Author Archives: ketaminh

“There’s a storm coming, Mr Wayne…”

As Catwoman said to Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises: There has been a large backlash from UK junior doctors against Jeremy Hunt’s proposed changes to the #juniorcontract. What if this is a smokescreen for the proposed changes to the existing consultant contract? This is not like 2003, where a new contract was being proposed.Continue reading ““There’s a storm coming, Mr Wayne…””

Summers Past – A Look Back at Drowning Cases

A quick post on a recent paper from one of the authors, Andrew Weatherall. You can get the full text over here and it might be worth having a quick look at a quick review of a study from the Netherlands that Alan Garner did previously.  Every summer, for too many summers, prehospital teams at CareFlightContinue reading “Summers Past – A Look Back at Drowning Cases”

SONA – SIDE OF NECK ACCESS

How’s this for thinking outside the box in the approach to the difficult airway!? Difficult airway algorithms and advanced management options for difficult airways mostly concentrate on getting into the trachea. But what happens if getting into the trachea is … http://www.scancrit.com/2015/11/13/side-neck-access/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=side-neck-access

The Winner of the #PHARMPIC competition!

@ketaminh #PHARMPIC shot with iPhone. Let me know if you need better resolution pic. #sydneyhems pic.twitter.com/vMSOIyIt9L — Preston Fedor (@OutOfTheDocBox) October 14, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Preston wins the prize, this copy of Ventilation Management : prehospital perspective by Eric Bauer