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Does video make for little airway stars?
Originally posted on The Collective:
Most of us are always out for new techniques to make difficult cases easier. Videolaryngoscopy is one area of great change over the last decade. Here Andrew Weatherall looks at videolaryngoscopy as it relates to looking after the little kidlet airway. Seeing is believing. It can happen in a moment in sport. It’s the…
Top Tricks for Little Pricks
Originally posted on Songs or Stories:
One of the things we hope to share on here are those practical tips people use in day to day practice. There was an obvious spot to start. This is a post about frustration. It’s a post about humility. It’s a post about annoyance and triumph that shouldn’t be…
#SMACCUS – funny name for a conference by Dr Helgi
I've collected my #smaacUS tweets (minus the trash) and posted them below. My revalidation reflection I think. https://t.co/xQUKsg7n1n — Dr Helgi (@traumagasdoc) August 10, 2015
Chat about Chests – On Holes and Whether Plastic is Fantastic
Originally posted on The Collective:
Dr Andrew Weatherall with an introduction to a new type of thing (well, for this site anyway). *Ahem* [clears throat]. Well, we finally thought we should try chatting. After much delay we finally sat down and tried recording a chat with a microphone. And then after a much longer delay I have…
Load-Play-Go and “6 minutes approach” in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest . Is this just fool?
Originally posted on MEDEST:
I’m really surprised of the great debate that the previous post (Load-Play-Go in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. The “6 minutes approach”) arouse around the “6 minutes approach”, and all the comments on the “load-play and go” way to manage the OHCA patients potentially candidate to Externa Life Support. Most of…
Better Pink or Better Blue? Dealing with Cardiac Kids
Originally posted on Songs or Stories:
OK, here we go. This is the first in a 2 part series on a general approach to kids with cardiac disease. This post, by Dr Andrew Weatherall, is on key points of assessment. The second post in the series will be an attempt to provide simple goals of anaesthesia when looking after…
Paramedic Registration
Originally posted on DOWNSTAIRS CARE OUT THERE BLOG:
If your unaware, the big day for the Paramedic Registration vote is the 7th of August! Time to start making some noise about what we want as paramedics. Registration is Important. So get on social media and make some noise the tag is #PararegAus Its time to…
Managing airways in TBI
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Another SMACC Perspective
Originally posted on AmboFOAM:
This week (somewhat late) we have another perspective on SMACC from Ben Lawson (@Paramedidad). Ben is a Paramedic from Queensland and a first time SMACC attendee. Please note the lateness of this post is entirely my fault: Ben emailed me before even getting home from SMACC. Sorry Ben! ? The post-SMACC return…
“Pinky and the Brain…..”
Hi readers! If you’d ask me about my knowledge of brain injuries, I would have given you a gormless look much similar to Pinky’s one to Brain…. Then I went to a wonderful conference day this week organised by the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance. It was on Brain Injuries (traumatic and medical) and had…
SMACC Chicago 2015 : A Different (and very personal) Perspective
SMACC Chicago 2015 : A Different (and very personal) Perspective Crystal Upshaw RN EHS LIFEFLIGHT Nova Scotia Canada I have read many excellent summaries of the SMACC Chicago experience. They included wonderful synapses and learning points from the conference. I have nothing to add in that regard-all the best points have been covered. Ever sinceContinue reading “SMACC Chicago 2015 : A Different (and very personal) Perspective”
Fidelity – can you have too much of a good thing?
Originally posted on The Collective:
Finally Dr Sam Bendall returns with another post on things educational. This time around it’s about how to focus on fidelity. You can read Sam’s earlier post right about here. The human mind is a complex machine. I am constantly amazed at its ability to “fill in the gaps” or…
SMACCUS Tea line interviews by Rob Lawrence
@smaccteam – The tea line interviews here's what folk had to say @OliFlower @ketaminh http://t.co/UaeflLB2u2 pic.twitter.com/g888x7igA2 — Word on the Street (@wotsukrobl) July 21, 2015
SMACC Chicago Is My Kind of Conference BY ROB LAWRENCE
My @smaccteam report just published in @EMSWorldNews @ketaminh @OliFlower @RogerRdharris http://t.co/7LAjiYhpSu pic.twitter.com/GaY0klRkht — Word on the Street (@wotsukrobl) July 21, 2015
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