IS THIS STILL HAPPENING? The BMJ published a quantitative study reviewing medical student teaching experiences. Thankfully there were many examples of positive role models and effective and approachable teachers providing guidance and support. Alarmingly, there were also reports of teaching by humiliation and a hierarchical and competitive atmosphere, particularly during clinical training years. No one…
#badEM16: Sian Geraty – Too wild, too free, too accustomed to death — #badEM
I’m Sian and I’m an Emergency Medicine registrar in Cape Town, South Africa. I consider myself the luckiest girl in the world to get to do what I love in our incredible country. Here we have the most diverse patients, the craziest stories, the widest range of pathologies, and more opportunities that you can imagine.…
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Broader use of gas analysers will save lives
Be interested in your feedback on this:
Broader use of gas analysers will save liveshttps://t.co/RfyggAKOgY
— patientsafe (@patientsafe3) October 8, 2016
Retrieval Medicine – Dr John O’Neill — C-Foam
Dr John O’Neill is a retrieval specialist and emergency physician working in Tropical North Queensland. John has previously worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and trained in aeromedical retrieval in the UK. In his talk, John recommends two books that he considers worth reading.
The Rest of Their Lives — The Collective
At the recent Student Paramedics Australasia International Conference 2016 held in Sydney, Dr Andrew Weatherall was given the topic of “things paramedics can do to produce better long-term outcomes after traumatic brain injury”. This is a version of that talk modified for the blog. This topic, that someone else came up with, gets it. So much […]
Prehospital ketamine use by Australian paramedics
Prehospital ketamine use by paramedics in Australian Capital Territory. https://t.co/qwaOubWsn3 #FOAMed #FOAMems #ketamine ping @ketaminh
— Sergey Motov (@painfreeED) October 6, 2016
The Death of DL or a slight over-exaggeration?
Have you listened to @DrJeffJarvis discuss why he only uses VL both in and out of the hospital? Listened now on our #FOAMed #podcast https://t.co/fGCTXi3KGy
— Chip with TOTAL EM (@the_TOTAL_EM) September 28, 2016
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@DrJeffJarvis explains why he found King Vision the best VL and how it's better than DL in this #FOAMed #podcast https://t.co/kxj5NOwVEm pic.twitter.com/gBfF8lh6PX
— Chip with TOTAL EM (@the_TOTAL_EM) October 4, 2016
MACMAN RCT SHOWS VL NO BETTER THAN DL!
McGrath Mac videolaryngoscope versus Macintosh laryngoscope for orotracheal intubation in intensive care patients
MACMAN#LIVES2016— Jamie Strachan (@strachanjamie) October 3, 2016
MACMAN
So could Mcgrath increase first pass from 65% to 80% over Mac?
Power calc suggested 370 pts needed based on that#LIVES2016— Jamie Strachan (@strachanjamie) October 3, 2016
Result of MACMAN is…
NO DIFFERENCE!
70% first pass in both#LIVES2016— Jamie Strachan (@strachanjamie) October 3, 2016
I use something to get round corner w McGrath but French guidelines don’t use bougies apparently. Is this why no diff in MACMAN? #LIVES2016
— Jamie Strachan (@strachanjamie) October 3, 2016
Interesting in MACMAN – McGrath just exchanged 1 problem for another (swapped poor view with Mac for difficulty getting tube in)#LIVES2016
— Jamie Strachan (@strachanjamie) October 3, 2016
Some discussion that non-experts using devices in MACAMAN but for me it has to be used by non experts (trained of course) #LIVES2016
— Jamie Strachan (@strachanjamie) October 3, 2016
#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…
An Absolute Beginners Guide to Anaesthetics
Introducing the first Propofology Free eBook – "An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Anaesthetics" https://t.co/z0VyqbkOEZ #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/6ZqosQeXOF
— David Lyness (@Gas_Craic) September 27, 2016
#badEM16: Ross Hofmeyr – My best and biggest blunders — #badEM
“Let your mistakes haunt you and they will destroy you. Let your mistakes teach you and they will grow you” – Ross Hofmeyr Dr Ross Hofmeyr talks about making mistakes and how we deal with them through telling the stories of his best and biggest blunders. Because the only clinicians who do not make…
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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…
Ketamine Dissociated Intubation
The Needle… Or The Damage Done — Don’t Forget the Bubbles
Paediatric critical procedures are rare in the emergency department. Data from one Victorian network showed that 83% of emergency physicians had not performed one in a twelve month period. We also know from audit data that we seem to have a lower first pass success rate (around 78%) when it comes to paediatric intubation. We…
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FIELD AMPUTATIONS —
A paper in EMJ compares various methods for performing field amputations. I can’t say I ever had to do one myself. However, some of the people I work with have performed amputations on rapidly deteriorating entrapped trauma victims. Most them have relied on the … Continue reading →





