VTE Specialists Network

VSN (formerly NNMN) has been refreshed & relaunched. We are moving to a new X account @VSNUK1 please follow us for all matters VTE 🤗

If you're a nurse and have an interest in VTE this is the perfect CPD morning for you! We would love to see you on October 5th! Link for tickets eventbrite.ie/e/vte-dublin-2… @RCSI_FacNurMid @AnpMrht @AnpMater @NursingOlol @CuhANP @stjamesdublin @BeaumontEDnurse

Huge congratulations to @ListerChelsea on becoming the 38th VTE Exemplar Centre. Displaying commendable commitment to VTE prevention throughout the whole clinical team 🙌 @AryaRoopen

Our third & final featured patient info videos for #NTW23 is "Overcoming Problems with Anticoagulation". Presented by Consultant Pharmacist, Dr Jignesh Patel, from King's College Hospital. We hope it helps take some of the mystique for patients away! youtube.com/watch?v=p6H-ke…

It's #NationalThrombosisWeek - aimed at raising awareness about the impact of #BloodClots. Join us at King's College Hospital and at the PRUH today, for VTE information stalls. Learn about VTE prevention and reduce your risk. Hear from our VTE CNSs ➡️ bit.ly/40ZR5Bf

It’s National Thrombosis Week @KingsCollegeNHS Spreading the word about VTE risk with the help of a bake sale. Proceeds to @ThrombosisUK

Teaching front line clinicians about the experience of having a clot, KCH Lead Nurse Sinead Duffy ⁦@AryaRoopen⁩ ⁦@ThrombosisUK⁩ ⁦@LaraNRoberts1⁩ ⁦@KingsThrombosis⁩ ⁦@KingsCollegeNHS⁩

VTE Nurse Loreena Baccarro teaching KCH nurses and pharmacists about our why-reducing preventable harm to patients from VTE.

Loreena Baccarro VTE Nurse ⁦@KingsCollegeNHS⁩ emphasising the importance of not omitting thromboprophylaxis without good reason. Think: WORD ⁦@AryaRoopen⁩ ⁦@LaraNRoberts1⁩ ⁦@KingsThrombosis⁩ ⁦@ThrombosisUK⁩

This brilliant #VTE prevention #patient information film from @KingsHospital #London & @ThrombosisUK is available free of charge to all medical centres. Increase understanding of #thrombosis download and use. youtu.be/jJ1GaYDBXj4 @VTEPrevEngland @NNMN @LaraNRoberts1

What a fabulous WTD promoting essential VTE risk assessment and care @KettGeneral @Bakingqueen1980 @whurst @EmMills13 #WorldThrombosisDay @NNMN1 rewarding our VTE practice improvement facilitators with a certificate and cake 🎂

Happy World Thrombosis Day!hospitalised patients are still not aware about VTE. King’s Thrombosis Centre & Thrombosis UK have produced this wonderful patient information animation, please share widely youtu.be/jJ1GaYDBXj4 @ThrombosisUK @AryaRoopen @thrombosisday @LaraNRoberts1

Huge Congratulations to Spire Norwich, our 39th VTE Exemplar Centre. A fantastic, passionate team with a joined up approach to VTE prevention. Strong focus on physio input to reduce VTE. 👏 @AryaRoopen @ThrombosisUK @spirehealthcare

Bleeding outcomes for pregnant women on therapeutic anticoagulation are not well described. New #RPTHReview shows highly variable rate of bleeding outcomes in published studies. What do you think? #Hemetwitter #obgyn #womenshealth bit.ly/3wOhohi

When leaders can make time for self care, they also model it as a legitimate and important priority for others around them. @SRNewitt offers a simple framework: kingsfund.org.uk/publications/m…

WTD @KettGeneral #WTDay22 @thrombosisday lots of activities organised quizzes, word searches, guess the number of blood clot sweets in a jar, VTE tote resource bag for wards, VTE PiF celebration meeting with certificate ceremony @ThrombosisUK @EmMills13 @Bakingqueen1980 @KGH_CEO

@fniainle @Beaumont_Dublin @kewins @stmgarvey @thrombosisday @ThrombosisIrL @annmarieo9 Congratulations Sarah, v proud to have you in the network. Good luck 🙌

TWEETORIAL: Understanding the basics of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) can help understand options for diagnosis and treatment. Read on to refresh you knowledge, or explore our course on acquired thrombocytopenia at academy.isth.org/isth/#!*menu=6…

Not exactly a surprise! Aspirin confirmed to be inferior to enoxaparin in preventing venous thrombosis after hip or knee replacement. tinyurl.com/2p9zytmn #thrombosis #aspirin #LMWH