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Clarius Wireless Ultrasound available!

#Clarius has received FDA 510(k), and is available online now! For more details, read the full story on Medgadget: https://t.co/GwYPL91VH9 — Clarius (@clariusmhealth) December 14, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js #Clarius scanners are fully submersible in water for up to 30 min. Here's a video demonstration: https://t.co/h4D55oM7ax — Clarius (@clariusmhealth) December 8, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js App-based Ultrasound @PhilipsLumify @healcerionContinue reading “Clarius Wireless Ultrasound available!”

Episode 14: Thoracotomy — phemcast

Details of the surgical skills course mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://wmstc.co.uk/portfolio/phem-ess/ The Sydney HEMS Traumatic Cardiac arrest operating procedure can be viewed on their website, and there are a number of useful references within the document: Policies and Procedures An excellent ‘how to do it’ paper, published in 2005, by […] viaContinue reading “Episode 14: Thoracotomy — phemcast”

A Weight on the Chest – Anterior Mediastinal Mass — Songs or Stories

There are a few conditions which make the most experienced paeds anaesthetists take a deep breath in. Anterior mediastinal mass is right up there. Here’s a quick trawl through stuff that’s out there by Andrew Weatherall. Imagine this patient. They are 7 years old. They’ve turned up to the emergency department with fevers. Quite highContinue reading “A Weight on the Chest – Anterior Mediastinal Mass — Songs or Stories”

Will Northern Ireland get the PHEM service that Dr John Hinds knew it needed? — St.Emlyn’s

St.Emlyn’s – Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Altruism: this is why we are here. The concern for the welfare for others: this is why we are here. The belief that we can and will be better, that we can push harder, that we will…Read more The post Will Northern Ireland get the PHEM service… via Will Northern IrelandContinue reading “Will Northern Ireland get the PHEM service that Dr John Hinds knew it needed? — St.Emlyn’s”

The End of the Road — Adventure Medic

Dr Anne Brants / Emergency Physician, Netherlands Dr Isla Madeleine Wormald / ACCS Trainee, UK This article is a brilliant reminder of why expeditions are such a challenging and interesting setting in which to practice medicine. Anna and Isla have done a great job of summarising the lessons to be learned, many of which willContinue reading “The End of the Road — Adventure Medic”

Open Letter to Minister of Health, Mrs. Michelle O’Neill MLA, Northern Ireland Executive

Open Letter to Minister of Health, Mrs. Michelle O’Neill MLA, Northern Ireland Executive.(re NI HEMS staffing)https://t.co/iH1YPwvKgz — Mike Abernethy (@FLTDOC1) December 9, 2016 Will there be a physician on NI HEMS?https://t.co/KYUL1A1bXN — Mike Abernethy (@FLTDOC1) December 8, 2016 Tweet to @moneillsf to petition support for John’s dream of an air ambulance for Northern Ireland withContinue reading “Open Letter to Minister of Health, Mrs. Michelle O’Neill MLA, Northern Ireland Executive”