In memory of Dr John Hinds
Recently a tragic mix up where oxygen tubing was connected to a urinary catheter resulted in the death of ex-Socceroo Steve Herczeg (see here). ‘How can anyone make this mistake?’ Unfortunately events like this occur regularly – we often only here of them via the media – our error report systems lacking transparency (see here). […]
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.”How to respond to an ICU patient asking if she/he is going to die”: this is the title of the article published by Margaret Isaac and J. Randall Curtis online first last September in Intensive Care Medicine, as “What´s New in Intensive Care?”.It is not easy at all to establish…
via “Doctor, am I going to die?” — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE
Jim DuCanto just keeps making stuff. @RollCageMedic caught up with him in Dublin and chewed the cud, the fat and the kids toys. I have kids. You might have kids. Even if you don’t have kids you probably were a kid at some point in the past. Kids chew up and spit out plastic toys.…
via JellyBean 050 with Jim DuCanto and AirwayNautics — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
Honoured to have been a small part of #smaccFORCE @smaccteam via web: https://t.co/IV3KNQQn3k #pdcst pic.twitter.com/rXKEcjk8nl
— John Glasheen (@jglash) October 21, 2016
Great article on dealing w/ racist (and sexist) patients here: https://t.co/VAJqaSW80b @purdy_eve @ketaminh @HeatherM211 #thatsbias
— Megan Ranney MD MPH (@meganranney) October 22, 2016
Just came in!!! #FOAMed #FOAM @aLittleMedic @emcrit @ketaminh #whatwouldjohndo @smaccteam pic.twitter.com/7vEJLB5JCv
— Phill Aguet (@emclerkship2) October 21, 2016
Mobile stroke ambulances to treat victims in Chicago suburbs https://t.co/mYtCNurcaA (Are these justified in a city so dense w/ hospitals?)
— Steve Cripe RN (@scripe57) October 21, 2016
Every prehospital mission involves a series of complex decisions, with inevitable trade offs. How do we ensure that we make the correct choices for our patients? The post Prehospital trade-offs appeared first on Intensive Care Network.
It’s been a while since we’ve had a tips and tricks post. Having covered things about peripheral cannulation, thoughts on central lines, insights into bag-mask work and pointers for laryngoscope use it seems like time to get the finger on the pulse. Putting in an arterial cannula can be a pretty tricky exercise. There is more […]
via Under Pressure – Hitting that Arterial Line — Songs or Stories
Last time Jodie Martin, Flight Nurse extraordinaire dropped by she shared one of our most popular posts ever. Jodie returns with a little on the Top End experience of sepsis. Time for a look at some remote medicine again. CareFlight provides the aeromedical service for the top half of the Northern Territory (NT) in Australia. […]
National Anaesthesia Day celebrates the 1st ether anaesthetic 170 years ago today! #NAD16 https://t.co/Mf6YZcNj9Q https://t.co/Mf6YZcNj9Q
— ANZCA (@ANZCA) October 16, 2016
Registration for #dassmaccforce will open Oct 25-26th. https://t.co/l4bAXNBdT9
— SMACCForce (@SmaccForce) October 15, 2016
#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 SMACC Team (@smaccteam) October 14, 2016
Terrorism is a new threat for pre hospital care specialists. Even if you’re experienced in trauma patient management expect surprises if you are involved in a multi site multi modal terrorist attack The post A world of new threats appeared first on Intensive Care Network.
The ETM Course is now sold out for 2016, but fear not! We have just listed all course dates and locations for 2017. You can see all of the course dates, locations and information on our course dates page. View course dates and register here! Next year we are expanding around Australia and New Zealand.…
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 