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DasSMACC 2017 : The countdown begins!

#DasSMACC program is out! I'm excited to see names such as @drnikkistamp @MartinBromiley @Kevin_Fong & @mjslabbert https://t.co/A7ogVh58rM pic.twitter.com/oQ18iNeYsV — Jess (@EMS_Junkie) October 13, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Tick Tock – 11 days & counting. Most tickets will be release on 26.10.16 0800 Syd, so this is your best shot at scoring one! @MartinBromiley pic.twitter.com/ZmiuFj7xYw — The SMACCContinue reading “DasSMACC 2017 : The countdown begins!”

#badEM16 free Emergency Medicine Symposium — #badEM

http://www.badem.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Time-Lapse.mp4 Over the next few months we will be releasing the presentations as blogposts with summaries, videos, podcasts and infographics! Keep scrolling down for links all the talks! Did you attend badEM16? Download your CPD certificate HERE Please take a minute to complete our feedback form – we would love to hear… via #badEM16 free EmergencyContinue reading “#badEM16 free Emergency Medicine Symposium — #badEM”

Portable Vomit Simulator — KI Doc

https://player.vimeo.com/video/185109587 I’ve just got back from another Critically Ill Airway (CIA) course at The Alfred, run by intensivist Chris Nickson of LITFL. This packed two day course is designed for anaesthetic, emergency, intensive care and rural doctors and combines a multitude of hands-on task training with immersive simulation scenarios. Great fun and highly recommended, although heavy…Continue reading “Portable Vomit Simulator — KI Doc”

Respect to privacy in ICU

The main priority of the patients and families who suffer critical illness is recover the state of health, relegating to a second flat in the most of the occasions the emotional welfare, even their own privacy and in many cases, accepting that they can´t choose in their "role" of sick persons. Disease threatens two fundamentalContinue reading “Respect to privacy in ICU”

Angling for Trouble? Catch and Release for Heroin Overdose. — AmboFOAM

Ok, I’ll make this quick, as it’s half time during the Bledisloe Cup, and nothing is more important than seeing Straya get beaten (again). Therefore, no references – but I’ll follow up with some data once another study has been published (in the pipeline) via Angling for Trouble? Catch and Release for Heroin Overdose. — AmboFOAM

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”