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(1) TESTS Investigations and Tests: Be ‘judicious’ with your choice of tests. Please don’t send alpha-1 antitrypsin, c-peptide, diazepam levels or mast cell tryptase! (or a D-dimer without thought) By all means take your histories with brevity and send off appropriate tests early. This will save time and help you achieve the necessary time targets at … More 10 ways to survive your time in Emergency
“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
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
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