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A new career in the sky and Outback in 2018? Why not?

Keen to start 2018 with a new career? Check out all of the #RFDS jobs currently available here https://t.co/VQFBM3NBgU pic.twitter.com/uGAEz1cCq7 — Royal Flying Doctor (@RoyalFlyingDoc) January 2, 2018

Forget Critical Care and Look after a Colleague in 2018!

Here’s a New Years resolution for you! A colleague struggling? Dont walk away! A Colleague clearly not coping? Dont look the other way this time! #MH4Docs It hurts. It hurts to hear doctor suicides occurring at such an alarming regularity. My deepest sympathies. https://t.co/bM7C9CDDyM — Dr Eric Levi FRACS (@DrEricLevi) December 31, 2017 YouContinue reading “Forget Critical Care and Look after a Colleague in 2018!”

Digital intubation!

Just did this (with an assist from the ever-helpful bougie) at NOSM in Thunder Bay, ON cadaver lab https://t.co/AqexiVGNgx — Resuscitation Canada (@Resus_Can) December 28, 2017

Operating theatre nativity scene!

Operating theatre nativity scene by one of my truly brilliant ODPs who's not on here, so I can't tag him. Credit to Stu Gosling #theNHSrocks #teamanaesthesia #ChristmasEve pic.twitter.com/QqXM1gZJAI — KateP (@doctorwibble) December 24, 2017 ( Scene Done by Stuart Gosling. ODP at King’s College Hospital.)

Remote nurse does self thrombolysis for STEMI!

With 20 years of emergency and remote nursing under his belt, Ryan Franks is used to dealing with life and death situations, just not his own .. https://t.co/H7vOalzxc5 — AMA Media (@ama_media) December 23, 2017

Rheumatic Heart Disease

https://player.vimeo.com/video/243970927 This talk was recorded live on the second day at DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out in 2017 then why not book your leave for 2018 now. Tickets are on sale for the pre-conference workshops as well as the conference itself at http://www.dftb18.com. Josh is a paediatric infectious disease specialist from Darwin in the…Continue reading “Rheumatic Heart Disease”

Australian biters and stingers with Professor Isbister

NEW podcast! Our newest host Dr Justin Coleman interviews clinical toxicologist Professor Geoff Isbister about Australian biters and stingers, and the latest evidence on how to treat them. https://t.co/mHYHXYrIOt @drjustincoleman @geoff_isbister pic.twitter.com/Tko23BgW2l — AustralianPrescriber (@AustPrescriber) December 21, 2017

Doctors call for action to prevent suicide in medical profession

It's a tragic reality that doctors are at greater risk of suicidal ideation than other professionals. A forum of 82 doctors have handed down their recommendations to help turn this around https://t.co/8xWZhu2ORh — AMA Media (@ama_media) December 19, 2017

Preoxygenation and intubation in ICU

An awaited trial on intubation in ICU. NIV definitely better than NRM for preoxygenation and intubation in ICU (SpO2<80% 16.6% vs 41.3% P=0.006) in @BJAJournals https://t.co/kRlRUMhWxp pic.twitter.com/Me07qZE8Rc — Lascarrou (@JBLascarrou) December 21, 2017

Prehospital antibiotics matter?

In short, probably not, but still not completely disproven. This randomised controlled open-label trial looked at giving 2 grams of IV ceftriaxone to patients that met SIRS criteria (save for WBC- testing unavailable to EMS) with suspected infectious illness. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to the intervention group or usual care group using block-randomisation withContinue reading “Prehospital antibiotics matter?”

A Christmas Fairytale

I put pen to paper to describe some of the realities (and unrealities) of Christmas on-call as a doctor. A dark wee tale to peruse & share if you get a moment over the next few days…#MH4Docs https://t.co/dt95ZuDAEn — Craig Mitchell (@Anaesthesia_AGB) December 21, 2017

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