Author Archives: ketaminh

Prevention of trauma is good!

There have been thousands of injuries & dozens of deaths in Australian children attributable to quad bike use. Warwick Teague, Paediatric Surgeon and Director of Trauma at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital is passionate about changing this. This is a sobering podcast on a topic that all who work in the Emergency and Trauma scene anywhere,… viaContinue reading “Prevention of trauma is good!”

Supraglottic something something

There’s no finesse to putting in a laryngeal mask, right? You just throw it in and it doesn’t matter what it is, yes? Maybe no. A quick look through things supraglottic with Andrew Weatherall. Supraglottic airways are the one bit of airway management that’s a free pass, right? No skill required, do it with yourContinue reading “Supraglottic something something”

Difficult Airway Video GameR : the Way of the Vortex

Difficult Airway Algorithm and Rescue Cricothyrotomy (DAARC) Serious Game, to standardize the VA team approach to non-OR airways Difficult Airway Algorithm and Rescue Cricothyrotomy. The DAARC and Serious Video Game. Play the DAARC video game here! Best run on Safari browser

Retrieval medicine from Shane

Well this time around we welcome a new contributor. Dr Shane Trevithick is a retrieval doctor with many years experience covering prehospital, interhospital and coordination work when he’s not being an emergency doctor. He’s got a bit on simple systematic approaches that get the job done. One of the exciting things that practicing medicine outContinue reading “Retrieval medicine from Shane”