Category Archives: FOAMEd

ANZCA Acute Pain management: Scientific Evidence 2015

@anzca Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence 2015 – Great read for anyone who Rx's pain #FOAMed #FOAMcc https://t.co/XFMqs32pXk — Chris Edwards (@EMtraveller) December 29, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Kudos to ANZCA for publishing this excellent open access resource on acute pain management . It has a prehospital analgesia chapter that is a must read!

Capturing the Perfect Pose

Andrew Weatherall shares a bit on considerations when helping people take pictures right the first time.  Anaesthetists spend a lot of time thinking about tweaking the perfect anaesthetic. Thinking and talking. Obsessing over the perfect wakeup, debating how to deliver the perfect neuroanaesthetic or talking up looking after the cardiac kiddies. So why are there things thatContinue reading “Capturing the Perfect Pose”

Emergency Doctors without boundaries: we need to talk about violence against women

Tweet Author: Dr Lucy Hindle – Emergency Physician – Gauteng, South Africa Co-author: Katy Hindle – Programme Manager – Gender Unit, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa Edited by: Dr Kat Evans – Emergency Physician – Cape Town, South Africa What is intimate partner violence?    IPV is violence perpetrated by an…Continue reading “Emergency Doctors without boundaries: we need to talk about violence against women”

Once Bitten, When to Fly?

It is very exciting to introduce Tim Wallace, flight nurse from the Top End, on a topic sorely neglected for a website coming from Australia – animals that can kill you. Actually, perhaps Tim can introduce Tim.  “When I was a researcher working for a haematologist, I wanted to be a paramedic, but I endedContinue reading “Once Bitten, When to Fly?”