IS THIS STILL HAPPENING? The BMJ published a quantitative study reviewing medical student teaching experiences. Thankfully there were many examples of positive role models and effective and approachable teachers providing guidance and support. Alarmingly, there were also reports of teaching by humiliation and a hierarchical and competitive atmosphere, particularly during clinical training years. No one… viaContinue reading “TEACHING BY HUMILIATION AND BELITTLEMENT. — C-Foam”
Category Archives: FOAMEd
The Rest of Their Lives — The Collective
At the recent Student Paramedics Australasia International Conference 2016 held in Sydney, Dr Andrew Weatherall was given the topic of “things paramedics can do to produce better long-term outcomes after traumatic brain injury”. This is a version of that talk modified for the blog. This topic, that someone else came up with, gets it. SoContinue reading “The Rest of Their Lives — The Collective”
#badEM16: Ross Hofmeyr – My best and biggest blunders — #badEM
“Let your mistakes haunt you and they will destroy you. Let your mistakes teach you and they will grow you” – Ross Hofmeyr Dr Ross Hofmeyr talks about making mistakes and how we deal with them through telling the stories of his best and biggest blunders. Because the only clinicians who do not make… via #badEM16:Continue reading “#badEM16: Ross Hofmeyr – My best and biggest blunders — #badEM”
The Hot Zone – Starter Points for Burns Anaesthesia — Songs or Stories
A recent review in the BJA on fluid management in burns patients is a trigger to consider some tips for managing the patient having burns debridement. By Dr Andrew Weatherall Why would you do it? Why would you vary your usual practice with a pleasant surgeon(*), predictable procedures and a pleasant theatre environment just built […]Continue reading “The Hot Zone – Starter Points for Burns Anaesthesia — Songs or Stories”
JellyBean 047 with Mads Astvad of ScanFOAM — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F269404622&visual=true&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false There is very little rotten in the state of Denmark. I got Mads Astvad of http://www.scanfoam.org to come and chat to me about everything Danish. He didn’t do that. He had his own ideas. Brilliant. Denmark; whats not to like?They make all their energy sustainably. They are now number 4 on the Human Development Index.…Continue reading “JellyBean 047 with Mads Astvad of ScanFOAM — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog”
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
Managing Initial Mechanical Ventilation in the Emergency Department by Scott Weingart
"Best ventilatory strategy in obstructive pt to avoid intubation altogether” >in kids++ https://t.co/XmQCBjurTZ by @emcrit HT @broomedocs — Damian Roland (@Damian_Roland) August 31, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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”
JellyBean 046 with Ruth Bird — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F269116673&visual=true&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false A sports mad yet sensible woman. It’s @DrRuthBird from #SMACCdub (She turned down free beer, paid for by @precordialthump, in order to talk to me and thus talk to you.) Sport! More sport! The Rio Olympics are in full flow. The European Football season has started. That means thousands and thousands of people all crammed…Continue reading “JellyBean 046 with Ruth Bird — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog”
Lecture: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Part (Overview and Non-STE-ACS) and Part 2 (STEMI) — Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog
Here is a pdf of all the slides (parts I and 2). This contains some extra slides which were "hidden" in the presentation.Part 1: Overview and Non-ST Elevation ACS Part 2: ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction via Lecture: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Part (Overview and Non-STE-ACS) and Part 2 (STEMI) — Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
Getting to the Start Line — The Collective
We can debate the value of this advanced team model vs that advanced team model. We can debate videolaryngoscopy vs direct laryngoscopy for days. People do. Its all chump change compared to the real challenge. Getting that team where they need to be. Dr Alan Garner and Dr Andrew Weatherall have a bit reviewing aContinue reading “Getting to the Start Line — The Collective”
Things That Come Afterwards — Songs or Stories
The bit at the start is controlled. Mostly. The bit at the end is more at the mercy of other things. Dr Andrew Weatherall has a practical review on emergence delirium. In showbusiness there is apparently a saying that you should never work with animals or children. I guess the theory is that both kidsContinue reading “Things That Come Afterwards — Songs or Stories”
JellyBean 044 with Kat Evans and BADEM — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F276269206&visual=true&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false Jellybean Two for One Deal. @Kat__Evans shares two interesting stories; #FOAMed in the resource poor world and the BADEM website a very personal story about what happens when your mum gets “proper sick” on the other side of the world. (I know I have had to think about that. Maybe you have too?) It turns…Continue reading “JellyBean 044 with Kat Evans and BADEM — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog”
PHARM Podcast 146 CPR induced Consciousness with Matt Shepherd
CPRIC-Health Professionals experience with this clinical presentation https://t.co/oNYF1Z5UdF @ketaminh @SASCONSULTPARA @AmbulanceVic — Matt Shepherd (@mattshep71) August 3, 2016
JellyBean 043 Paramedic Michael Stanley — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F275225489&visual=true&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false Alternative Career. Alternative Energy. Alternative Jellybean Podcaster. Matt MacPartlin (@RollCageMedic) interviews a paramedic who has a odd view of the world especially when he is at work. Alternative careers and alternative energy. So you’ve completed your training. The world is ready for you. It has a plan for you. It has a lifelong career path…Continue reading “JellyBean 043 Paramedic Michael Stanley — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog”
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 