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Handwashing The Touch of Death – Hand Hygiene This topic was important at Medical School. You got at least one mark in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in, well, pretty much every OSCE exam. Whether you lost or gained marks for hand hygiene in the mandatory Basic Life Support ‘CPR’ station is uncertain but … More Semmelweis, Germ Theory and Hand Hygiene
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Clinical Governance was a day of two halves; a morning of hard hitting clinical governance in the form of the morbidity and mortality review, and the airway audit. The afternoon was a brief look at the management of head injuries followed by an entertaining simulation and skills station. Morbidity…
Clearly, for the Junior Doctor of 2015 real-life clinical experience in the wards is second to none in terms of learning and professional development. However, for training to manage time critical emergencies effectively using clear clinical communication and effective teamwork simulation has an increasingly important role. We believe that you need the “big” flagship simulation courses (e.g. … More Multi Dose Activated Simulation
Take Homes (8/12/14) Chest Pain and Risk Assessment (Louise Cullen – Brisbane) Key note address by Dr Louise Cullen Chest Pain is a very Common ED presentation with evolving clinical standards Appropriate History, Examination and Investigations are required ‘High Stakes’ for Missing ACS – historically high mortality in missed Myocardial Infarction In the ED the primary goals are … More EM Conference Highlights 1
MEDEST Following the discussion on ectopy and aberrancy (view Ectopy or aberrancy? Google Ecg+ community comments on a clinical case.) Ken Grauer, EKG master and author of many EKG books, gave us the permission to share his “3 SIMPLE Rules” to recognize VT in a simple ad accurate way. Rule #1 Is there extreme … More The “3 SIMPLE Rules”: an easy and accurate tool for recognizing VT
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