 11:23:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

And then there’s Jack, who won’t fetch, and hates the water!! 🤷‍♂️

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26/8/2025, 12:42:40 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

But this version… 😎 m.youtube.com/watch?v=gHia...

21/8/2025, 4:34:01 AM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Family picnics on Tyrell’s front lawn while stocking up on “claret” from the cellar door!

21/8/2025, 4:15:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Cheap and sweet. No one was a connoisseur back then! Also Strongbow Cider.

21/8/2025, 4:01:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

16, and larger… yes!

20/8/2025, 6:21:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Could do worse than follow with Fleetwood Mac!🎶🎶🎶

15/8/2025, 4:16:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social)

Receiving international attention for all of the wrong reasons! #auspol

12/8/2025, 9:30:20 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social)

Bush stone-curlew #birds #NorthernNSW 🇦🇺

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11/8/2025, 6:59:34 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

We all do! 😉

8/8/2025, 3:31:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social)

#BlueFacedHoneyeater #Birds #NorthernNSW 🇦🇺

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7/8/2025, 5:18:19 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anaesthesia (@anaesjournal.bsky.social) reposted

🌟 Editor's Choice - August🌟 Pulmonary complications after intrathecal morphine administration: a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression and trial sequential analysis #AnSky #PainSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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5/8/2025, 8:00:17 AM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

#WOFTAM

4/8/2025, 5:53:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely! PBS is the jewel in the crown of Ozhealthcare!

4/8/2025, 5:14:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes… surprisingly straight forward. Especially if you know what you need.

3/8/2025, 1:34:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social)

@wallabies.bsky.social are baaaack!!

2/8/2025, 1:54:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Nik an exceptional piano accordionist… as well as a brilliant anatomist! 🎶🎶🎶

2/8/2025, 3:50:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

An outstanding individual… genuinely “presidential”. What a shame the world has missed out!

1/8/2025, 2:03:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

But the bears!!?? 🐻🐻

1/8/2025, 12:51:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Weasel words only… from the Weasel in Chief. Set them free. #auspol

1/8/2025, 12:45:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It was always just plain lazy. There was a time to call this out, and it is long past.

1/8/2025, 5:18:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Pure greed… that is all.

1/8/2025, 4:25:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤦‍♂️

31/7/2025, 4:55:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Too little… too late! 🇵🇸

31/7/2025, 4:54:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Come back to Bruns Kirst!🙏

30/7/2025, 1:40:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤡🤡inc.

30/7/2025, 1:36:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Starmer’s face… priceless!

29/7/2025, 7:12:33 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/7/2025, 10:55:06 AM | 1072 365 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

The bigliest!

28/7/2025, 10:40:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

#LowLife

28/7/2025, 2:46:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s a drab affair at the best of times. This would only make it worse!

28/7/2025, 2:36:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Great thread NCG 🙏

27/7/2025, 9:27:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

#NotMyABC

27/7/2025, 9:16:10 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Magnificent live performer. A real presence!

27/7/2025, 9:11:14 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Went down well at the Rugby last night. Shame about the result for the men from DownUnder!!

27/7/2025, 7:13:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

#pathalogical

24/7/2025, 10:06:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Such a loose unit! How can he be reined in? #auspol

24/7/2025, 1:57:16 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

10-20mg Ket and three people to turn, injured side down. Heavy Bupi/Fent/Morph - stable patient, prolonged post op analgesia

23/7/2025, 10:44:14 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

We were all Shintaro… and improvised “starknives” were always to hand!!

23/7/2025, 10:33:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

The answer to the “oath” question is not always. It’s largely a myth from TV dramas.

23/7/2025, 10:12:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

40yrs in medicine, and they are scattered through all disciplines. Surgery seems to be a magnet for this level of derangement however.

21/7/2025, 4:07:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Gloves, condoms??? What did he think he’d catch… puberty?

18/7/2025, 11:19:46 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

#Suppository

18/7/2025, 10:10:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

In the days of thio… young guy from Byron Bay looks up on induction: “Wow man, that’s better than a bong”😎

18/7/2025, 1:29:42 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture An Leavy (@an-leavy.bsky.social) reposted

Masks and clean air would reduce the pressure on health infrastructure

16/7/2025, 8:32:41 AM | 70 22 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

And we are with you in Oz🇦🇺🦘. #ElbowsUp

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17/7/2025, 2:39:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Marvellous scenes.

