Discrimination in Health Care

“Bullying and discrimination of any kind has no place in healthcare.” While we ‘SHOULD’ take action when we see cases of discrimination when they are witnessed – it can be a challenge. Firstly, there are lots of actions that could make individuals feel undermined but without overt or clear evidence of intent we can sometimes […]

via Discrimination in Healthcare – Moving Forward? — EmergencyPedia

Just a little prick

Putting a cannula in kids can be… well, an experience. Dr Andrew Weatherall has a collection of tips and tricks that might just be useful. Cannulas. Little people. Not always a match made in heaven. At the joint I work doing kids’ anaesthesia, we often note that they are the great leveller because it […]

via Just a Prick – Things that Might Just Work with Kids IVs — The Collective

North Australian stuff that can kill & maim you

This is the vodcast version of a talk I am giving at the Australian College of Dermatology meeting next week. Why am I speaking at a Derm conference? Who knows! My knowledge of skin is superficial at best…. Anyway they wanted to know about things that might kill you in Broome… so humans aside, these…

via Northern Nautical Nasties — Broome Docs