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Tactical Medicine in the Civilian Setting – Part 3 — The Collective

The third and final instalment of this series has been a while coming. Nothing to do with being tactical just because “reasons”. Here’s Mel Brown following from part 1 and part 2 with, yes you guessed it because of precedent and it was written at the top there, part 3. In part one of thisContinue reading “Tactical Medicine in the Civilian Setting – Part 3 — The Collective”

The Famous Baltimore Airway course coming to Brisbane, January 19-20th 2017!

The Brisbane Airway Course is based upon the world famous Baltimore course but will have 16 specially prepared cadavers so limited places that will book out fast. Therefore register early! Online registration here! Course Description: This 2 day cadaveric workshop teaches practical, effective skills and strategies for adult and paediatric intubation that promote patient safetyContinue reading “The Famous Baltimore Airway course coming to Brisbane, January 19-20th 2017!”

The program for DFTB17 is live! — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

The DFTB team have been working very hard, along with the rest of the organising committee, to put together a great program for DFTB17. And now you can see it for yourself. View the DFTB17 Program DFTB17 is a brand new acute paediatric conference. It will cover cutting-edge research and insight into paediatric… via The programContinue reading “The program for DFTB17 is live! — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”

Practical Emergency Airway Management Cadaveric Airway Course

JANUARY 19-20TH 2017 , BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA REGISTRATION OPEN NOW : HERE! Course Director – Dr Richard M. Levitan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Dr. Richard Levitan an emergency physician, researcher, inventor of the Airway Cam direct laryngoscopy video system and the Levitan FPS optical stylet, and is an internationally recognized expert in the area of emergency airwayContinue reading “Practical Emergency Airway Management Cadaveric Airway Course”

Slaying Different Dragons – A Quest — Songs or Stories

A little while ago Dr Andrew Weatherall was asked to give a talk on the difficult paediatric airway. The audience was a variety of emergency medicine doctors, nursing staff and allied health staff. He decided to try something dopey – audience participation. It wasn’t recorded so here’s the written version where the aim is toContinue reading “Slaying Different Dragons – A Quest — Songs or Stories”

Life can be cruel — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

This article was posted with the support of Shosh and Jonny. If you have any information about treatment options, anywhere in the world, then please contact tesssardavis@me.com. Life can be cruel. We see it all the time in our clinical practice but when it moves into our personal sphere then our perspective changes. Eve* is the…Continue reading “Life can be cruel — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”

Novel Airway Training Tool that Simulates Vomiting: Suction-Assisted Laryngoscopy Assisted Decontamination (SALAD)

Novel Airway Training Tool that Simulates Vomiting: Suction-Assisted Laryngoscopy Assisted Decontamination (SALAD) https://t.co/kkMue8lTVg — Minh Le Cong (@ketaminh) November 16, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js @TBayEDguy @KangarooBeach @FLTDOC1 @Dr_CommonSense @apbohn @ketaminh Pass the SALADhttps://t.co/BDOpZHqIDYhttps://t.co/dUv3xOMs8h — James DuCanto, M.D. (@jducanto) March 14, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js