Emma Lim
@ejlim.bsky.social
paediatrician, podcast host (#ThePaedsRound) and passionate about Pill swallowing (#Kidzmed) and paediatric infectious diseases!
#kidzmedgoesglobal teaching pill swallowing in Norway! Fantastic QI project introducing pill swallowing across the country. @yincenttse @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#kidzmedgoesglobal teaching pill swallowing in Norway! Fantastic QI project introducing pill swallowing across the country. @yincenttse @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
Hey Lauren & Karen congratulations on your fantastic work showing how we can lean to prescribe PPI& omeprazole better & more sustainably. @nppguk.bsky.social #NOOG2025 @yincent.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hey Lauren & Karen congratulations on your fantastic work showing how we can lean to prescribe PPI& omeprazole better & more sustainably. @nppguk.bsky.social #NOOG2025 @yincent.bsky.social
SHINE Award Winners!!! (sustainable healthcare in Newcastle)Just bursting with pride for our team! Our intervention reduced liquid amoxicillin by 23% , reducing costs by 50%&. CO2 emissions by 15% #kidzmed Swallowing pills is better for the planet! #paedspharmacy
October 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
SHINE Award Winners!!! (sustainable healthcare in Newcastle)Just bursting with pride for our team! Our intervention reduced liquid amoxicillin by 23% , reducing costs by 50%&. CO2 emissions by 15% #kidzmed Swallowing pills is better for the planet! #paedspharmacy
Calling out to everyone @thegreatnorthchildrenshospital we are collecting monthly for #tabithasplace who give clothes to families in the westend & support @westendfoodbank. Please bring any 8-12 year clothes to level 3, clinical office block 1 coffee area. @yincenttse @emontsleclercq
October 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Calling out to everyone @thegreatnorthchildrenshospital we are collecting monthly for #tabithasplace who give clothes to families in the westend & support @westendfoodbank. Please bring any 8-12 year clothes to level 3, clinical office block 1 coffee area. @yincenttse @emontsleclercq
Sometimes you know you can make a difference to the people & communities who need your help most. Today is one of those opportunities. I’m proud to work with @newcastlefoodbank.org #childhealthandwellbeingnetwork @newcastleuni.bsky.social @luisawakeling.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Sometimes you know you can make a difference to the people & communities who need your help most. Today is one of those opportunities. I’m proud to work with @newcastlefoodbank.org #childhealthandwellbeingnetwork @newcastleuni.bsky.social @luisawakeling.bsky.social
Don’t worry about IgA levels but take a good history including family history , any failure to thrive and any serious invasive bacterial infections esp any invasive pneumococcal disease!! @mariekeemonts.bsky.social @bpaiig.bsky.social #greatnorthpaediatricconference2025 Hot tips👏🏽 Dr Eleri Williams
September 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Don’t worry about IgA levels but take a good history including family history , any failure to thrive and any serious invasive bacterial infections esp any invasive pneumococcal disease!! @mariekeemonts.bsky.social @bpaiig.bsky.social #greatnorthpaediatricconference2025 Hot tips👏🏽 Dr Eleri Williams
gems from Dr Claire wood on steroid crises. Don’t forget new drugs eg valmorolone, make sure all children have safety netting, sick day rules, don’t have a hospital e-alert for steroids? And weaning it’s a grey are a but wean/test #BPSUstudy @newcastleuni.bsky.social #GNPC2025
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
gems from Dr Claire wood on steroid crises. Don’t forget new drugs eg valmorolone, make sure all children have safety netting, sick day rules, don’t have a hospital e-alert for steroids? And weaning it’s a grey are a but wean/test #BPSUstudy @newcastleuni.bsky.social #GNPC2025
It’s not a spaceship landing, it’s Dr Stephen Owens talking about the difficulties of TB treatment in low risk area but hotspot for MDRTB #endTB #greatnorthpaediatricconference2025 #GNPC2025 @mariekeemonts.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social #greatnorthchildrenhospital @bpaiig.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It’s not a spaceship landing, it’s Dr Stephen Owens talking about the difficulties of TB treatment in low risk area but hotspot for MDRTB #endTB #greatnorthpaediatricconference2025 #GNPC2025 @mariekeemonts.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social #greatnorthchildrenhospital @bpaiig.bsky.social
Get the basics right first time. Complete observations = Accurate PEWS score. Let’s congratulate are top performing Ward 4 ( best obs compliance) and most improved ward 1A!
