Category Archives: Emergency medicine and critical care

#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”

Disruption, Danger, and Droperidol: Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient — Intensive Care Network

The role of physical and chemical restraints, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, and ketamine, and the diagnostic and therapeutic priorities for the acute care provider. The post Disruption, Danger, and Droperidol: Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient appeared first on Intensive Care Network. via Disruption, Danger, and Droperidol: Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient — Intensive Care Network

Asthma for Ambos — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

Tonight I had the privilege to talk to the team at the Werribee branch of Ambulance Victoria. I was given the brief to talk on something to do with paediatric respiratory problems and I thought I would focus on one of their most common presentations – asthma. Asthma is such a common condition, affecting one… viaContinue reading “Asthma for Ambos — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”

Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa

Tweet Series: “Interview with the Author…” The badEM crew interviewed Crystal Bae regarding her newly released article in AfJEM Volume 6 Issue 2 entitled: “Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania & Ghana survey” Original Research by Crystal Bae, Heike Geduld, Lee A. Wallis, De VilliersContinue reading “Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa”

Lining It All Up — Songs or Stories

It’s been a while since a collected tips and tricks post. Previously we’ve had posts on cannulation, bag-mask technique and laryngoscopy. Time to get back to vessels and some odds and ends on central lines. Anaesthetists are skilled at many things. Airways. Making scrubs look fashionable. Or deliberately unfashionable. Even making small talk. Sometimes withoutContinue reading “Lining It All Up — Songs or Stories”

Still Meandering Towards Apneic Oxygenation — Emergency Medicine Literature of Note

The use of apneic oxygenation – so-called NODESAT – has been gaining rapidly in popularity. Curiously enough, however, its continued promotion occurs in the absence of high-quality evidence for benefit.This most recent study is a prospective, observational evaluation of two years’ worth of intubation procedural outcomes. Patients receiving passive oxygenation during intubation were compared with… viaContinue reading “Still Meandering Towards Apneic Oxygenation — Emergency Medicine Literature of Note”

Spring Seminar Goes to Noosa! — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog

https://player.vimeo.com/video/166344825 The Spring Seminar on Emergency Medicine is going to Noosa in September 2016! In case you haven’t been to an SSEM before – this is a boutique Australasian emergency conference run by a not-for-profit organisation. It is squarely aimed at EM clinicans who like to get their hands dirty. The emphasis is on practical… viaContinue reading “Spring Seminar Goes to Noosa! — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog”

Acute Behavioural Disturbance — St.Emlyn’s

St.Emlyn's – Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed A 31 year old gentleman is wheeled into your resuscitation room by two paramedics and four police officers. You were pre-alerted five minutes ago that you would be receiving an agitated man who was found in the street acting aggressively. The police tell you they found evidence of cocaine use.…Continue reading “Acute Behavioural Disturbance — St.Emlyn’s”

A Bundle for TBI

Not that long ago Dr Alan Garner described the process for developing Carebundles as part of trying to deliver the best care and measure it at the same time. Here’s the first of the follow-up posts: on TBI. The isolated severe traumatic brain injury bundle As a follow up to our blog about Carebundles and their generalContinue reading “A Bundle for TBI”