https://player.vimeo.com/video/248696555 This talk was recorded live on the first day at DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out on 2017 then why not book your leave for 2018 now. Tickets are on sale for the pre-conference workshops as well as the conference itself at http://www.dftb18.com. Kat Evans is an emergency physician working in Mitchell Plains in…Continue reading “Paediatrics in South Africa”
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Airway knowledge doesnt autoupdate
Well that was a bit of a gap. A quick post on the return about something we all know we know but could do with unknowing – simple stuff on the paediatric airway. I don’t think my computer embeds a knowledge of anything. Or my phone. Everything is up for updating. I know because allContinue reading “Airway knowledge doesnt autoupdate”
Baby’s eyes and the three bears
This is the written post version of a talk by Dr Andrew Weatherall for the South African Society of Anesthesiologists Congress 2017. As invited faculty the organising committee covered registration, accommodation and travel to attend. There are a bunch of ways a talk involving three bears and baby’s eyes could go. I don’t think it’sContinue reading “Baby’s eyes and the three bears”
New requests for old diseases
This post is a written version of a talk by Dr Andrew Weatherall delivered at the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists Congress in 2017. The organising committee extended the invite and covered travel, accommodation and registration costs. We’re all pretty used to dealing with requests from surgeons. Changes in bed position. A dose of antibiotics […]Continue reading “New requests for old diseases”
Kids Prehospital care Here and There
This is the written version of a talk by Dr Andrew Weatherall for the South African Society of Anesthesiologists Congress 2017, just held in Johannesburg. It’s probably just about the shiny things. You probably figure that a talk on prehospital paediatric medicine in Sydney should be about shiny pictures of that thing we call theContinue reading “Kids Prehospital care Here and There”
Better takeaway options for kids
This post is the written version of a talk by Dr Andrew Weatherall for the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists Congress 2017 in Johannesburg. The organising committee extended the invitation to be part of the faculty and paid for travel, accommodation and registration. This thing has the working title “The Tao of Better Takeaway Options […]Continue reading “Better takeaway options for kids”
Two Tribes? — Don’t Forget the Bubbles
Setting up a conference can be a challenge. When you have a product that you want to to market you have to first know your target audience. We have a broad readership at Don’t Forget The Bubbles and so defining our target audience has been a particular challenge. Readers will know that we aim to… viaContinue reading “Two Tribes? — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”
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… viaContinue reading “The Needle… Or The Damage Done — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”
The Dangerous Little Details
A new bit of research is out looking at paediatric intubation in the prehospital and retrieval setting. Picking it up and turning it this way, that way and all around, here’s Dr Andrew Weatherall. Advanced prehospital practitioners that I’ve met have some pretty common traits. They are pretty comfortable around things that other people might findContinue reading “The Dangerous Little Details”
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks – Or A Visit To An Alien Planet
One of the excellent things about retrieval work is the opportunity a clinician is presented with to try new things. Dr Alan Garner reflects on his recent experiences trying out a very particular branch of retrieval medicine – neonates and paediatrics. I have recently had the opportunity to do some work with NETS in NSWContinue reading “Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks – Or A Visit To An Alien Planet”
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