The story behind Australia’s first Nobel Peace Prize

General Awareness

The core job when you reach for general anaesthesia is to provide a general lack of awareness. So what about when it doesn’t work? The person making the coffee sort of has to make the coffee right. I’m pretty sure newsreaders serve the primary function of reading the words about the news. Near as I can […]

via When the GA doesn’t do the job – Awareness and Kids — Songs or Stories

A perfect Airway Storm up North

This episode I reflect upon a really tough airway case. I have asked a number of airway gurus from the FOAMed community to comment on the logistics and plan to manage this case. Thanks to Tim Leeuwenburg, Rich Levitan, Roger Harris and Dr Richard Lewis of their contributions. The patient 50 year old woman with…

via Clinical Case 143: a Perfect Airway Storm — Broome Docs

Happy Airway NEW YEAR in Sydney !

A prospective observational study of midazolam and droperidol for pre-hospital acute behavioural disturbance

Brilliant prehospital research from Queensland once again that will likely change practice in other states. Just like what we did with ketamine in aeromedical retrieval!

A prospective observation study of midazolam and droperidol for pre-hospital acute behavioural disturbance