Dr Matt Morgan

“We all have two lives. The second begins when you realise you have only one.” Out today. Thanks for your support 🙏 simonandschuster.co.uk/books/A-Second…

Roundswell - The subtle lift in mood when the team delivers a rare run of good news on ward round. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

@GWRHelp another day, another omni shambles. 0949 Cardiff to London cancelled. Next 1018 only 5 carriages. Boiling hot, no seats, isles full of people standing, no food or drinks, no seat reservations, no one can get to toilets. We don’t want delay repay, we want a service that works.

Roomstill - The unnatural quiet in a room after a patient dies. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

Piękna to pora roku, kiedy wszystko znowu budzi się do życia! Przeczytajcie książkę „Akt drugi“ @dr_mattmorgan, lekarza z OIOM-u, o ludziach, którzy też obudzili się do życia – ze śmierci – i przekonajcie się, jak ich doświadczenie może inspirować naszą osobistą relację z życiem.

Shiftosis - The end-of-shift condition in which enthusiasm for any challenging task declines in direct proportion to how close one is to handing over, often reaching its peak in the last hour, when even modest jobs begin to look unreasonable. May present as acute, chronic, or acute-on-chronic. Submitted by Roxy. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

"Screens have their place. But when the message matters, we should choose the medium carefully." @dr_mattmorgan reflects on why he is returning to face-to-face communication bmj.com/content/393/bm…

Remorshock - The gut-drop when someone says "Remember that patient you saw" and you know it's bad. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

Interpretastrophe - A situation where your words are marginally misinterpreted but the end result is a gulf away from what was desired. Submitted by James. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

@mancunianmedic @psycholdham @bmj_latest @GeriSoc That’s a lovely venue. Make sure you go and buy a pack of Welsh cakes from the undercover market.

"I’m trying to follow a simple rule: the more important the issue, or the more confusing the situation, or the more urgent the decision, the more my feet should move." @dr_mattmorgan reflects on why he is returning to face-to-face communication bmj.com/content/393/bm…

Matt Morgan: The sticky floor test—why I’m returning to face-to-face communication - bmj.com/content/393/bm…

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@LyndaALynch Oh my. That is tough. Maybe there needs to be a new dictionary of medical terms from a patient”s perspective …

Matt Morgan: The sticky floor test—why I’m returning to face-to-face communication - “The medium is the message,” wrote the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, long before medicine migrated to inboxes and instant messages. What he meant was that how we communicate will shape what we’re saying. In healthcare, that matters more than we like to admit. This is because the more important the message, or the more confusing the problem, or the more urgent the decision, the less it belongs only on a screen. When the stakes rise, fingers on keyboards should give way to feet on hospita. Full article in link - bmj.com/content/393/bm…

Helliday - A holiday during which you are physically absent from work but mentally still on the rota, ruminating on emails you haven’t received yet. Submitted by Peter Brindley. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

Politeness index - A measure of the professional civility demanded after a colleague’s disastrous intervention, calculated as inversely proportional to the time required to undo it. Submitted by Roxy. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

Radiloom - The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an X-ray loads. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

Napsats - The need for infants and young children to sleep on oxygen saturations monitoring before discharge. Submitted by Mark Tighe. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

Rushcision - A situation where detail and nuance are essential, but time pressure ensures they are the first casualties. Submitted by James. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com