September 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Get the basics right first time. Complete observations = Accurate PEWS score. Let’s congratulate are top performing Ward 4 ( best obs compliance) and most improved ward 1A!
Such fun to present and learn with Joany Zacharaisse & Annemarie van Rossum @sustainability session. 👏🏽 for all of you that got up early! What are you going to pledge to do to be sustainable? 🌳 Eat less meat? Start a green team or reduce your antibiotic use? #ESPID2025 @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Such fun to present and learn with Joany Zacharaisse & Annemarie van Rossum @sustainability session. 👏🏽 for all of you that got up early! What are you going to pledge to do to be sustainable? 🌳 Eat less meat? Start a green team or reduce your antibiotic use? #ESPID2025 @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
Want to know more about sustainability in PIDS? Come to our MTE session Wednesday 0730 Iorga hall #espid2025 @espid @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Want to know more about sustainability in PIDS? Come to our MTE session Wednesday 0730 Iorga hall #espid2025 @espid @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
Thank you for inviting me to talk about #paediatricsepsis here with my sepsis team recognise sepsis (complete observations), respond (listen & do something about to parents concerns) #LTS25 #teamgeordie at the National Motorcycle Museum!
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thank you for inviting me to talk about #paediatricsepsis here with my sepsis team recognise sepsis (complete observations), respond (listen & do something about to parents concerns) #LTS25 #teamgeordie at the National Motorcycle Museum!
how many doses are wasted in a bottle of liquid medication & where do they go? (Down the sink, waiting for next time!) prescribe smarter, or not at all & make every dose count! use pills rather than liquids! #kidzmed #pillschool great work Dr Jo Pickles @RCPCHtweets @YincentTse
March 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
how many doses are wasted in a bottle of liquid medication & where do they go? (Down the sink, waiting for next time!) prescribe smarter, or not at all & make every dose count! use pills rather than liquids! #kidzmed #pillschool great work Dr Jo Pickles @RCPCHtweets @YincentTse
Congratulations Dr Jo Pickles & KIDZMED winners of the climate change action prize #RCPCH25 sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. #makeeverydosecount Prescribe smart (try not to prescribe a 2nd bottle) double strength if you can waste less & pills are better! @RCPCHtweets
March 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Congratulations Dr Jo Pickles & KIDZMED winners of the climate change action prize #RCPCH25 sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. #makeeverydosecount Prescribe smart (try not to prescribe a 2nd bottle) double strength if you can waste less & pills are better! @RCPCHtweets
how many doses are wasted out of a bottle of liquid medication & where do they go? (Down the sink, waiting for next time!) prescribe smarter, or not at all & make every dose count! Better still use pills rather than liquids! #kidzmed #pillschool great work Dr Jo Pickles @rcpch.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
how many doses are wasted out of a bottle of liquid medication & where do they go? (Down the sink, waiting for next time!) prescribe smarter, or not at all & make every dose count! Better still use pills rather than liquids! #kidzmed #pillschool great work Dr Jo Pickles @rcpch.bsky.social
Here, air, everywhere! did you know there’s more air pollution inside a car than outside! & do you know what to do about it? (Close windows, avoid traffic & recycle air) fab ways to start these conversations with patients & families @rcpch.bsky.social learning.rcpch.ac.uk/courses/talk... #rcpch25
March 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Here, air, everywhere! did you know there’s more air pollution inside a car than outside! & do you know what to do about it? (Close windows, avoid traffic & recycle air) fab ways to start these conversations with patients & families @rcpch.bsky.social learning.rcpch.ac.uk/courses/talk... #rcpch25
What do you wish for child health in the next ten years? @rcpch.bsky.social @RCPCH_and_Us #rcpch25 planning for the future with children and young persons at the centre