15/7/2025, 10:52:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Should have gone to “Gina from mahning!”

15/7/2025, 1:24:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

I recall, as I was losing consciousness following a major bleed, saying to the lead on the MET Team: “I need more Aramiiiiinnneeeeee !” It’s a good drug 😎

14/7/2025, 12:20:53 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

And Barnyard!

14/7/2025, 8:53:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Too right… it’s a free-for-all!! Road rules? Pffft!!

13/7/2025, 3:11:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Routinely running phenyleph infusion for caesars (spinal) has removed the need for bolus pressors completely, in my hands.

12/7/2025, 2:02:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

No. WOFTAM

12/7/2025, 2:55:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Now, someone has to take the bait! Cheeky spinal guy here. Heavy Bupi + Fent - unilat (injured side down). Good IV access and art line. Certainly not a “set and forget”!!

9/7/2025, 5:12:27 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social)

Mt Warning #Wollumbin and cane fire smoke at dusk.

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7/7/2025, 7:55:11 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social)

youtu.be/KC5H9P4F5Uk When art meets reality… #TexasFlood

5/7/2025, 6:51:31 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s 739 😎

2/7/2025, 12:56:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Had to check. Turns out… Raymond Terrace in New South Wales is covered by Port Stephens Council. The council's administration building is located in Raymond Terrace at 116 Adelaide Street

1/7/2025, 9:05:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/7/2025, 8:54:22 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Mayor Kerridge, what sayeth you?

1/7/2025, 6:10:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks Pete, agree. Had been looking for these data.

28/6/2025, 7:00:37 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

CVP like the PAP … a “tool” looking for an indication.

28/6/2025, 6:57:07 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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*sportswear

28/6/2025, 6:33:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Sharon would be there to advise on… spotswear!

28/6/2025, 6:32:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ironed shirt is the “mark” of a boomer!

28/6/2025, 6:20:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Does the liferaft have a battery?

28/6/2025, 6:14:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Friend has cancelled US trip and is heading to Canada. #ElbowsUp

27/6/2025, 7:05:50 AM | 15 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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The speed with which vibrio vulnificus takes hold is astounding.

27/6/2025, 6:10:47 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Marvellous creatures.

Eastern spinebill amongst the leucospermum
27/6/2025, 6:05:21 AM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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#LindaSays… 🤣

27/6/2025, 5:33:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

#spineless… the lot of them! #auspol

27/6/2025, 4:41:12 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social)

When the suits won’t listen 👇

27/6/2025, 3:34:25 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Everyone needs an advocate (Ann in your case Ian)… I know, from personal experience also, that it can mean the difference between life and death.

27/6/2025, 3:08:09 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr Lesley Russell (@lrussellwolpe.bsky.social) reposted

Vaccination nations My latest for @insidestory.bsky.social insidestory.org.au/vaccination-...

14/3/2025, 11:45:25 AM | 4 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Great - and timely, overview of where things are at with local vaccine research and production. 🦠 #MaskUp #Covid

27/6/2025, 2:40:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social)

Friday… time for a rose pic or two…

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27/6/2025, 2:23:27 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Even that is just a proxy for the performance of staff - nursing, medical & allied health. The suits should be judged by their standing in the eyes of clinicians.

26/6/2025, 10:53:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

#Hero

26/6/2025, 5:45:27 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s a shame that there wasn’t greater scrutiny of the Myles’ paper that demonised its use.

26/6/2025, 5:29:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

What a MAN!

26/6/2025, 2:31:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Until there is support for the evolution of locally based, comprehensive services in provincial centres, this will not change. There is nothing more dispiriting for both dr and patient than to have to refer on to metropolitan centres, when care could/should be delivered locally.

26/6/2025, 2:21:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Albo elbows up? Unlikely!

26/6/2025, 1:59:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Would be easier if we had a leader of the stature of Mark Carney! #auspol

26/6/2025, 1:06:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

🤣

26/6/2025, 1:00:23 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Out them all!

25/6/2025, 10:20:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian McPhee (@igas2.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, and make it available for the geriatric anaesthetist and paediatric patient. 😎

25/6/2025, 9:59:16 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view