Author Archives: ketaminh

STOP CHILD DETENTION NOW!

We are down to 50 kids on #Nauru! Let's keep the pressure up people. We cannot stop calling, tweeting, speaking up, pressuring your local MP, calling talk back, asking your place of worship, union or workplace to take a stand now! Lets get the job done, get all #KidsOffNauru. pic.twitter.com/1dIydg0hkd — Kon Karapanagiotidis (@Kon__K) OctoberContinue reading “STOP CHILD DETENTION NOW!”

PORTABLE POCUS REVIEWS —

It’s hard to know what machine to pick, and hard to find good reviews, especially reviews of the machines in daily clinical use. Luckily a bunch of ultrasound nerds, the #ultrascoundrels, have taken it upon themselves to remedy this. Currently, … Continue reading → via PORTABLE POCUS REVIEWS —

Living my elective dream in Fiji — Adventure Medic

Dr Millie Wood / FY1 Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust With the world’s population becoming increasingly interconnected, an understanding of global health is an important component of undergraduate medical education. In recognition of this, medical students in the UK are required to undertake an elective placement as part of their bachelor’s degree. Throughout my training… viaContinue reading “Living my elective dream in Fiji — Adventure Medic”

Be Brave

Like my tat says.. pic.twitter.com/Hkw3CnJSAl — Maureen ferrari (@maureen_ferrari) October 21, 2018 This is another one.. it’s in Hebrew it says “I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders “ pic.twitter.com/pyuQjbsGIv — Maureen ferrari (@maureen_ferrari) October 21, 2018

Cricoid Continues Confounding!

The use of cricoid pressure during RSI by @EMNerd_ https://t.co/9q2aRcPXDM pic.twitter.com/PJDOxb0wPZ — the EMCrit Crew (@emcrit) October 18, 2018 JC: Cricoid Pressure and RSI, do we still need it? St Emlyn’s https://t.co/nTYVihnkLp pic.twitter.com/Bk4uOiX3pR — Saint Emlyn's (@stemlyns) October 20, 2018 https://t.co/osbbyUFgYT John Hinds' original talk about cricoid pressure from SMACC. — mike hurley (@m1kehurley) October 18,Continue reading “Cricoid Continues Confounding!”

EM Nerd-The Case of the Inferior Superiority — EMCrit Project

A perfect trial would require minimal statistical tools to assist in its analysis. Such a trial would be so large that the sample approached the true likeness of the broader population it intended to emulate, thus the risk of sampling error would be minimal. The confidence intervals surrounding the point estimates would be so minute,… viaContinue reading “EM Nerd-The Case of the Inferior Superiority — EMCrit Project”

JC: Cricoid Pressure and RSI, do we still need it? St Emlyn’s — St.Emlyn’s

St.Emlyn’s – Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This blog reviews the first large randomised controlled trial of cricoid pressure in emergency patients as published in JAMA Surgery, October 2018. Cricoid pressure is controversial. Although it has been taught in anaesthesia practice, since it’s original description by Sellick1, as an essential requirement when performing RSI, the evidence for… viaContinue reading “JC: Cricoid Pressure and RSI, do we still need it? St Emlyn’s — St.Emlyn’s”

Getting my feminist FIX in New York — Nomadic GP

There was something distinctly different about #FIX18. Walking in to a conference with 95% women felt pretty odd. I was intimidated amongst so many high-heeled, urbanite, overwhelmingly American emergency physicians. This Aussie country GP felt somewhat out of place. It was quite the contrast from the laid back gatherings of my other recent conference experiences.Continue reading “Getting my feminist FIX in New York — Nomadic GP”

Doctored Films – A flying Doctor & film maker!

Hi folks Let me introduce you to a Flying Doctor Colleague of mine, Dr Tim Duncan. He works with me in Mount Isa Royal Flying Doctor Service.He is also a talented film maker and won a couple of film festival prizes. Check out his films and website DOCTOREDFILMS Aboriginal Heart from Tim Duncan on Vimeo.

A short story about life… — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

Cite this article as: Tagg, A. A short story about life…, Don’t Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at:http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16688This is the second of a two part post based on my talk for FIX18 entitled A short story about death and life. We published the first part yesterday. As we were playing in the courtyard by the… viaContinue reading “A short story about life… — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”

A short story about death… — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

Cite this article as: Tagg, A. A short story about death…, Don’t Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at:http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16636This is the first of a two part post based on my talk for FIX18 entitled A short story about death and life… We’ll publish the second part tomorrow. “Someone will be along in a minute to explain what…Continue reading “A short story about death… — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”