March 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What do you wish for child health in the next ten years? @rcpch.bsky.social @RCPCH_and_Us #rcpch25 planning for the future with children and young persons at the centre
The Paeds round is RCPCH regular podcast & we are about to start season 2! I’m looking forward to talking to @sbdrysdale & Prof sir Andy Pollard on vaccination & covering oral health with @DrPeterDay & Dr Greig Taylor! Come find me #RCPCH25 @RCPCHtweets learning.rcpch.ac.uk/home/podcasts/…
March 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The Paeds round is RCPCH regular podcast & we are about to start season 2! I’m looking forward to talking to @sbdrysdale & Prof sir Andy Pollard on vaccination & covering oral health with @DrPeterDay & Dr Greig Taylor! Come find me #RCPCH25 @RCPCHtweets learning.rcpch.ac.uk/home/podcasts/…
We are still living through the consequences of the #COVIDpandemic @rcpch.bsky.social plenary lecture from Prof Lakhanpaul children are stunted , have significant health differences and we need to plan how to recognise, respond & not re traumatise this generation
March 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We are still living through the consequences of the #COVIDpandemic @rcpch.bsky.social plenary lecture from Prof Lakhanpaul children are stunted , have significant health differences and we need to plan how to recognise, respond & not re traumatise this generation
Back in my old patch talking about why & how paediatricians should be prescribing pills, & training kids & families to swallow pills. After all we all teach inhaler techniques, why not teach pill swallowing? @rcpch.bsky.social #londonschoolpaediatrics
February 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Back in my old patch talking about why & how paediatricians should be prescribing pills, & training kids & families to swallow pills. After all we all teach inhaler techniques, why not teach pill swallowing? @rcpch.bsky.social #londonschoolpaediatrics
Listening to @wheezylikesund1 👏🏽 It’s our responsibility to make health inequality an issue and to ask ourselves what can we do practically, professionally & politically to change children’s lives #londonschoolofpaediatrics @iansinha.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Listening to @wheezylikesund1 👏🏽 It’s our responsibility to make health inequality an issue and to ask ourselves what can we do practically, professionally & politically to change children’s lives #londonschoolofpaediatrics @iansinha.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social
Visits to Paediatric ED dropped by 8% after introducing @HT_NENC Parents know their kids best, & when they are worried they need reassurance. It’s there for you, & your family #adviceyoucantrust Very exciting to share our work with @RoyLilley @FabNHSStuff visiting @GreatNorthCH
January 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Visits to Paediatric ED dropped by 8% after introducing @HT_NENC Parents know their kids best, & when they are worried they need reassurance. It’s there for you, & your family #adviceyoucantrust Very exciting to share our work with @RoyLilley @FabNHSStuff visiting @GreatNorthCH
Yes here we are changing the world one pill and one squeeze at a time! Learning new skills #pillswallowing next to #pelvicfloorexercises @knowyourfloors @greatnorthch @healthiertogethernenc
January 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Yes here we are changing the world one pill and one squeeze at a time! Learning new skills #pillswallowing next to #pelvicfloorexercises @knowyourfloors @greatnorthch @healthiertogethernenc
I’m at @healthworks.bsky.social at the Lemington centre listening to their incredible work promoting oral health. #healthierme testing the acidity of kids drinks at school! @healthiertogethernenc
January 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I’m at @healthworks.bsky.social at the Lemington centre listening to their incredible work promoting oral health. #healthierme testing the acidity of kids drinks at school! @healthiertogethernenc
This is not my day off, it’s my day to walk, sit on the beach and most importantly think!
January 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is not my day off, it’s my day to walk, sit on the beach and most importantly think!