Update on emergency care in South Africa 2017

As part of the EMSSA/ECCSA conference in Sun City we attended an update on where we are with the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) in the Emergency Care field of South Africa. Introducing the topic Michael McCaul (researcher from the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Stellenbosch University) gave us an overview of his research on the…

via An Update on Emergency Care in South Africa — #badEM

INtraosseous access update 2017

The various devices which Tony discusses are: This video shows the rapidity of infusion entering the circulation from a humeral IO. This is the paper mentioned by Tony, which shows the stepwise improvement in mortality amongst combat casualties from military conflict 2003-2012, including the ‘unicorn’ graph: Anatomy of bones and the humerus related to intraosseus access […]

via Episode 23: Intraosseus access — phemcast

International volunteering

Dr Hannah Phelan / Adventure Medic News Editor & UK Anaesthetic Trainee / Zambia Hannah Phelan, an anaesthetic trainee and member of Adventure Medic’s editorial team, is currently working on an anaesthetic project in Zambia. A passionate advocate for uniting UK medical training and global, humanitarian medicine, Hannah talks us through an incredibly important document…

via Mutual Benefits of International Volunteering: The Evidence — Adventure Medic