ACE THE OSCE 2026:2 – Tickets Click Here Course dates Evening Taster: Tips and TricksThursday 25 June 2026, 1900 AESTOnline | Free Whole-Day Coached OSCE CourseFriday 24 July 2026, 0800 AESTWestmead Simulation Centre | In person | Paid Click here for a quick E.O.I. to receive updates: EOI FORM Or click here for more info: COURSE … More ACEM OSCE Course (Updated May 2026)
This thrilling episode is all about retrieval medicine – we will first discuss the impact of pre-hospital advanced airway management on the neurological outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA). Then, we will dissect down the much dreaded (but potentially lifesaving!) scalpel cricothyroidotomy and, to finish, we will infuse ourselves into a discussion about pre-hospital administration of thawed plasma in patients at risk of haemorrhagic shock. This month’s interlude segments will be presented by retrieval specialists, Dr Ruby Hsu and Dr Ruth Parsell. … More Emergency Medicine Podcast – Retrieval
VR for ALS training – now available at Westmead Hospital … More ALS-SimVR – Life Support Team Training APP
Listen Here: Theme: Women In Medicine Participants: Dr Danielle Unwin, Amanda De Silva (ED advanced trainee) Jessica Stabler (neurology advanced trainee), Istabraq Raashed (ED advanced trainee), Harry Hong (ED SRMO), Shreyas Iyer, Caroline Tyers and Samoda Wilegoda Mudalige. Discussion 1: Stehli, J., Martin, C., Brennan, A., Dinh, D., Lefkovits, J., & Zaman, S. (2019). Sex Differences … More Women in Medicine – Podcast
In this Emergency Cardiology special, the podcast team talk about the role of coronary angiography after cardiac arrest in patients who do not have STEMI before diving into a discussion about Ticagrelor and Prasugrel in patients with ACS and, to finish off, we will have a heart-to-heart conversation about an exciting new ECG pattern that could indicate inferior MI. … More Emergency Cardiology Podcast
Welcome to your new ED term at Westmead Emergency Department. Here are our resources for Resident and Intern inductions in the ED JMO Manual ED Quick Referral Pathway Cards 2. Role allocation and Drug Card: ED inductions sims: Core ED Practice Cases / Questions Our team of registrars and consultants have created a series of … More JMO Page – Westmead Emergency (updated Dec 2022)
“A NEW INTENSIVE CRASH COURSE FOR THE ACEM OSCE EXAM” … More More About OSCE Preparation Course
Airway Workshop 2015 … More Airway Avalanche
“Be interested in your learners – they will value this and are more likely to benefit from the simulation” … More 7 Simulation Pearls – Westmead Debrief Workshop
When put on the spot can you tell ‘how many milligrams of Lignocaine (lidocaine) there are in 5mls of a 1 percent solution?‘ Well, don’t worry if you are not sure, panic is most people’s initial thought. In healthcare the classic confusion exists with “%” solutions and “1:1000” dilutions. In this post we would like … More The Solution to Dilution
Conformity Healthcare teams need and often thrive on commonality and even conformity. Protocols, role clarity and coordinated action can make complex care safer and are often promoted. Social Forces The same social forces that enable slick CPR performance and the team displaying ‘relational coordination‘ (shown above) can become dangerous when clinicians fail to communicate uncertainty … More Speaking Up in Emergency Medicine: Conformity, Approachability and Challenge in Emergency Teams
Inaugural ANZ Pulmonary Embolism Symposium led by Westmead Respiratory Friend – Dr Jimmy Chien This PE class is going to be massive… The inaugural Multidisciplinary Australia and New Zealand Pulmonary Embolism Symposium will be held on 26–27 October 2026 at The Emporium Hotel, South Bank, Brisbane. This independent Australasian meeting will bring together clinicians, researchers … More PE Symposium
The exploratory study on eCPR at two Sydney hospitals involved 18 clinicians in six eCPR cases, revealing strong teamwork but challenges with noise, communication, and clinician stress, highlighting areas for future improvements. … More Beyond cannulation: the human factors shaping emergency department eCPR
Critical Debrief: Podcast Episode 4: What is clinical event debriefing, how does it differ from the simulation debriefing we all know, and how do you actually make it routine in a busy ED? Emergency clinician Prof Walter Eppich joins host Kit Rowe and the team for a deep dive. PODCAST – CLICK HERE Host: Kit Rowe | Panel: Pramod Chandru, … More Podcast on Clinical Event Debriefing
7 Minute Read Recently, simulation expert Professor Gerry Gormley shared that he had renamed his simulation debriefing room the Learning Conversation Room The name change is subtle, but it struck me as a powerful reframing. At a recent simulation symposium in Sydney, Professor Walter Eppich and Nathan Oliver challenged the common tendency to place “debriefing”, … More Learning Conversations: Feedback, Coaching and Debriefing in Health Professions Education
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