Author Archives: ketaminh

Under Pressure – Hitting that Arterial Line — Songs or Stories

It’s been a while since we’ve had a tips and tricks post. Having covered things about peripheral cannulation, thoughts on central lines, insights into bag-mask work and pointers for laryngoscope use it seems like time to get the finger on the pulse. Putting in an arterial cannula can be a pretty tricky exercise. There isContinue reading “Under Pressure – Hitting that Arterial Line — Songs or Stories”

The Remote Bad Stuff — The Collective

Last time Jodie Martin, Flight Nurse extraordinaire dropped by she shared one of our most popular posts ever. Jodie returns with a little on the Top End experience of sepsis. Time for a look at some remote medicine again. CareFlight provides the aeromedical service for the top half of the Northern Territory (NT) in Australia. […]Continue reading “The Remote Bad Stuff — The Collective”

DasSMACC 2017 : The countdown begins!

#DasSMACC program is out! I'm excited to see names such as @drnikkistamp @MartinBromiley @Kevin_Fong & @mjslabbert https://t.co/A7ogVh58rM pic.twitter.com/oQ18iNeYsV — Jess (@EMS_Junkie) October 13, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Tick Tock – 11 days & counting. Most tickets will be release on 26.10.16 0800 Syd, so this is your best shot at scoring one! @MartinBromiley pic.twitter.com/ZmiuFj7xYw — The SMACCContinue reading “DasSMACC 2017 : The countdown begins!”

ETM Course 2017 dates announced! — ETM Course

The ETM Course is now sold out for 2016, but fear not! We have just listed all course dates and locations for 2017. You can see all of the course dates, locations and information on our course dates page. View course dates and register here! Next year we are expanding around Australia and New Zealand.… viaContinue reading “ETM Course 2017 dates announced! — ETM Course”

Interview with the author: Greg Bell on his recent AfJEM publication on POCUS training in Kenya — #badEM

Series: “Interview with the Author…” The badEM crew interviewed Greg Bell regarding his newly released article in AfJEM Volume 6 Issue 3 entitled: “A pilot training program for point-of-care ultrasound in Kenya” by Greg Bell, Benjamin Wachira, Gerene Denning Link to open access article: Click here Corresponding author email: gerene-denning@uiowa.edu Authors’ twitter handles @GreggerEE &Continue reading “Interview with the author: Greg Bell on his recent AfJEM publication on POCUS training in Kenya — #badEM”

TEACHING BY HUMILIATION AND BELITTLEMENT. — C-Foam

IS THIS STILL HAPPENING? The BMJ published a quantitative study reviewing medical student teaching experiences. Thankfully there were many examples of positive role models and effective and approachable teachers providing guidance and support. Alarmingly, there were also reports of teaching by humiliation and a hierarchical and competitive atmosphere, particularly during clinical training years. No one… viaContinue reading “TEACHING BY HUMILIATION AND BELITTLEMENT. — C-Foam”

#badEM16: Sian Geraty – Too wild, too free, too accustomed to death — #badEM

I’m Sian and I’m an Emergency Medicine registrar in Cape Town, South Africa. I consider myself the luckiest girl in the world to get to do what I love in our incredible country. Here we have the most diverse patients, the craziest stories, the widest range of pathologies, and more opportunities that you can imagine.… viaContinue reading “#badEM16: Sian Geraty – Too wild, too free, too accustomed to death — #badEM”

The Rest of Their Lives — The Collective

At the recent Student Paramedics Australasia International Conference 2016 held in Sydney, Dr Andrew Weatherall was given the topic of “things paramedics can do to produce better long-term outcomes after traumatic brain injury”. This is a version of that talk modified for the blog. This topic, that someone else came up with, gets it. SoContinue reading “The Rest of Their Lives — The Collective”