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Emergency Medicine Interest Group The Disaster Workshop is an Annual Event at Westmead since 2008 E.M.I.G. event with Dr Kavita Varshney MBBS FACEM PRE READING “DISASTER MEDICINE” Westmead Hospital Dr Varshney is a local expert in the area of disaster and one of the key members of the Western Sydney Disaster Team. Be sure not to miss … More EMIG Event – Disaster Medicine – 23rd of July (4pm)
Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) Pre-hospital Workshop – Flipped Classroom The EMIG pre-hospital workshop is a popular workshop run every two years at Westmead Emergency. This will be run in 2016 on the 10th and 11th of May from 4.30pm. Station 1 What’s in an Ambulance? Pre-hospital Workshop 1 (PDF) Station 2 Extrication (simulation) Pre-hospital Workshop … More Pre-hospital Workshop (Flipped Classroom)
Update on Mechanical CPR – 2014 Dr Anantharaman (from Singapore) shared his expertise about Mechanical CPR at the ICEM 2014 Conference in Hong Kong and I was an interested listener having recently posted on this subject. Hong Kong – ICEM 2014 There is a need for improving CPR quality in all countries as survival … More Fresh Perspective on Mechanical CPR – Pearls from ICEM 2014
The Long Term “K Hole” Great info being presented at the ICEM 2014 Toxicology Workshop by local Hong Kong speakers: What are the long term side-effects of a wee intranasal dram*** of Ketamine? (***apparently a popular student and young person’s past time in Hong Kong) K Cysitis – Significant Renal Injury associated with Long Term … More The Downside of Ketamine
Chinese Medicine Poisoning Chinese Medicine Toxicology (Dr Man Li Tse) Toxicity associated with Chinese Medicine accounts for 8% of all calls to the poison centre in Hong Kong 1 in 5 medical consultations are carried out by Chinese Medicine practitioners Three Types of Chinese Medicine Three Preparations are commonly used: Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbal Soups … More Chinese Medicine Poisoning – Pearls from ICEM 2014
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