Our American ER doc gone walk looks at how Tassie differs from the US in terms of the roles of docs, nurses, techs and physician assistants.
Who’s gonna insert that cannula, place that urinary catheter, whatever?
December 7, 2011 By 10 Comments
Emergency Blog Shout Outs
December 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
…and so the Emergency Blogging Community swells once more – introducing 4 new blogs and raising the question – why are emergency physicians so prolific in the blogosphere
Paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity
December 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
A 49-year old lady presents to a rural Australian hospital with paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity. Can you predict whether she is likely to need liver transplantation (and therefore urgent aeromedical retrieval)?
EMU Essays December 2011
December 6, 2011 By 2 Comments
The essays from the December 2011 edition of EMU focus on migraine, hidradrenitis suppurativa and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Emergency Medicine Update December 2011
December 6, 2011 By 2 Comments
The latest edition of Yosef Liebman’s monthly Emergency Medicine Update is out! Read on for a whirlwind review of the latest emergency medicine literature.
The LITFL Review 047
December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care.
Sanuk Barefoot Challenge
December 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
Just completed week 1 of the ‘barefoot challenge’. So far, so good – much less back ache and strain – hopefully this ‘walking naturally’ stuff will work out to increase productivity and decrease whingeing!
Casenote Bedside Ultrasound
December 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Initial trials with ‘Patient Hair Analysis – Qualitative, Objective or Facile Folly?’ (the PHAQ-OFF trial), although with initially promising results, did not yield a suitably discriminative outcome for widespread use and remains a research tool only.
Looking back at ‘Educating For Our Future’
December 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
Bish Rajapakse looks back through a trainee’s eyes at the 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. The theme was ‘Educating for our Future”.
Emergency Medicine Training in LDCs
December 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Chris Curry’s slideshow from his recent talk on Emergency Medicine Training in LDCs, given at the 2011 ACEM ASM in Sydney. He discusses EM training in Nepal, PNG and Botswana.
