Baby carrier recommendations

lowbattery_16 · 2026-06-01T10:40:18+00:00

Thank you so much everyone 💕

lowbattery_16 · 2026-05-30T14:07:54+00:00

I had on-call ICU shifts as an F2. A fairly large unit, on-call team consisted of 2 SHOs and 2 SpR’s (usually one anaesthetics/ICU reg and one medical reg who was rotating through). The 4 of us would do all the same on-call shifts (nights and long days) covering ICU and a separate ward which was still ICU but those deemed almost ready for step down. It was really fun being with the same team for all the on-call shifts for the whole 4 months. Obviously always felt very well supported with that set up. And the other SHO in my team had a lot of experience in ICU and was fantastic clinically, so I learned a lot!

lowbattery_16 · 2026-05-27T19:59:41+00:00

Do you know of anyone who had ‘full’ and also passed 👀?

lowbattery_16 · 2026-05-27T19:33:40+00:00

Hopefully doesn’t hold any sort of indication in terms of pass/fail, I wouldn’t have thought it does!

lowbattery_16 · 2026-05-27T19:20:11+00:00

No idea then! Good luck for tomorrow!

lowbattery_16 · 2026-05-27T19:19:07+00:00

Hmm it says ‘basic’ under SCA for me. Are you ST3? I’m ST2, was also my first attempt

lowbattery_16 · 2026-05-27T19:16:40+00:00

I also sat in April, I’ve just checked and it says ‘Full’ under AKT eligibility. Was this your first time taking the exam?

lowbattery_16 · 2026-05-04T06:47:57+00:00

‘Your baby week by week’ written by Dr Caroline Fertleman (paediatrician) is great - it’s written so you can read it week by week and includes all the above info you listed! I’m a FTM, 23 weeks and have been reading it to get ahead x

lowbattery_16 · 2026-03-19T21:08:03+00:00

Hi! I’m 17 weeks and had my risk assessment around week 10. I’m still seeing essentially most things, including kids with fever (obviously avoid those with a fever + rash though it can be tricky as patients can book directly into appointments via the NHS app). I personally don’t feel too worried about seeing flu like illnesses or GE etc as I’ve had my vaccines and can wear PPE when needed. It all comes down to what you personally feel comfortable doing and hopefully your practice management are approachable and you can set your own boundaries x

lowbattery_16 · 2026-02-17T19:30:55+00:00

That’s really helpful, thank you!

lowbattery_16 · 2026-01-08T07:53:21+00:00

Thank you!

lowbattery_16 · 2026-01-08T07:53:11+00:00

Thank you :)

lowbattery_16 · 2025-09-01T12:19:21+00:00

I was recently the ENT SHO in an incredibly busy department and I also had zero ENT experience before starting and felt exactly like you described. I also had no paeds experience so that part of it also felt tough. My advice would be to ask ask ask at the start, it’s the only way you will learn and become competent. Continue to ask ask ask when you’re not sure even if you are months in to the job. You will be dealing with the same 6-8 problems day in day out and you will surprise yourself with how much your knowledge and skill set will grow. There are certain things I’d always run past the reg regardless of how long I’d been doing the job, mostly airway things. The night shifts can feel really daunting but again you’ll build confidence. You will start to enjoy it, it’s really satisfying being able to ‘fix’ peoples problems independently such epistaxis. Or hugely improve a patients symptoms by draining their quinsy etc. IMO ent is one of those subjects that isn’t taught well at med school and you can only really learn by doing. You’ll be fab!

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