Dr Divya Sharma, an anaesthetist, has penned a withering open letter, describing the threat of penalties for Australians trying to return from India as “racist and inhumane” and accusing the Government of “woeful inadequacies”. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/radio/perth/programs/mornings/dr-divya-sharma-india-travel-ban/13330500
Author Archives: ketaminh
If it’s Not Yoga, then what is it?
Well, wasn’t that a year! Though much of Australia has been spared the brunt of the COVID-related awfulness, plenty of our colleagues, particularly … If it’s Not Yoga, then what is it?
Not my Australia: pandemic ethics
A year ago I experienced an ethical dilemma, from the patient’s perspective: a doctor signed a medical report about me, by email signature, without … Not my Australia: pandemic ethics
Occupation violence in health care – one nurses’ story of creating change
@wrapemtweet talks with advocacy superstar and nurse Lita Olsson about the tricky and sometime harrowing topic of occupation violence in health care.… Occupation violence in health care – one nurses’ story of creating change
Q & A with Candice Norris – Army Medical Officer and ACEM trainee
1. What was your evolution into the defence service alongside your emergency medicine training? (which came first ? were they related in any way?) I… Q & A with Candice Norris – Army Medical Officer and ACEM trainee
Emergency tracheostomy management cognitive aid – Jonathan M Graham, Caleb M Fisher, Tanis S Cameron, Trevor G Streader, Stephen J Warrillow, Caroline Chao, Christine Knee Chong, Louise Ellard, Jerome L Hamoline, Kristy A McMurray, Damien J Phillips, Jacqueline M Ross, Quevy Vu, 2021
Emergency tracheostomy management cognitive aid – Jonathan M Graham, Caleb M Fisher, Tanis S Cameron, Trevor G Streader, Stephen J Warrillow, Caroline Chao, Christine Knee Chong, Louise Ellard, Jerome L Hamoline, Kristy A McMurray, Damien J Phillips, Jacqueline M Ross, Quevy Vu, 2021 — Read on journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0310057X21989722
Intubation
Guidance documents College of Paramedics Statement on Intubation, available here. AAGBI Safer Prehospital Anaesthesia 2017, available here. … Intubation
Trauma Grand Rounds – Managing Brain Trauma Outside the Major Neurosurgical Centres – YouTube
Trauma Grand Rounds – Managing Brain Trauma Outside the Major Neurosurgical Centres – YouTube — Read on http://www.youtube.com/embed/jeQ2mJXeZfY
Fundraiser by Mitochondrial Eve : Help Eve get a PTSD service dog
My name is Eve, and I’m raising money for a PTSD service dog. I have been on twitter… Mitochondrial Eve needs your support for Help Eve get a PTSD service dog — Read on http://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eve-get-a-ptsd-service-dog
Emergency Airway Management in Patients with COVID-19: A Prospective International Multicenter Cohort Study | Anesthesiology | American Society of Anesthesiologists
Emergency Airway Management in Patients with COVID-19: A Prospective International Multicenter Cohort Study | Anesthesiology | American Society of Anesthesiologists — Read on pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/doi/10.1097/ALN.0000000000003791/115613/Emergency-Airway-Management-in-Patients-with-COVID
3 Batteries in the Multiverse — Songs or Stories
It is the longest time since a post. Because of reasons of course. All of the boring reasons. And I would like to pretend that this post heralds the resumption of really regular posts. It does not. This site is a great location after doing a talk though because I can easily put up all […]Continue reading “3 Batteries in the Multiverse — Songs or Stories”
Therapeutics: Agitation in the ED
Acute agitation is a common presentation in the Emergency Department, with some studies citing that this accounts for 2.6% of total patient … Therapeutics: Agitation in the ED
Asthma drug budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19 — PRINCIPLE Trial
Inhaled budesonide, a common corticosteroid, is the first widely available, inexpensive drug found to shorten recovery times in COVID-19 patients aged over 50 who are treated at home and in other community settings, reports the PRINCIPLE trial in 1,779 participants. — Read on http://www.principletrial.org/news/asthma-drug-budesonide-shortens-recovery-time-in-non-hospitalised-patients-with-covid-19/
Emergency cricothyroidotomy and conversion tracheostomy in a patient with COVID-19: a case report | HKMJ
Hong Kong Med J 2021;27:Epub 7 Apr 2021 https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj209062 Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. — Read on http://www.hkmj.org/earlyrelease/hkmj209062.htm
Why I had a COVID-19 vaccine when my turn came | InSight+
One of the most significant individual contributions that most of us can make to the lives and security of all the members of our community is to get vaccinated against COVID-19, writes Will Cairns — Read on insightplus.mja.com.au/2021/12/why-i-had-a-covid-19-vaccine-when-my-turn-came/
