Dr Leyla Turkoglu
@LeylsTurk
Anaesthetic registrar, ex-Magic Circle solicitor. Mum. Trainee Committee @Anaes_trainees. Interests: Training, welfare, human factors, law, and memes.🏳️🌈
Me whenever there is a knock on the door of the doctors office | ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| | I’m literally | | doing the | | discharge | | summary | | right now. | ________| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / づ
‘There is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating your achievements’ @doctorwibble doing an excellent job helping our residents banish imposter syndrome and negative thoughts. #RDC2025 @Anaes_Residents @Assoc_Anaes

Many see pre-procedural checklists solely as a tool for checking equipment In EMRS we monitored the heart rate of clinicians during our pre-anaesthetic checklist. 100% of clinicians experienced a fall in heart rate Here's why.... CoreCognition.co.uk
Sunday mornings have changed a bit… Long gone are languid mornings in bed with the papers. But making pancakes and jam for my family is pretty nice, too. (Not in a trad wife way…)

Beating the London heat by eating huge quantities of whipped cream.

if you’re pure of heart then iced coffee on an empty stomach actually isn’t bad for you
Without wanting to sound like a little kitten, are there lots of butterflies this year?? 🦋
Today’s on-call shift, in the year of our lord 2025, is powered by some real cutting edge technology.

Handing over the jammy dodger, thank you so much @GaslingSarah for everything you have done. Now begins the reign of @Jamesbrooks90. #rdc2025
Please join us in giving a warm welcome to the five new members of the @Anaes_Residents Committee. Learn more about them below 👇
Intrigued about the ins and outs of @AnaesUnited vs the GMC case? Why not head for our Resident Doctors Conference next week in Wembley to hear the inside scoop from @LondonAnaesth? anaesthetists.org/Home/Education…
There is no law against making roast potatoes on a Wednesday, between night shifts.
For non-HAVL intubations (VL or DL), a malleable stylet demonstrably increases odds of success over a tube alone. And has historically been a standard approach for all intubations in many systems in Europe. Important to not advance past tip, and pull back before entering glottis.
I intubated three pregnant patients from memory. One had to go on ECMO whilst her baby went to SCBU after crash section. We lost another lady and her baby too. RFK Jnr is beyond contempt, alongside the executive that put him there.
The effects of Covid during pregnancy are devastating in terms of maternal morbidity and mortality; they are preventable by vaccination Newer data from @PennMedicine find that Covid vaccines prevent long COVID in children and adolescents