Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

ICU doctor & Prof of Public Engagement. Author of Critical, One Medicine & A Second Act. Advisor on NT's Nye & BBC R4 Best Medicine. Loves🍦. Rep: @ce_seymour lnk.bio/bfPv Cardiff, Wales Joined April 2009

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Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

2 days ago

Uro-detour - The moment you realise that, thanks to a switchboard mix-up, you’ve just spent five minutes trying to admit a patient with urinary retention to the neurology on-call team. Submitted by Jon Campbell. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your…

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Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

5 days ago

Bleedline - The slow spread of red along gauze during a procedure, telling you more than the monitors do. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

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Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

a week ago

Woundwarm - The radiating heat of an infected wound under your gloved fingertips. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

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Mark Borthwick @mark_borthwick

a week ago

@dr_mattmorgan “SMantagonist” Someone who finds fault in another’s social media post (“Why can’t you use two quotation marks…?”) (“Why is Peter Brindley the only person whose lack of evidence enables chopperholic labelling?”) (“Twitter is X now, isn’t everyone a smantagonist?”) 🫣

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Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

a week ago

Chopperholics - Doctors and nurses obsessed by helicopters despite the lack of evidence. Submitted by Peter Brindley. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

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a week ago

Beepaphobia - The terror that the second you fall asleep your pager will go off. Hence you can't go to sleep. Submitted by Peter Brindley. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

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Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

2 weeks ago

Birthfumble - The mild humiliation of realising you forgot to book your own birthday off work. Subscribe to The Dictionary of Blood and Silence for all your medical words for free here thedictionaryofbloodandsilence.com

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Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

2 weeks ago

7/ Techno-salvationist Bollocks. Ventilators don’t care for patients. Dashboards don’t deliver dignity. Apps don’t hold hands. Tech must serve people, not replace them.

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Vanessa Williams @nesswilliams

2 weeks ago

Lots to think about from ⁦@dr_mattmorgan⁩ yesterday ⁦@HSJptsafety⁩ #HSJPatientsafety

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Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

2 weeks ago

Beyond the Tipping Point: What Critical Care Teaches Us About the Future of Patient Safety - My 2025 James Reason lecture given at the HSJ.. Full article in link - authory.com/drmattmorgan/B…

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Dr Matt Morgan @dr_mattmorgan

2 weeks ago

Wardrift - The quiet dislocation that happens when a doctor’s body makes it home but their mind is still trailing behind on the ward — rounds looping in their head, charts whispering, patients lingering — leaving family meals and bedtime stories feeling like they’re happening…

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Patient Safety Congress & Awards @HSJptsafety

2 weeks ago

.@dr_mattmorgan delivering the #HSJpatientsafety Congress 2025 James Reason lecture on lessons the broader clinical-healthcare system can learn from #intensivecare - where the unpredictable is expected and the chaos is contained and even transformed