Category Archives: FOAMEd

Own the Hamilton T1 — EmergencyPedia

The Hamilton T1 Switching from the Oxylog 3000+ (or similar) to the Hamilton T1 seems to be a ubiquitous challenge in many ICUs, EDs and retrieval services across Australia and beyond We respectfully “copy” and adapt LIFTL’s prior blog for 2021 and the Hamilton – CLICK HERE From 2015 – Own the OXYLOG 3000 For […]Continue reading “Own the Hamilton T1 — EmergencyPedia”

Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Vascular Access — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

Cite this article as: Trent Calcutt. Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Vascular Access, Don’t Forget the Bubbles, 2021. Available at:https://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.23253 One of my favourite things in paediatrics is the expanding role of ultrasound guided vascular access. When I started as a paediatric registrar, I’d just finished an adult ICU term where I’d become spent a majority of… UltrasoundContinue reading “Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Vascular Access — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”

How a doctor’s suicide broke the silence – Conversations – ABC Radio

Gastroenterologist Andrew Bryant’s active, social and positive exterior gave no hint of the depression he was suffering. Days after his tragic death his wife Susan wrote an email making it clear she and her adult children were not ashamed of the way he died. It went viral (CW: suicide) — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/doctors-suicide-susan-bryant-andrew-bryant/13335414

3 Batteries in the Multiverse — Songs or Stories

It is the longest time since a post. Because of reasons of course. All of the boring reasons. And I would like to pretend that this post heralds the resumption of really regular posts. It does not. This site is a great location after doing a talk though because I can easily put up all […]Continue reading “3 Batteries in the Multiverse — Songs or Stories”

Asthma drug budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19 — PRINCIPLE Trial

Inhaled budesonide, a common corticosteroid, is the first widely available, inexpensive drug found to shorten recovery times in COVID-19 patients aged over 50 who are treated at home and in other community settings, reports the PRINCIPLE trial in 1,779 participants. — Read on http://www.principletrial.org/news/asthma-drug-budesonide-shortens-recovery-time-in-non-hospitalised-patients-with-covid-19/

Emergency cricothyroidotomy and conversion tracheostomy in a patient with COVID-19: a case report | HKMJ

Hong Kong Med J 2021;27:Epub 7 Apr 2021 https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj209062 Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. — Read on http://www.hkmj.org/earlyrelease/hkmj209062.htm

Why I had a COVID-19 vaccine when my turn came | InSight+

One of the most significant individual contributions that most of us can make to the lives and security of all the members of our community is to get vaccinated against COVID-19, writes Will Cairns — Read on insightplus.mja.com.au/2021/12/why-i-had-a-covid-19-vaccine-when-my-turn-came/