Critical Care and ICU
Trauma Team Training (TTT) This month saw another instalment of the Westmead Hospital Trauma Team Training. This highly recommended course is a one day simulation workshop for all specialities involved in trauma management at Westmead Hospital. The TTT course is associated with a recent redesign of the approach to trauma at Westmead which is one of 5 Major … More Trauma Team Training and Human Factors
Case 3 – Mechanical Ventilation I recently encountered a challenging clinical case (consented to share here). In the case a patient required a one hour transfer between two hospitals. The young patient had an recessive inherited chronic lung disease and was immunosuppressed They had presented to their local hospital after developing progressive severe shortness of … More Difficult Ventilation using the Oxylog 3000
Case 2 – Toxicology Cassie is 17 years old, she has no medical history of note. She is currently living with her Parents and Grandmother. After a fight with her mother at dinner she stormed out stating ‘I hate you all.’ An hour later she tells her mother she has taken ‘some of Nan’s pills.’ … More Toxicology Case
The University Classroom in 2013 The modern teaching environment has changed significantly in the last ten years for both the teacher and learner. The student is faced with a large choice of information sources and they can often access much of their University or College materials online. Lectures are often available in advance online leaving … More FOAM
Inspired by the great SMACC conference last month I felt somewhat obliged to create a blog with a FOAM theme on Emergency Medicine and Professional Development. I hope it’ll be useful for sharing resources as per the Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) Model as well as useful for my own Education…
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