MIMMS Course The next MIMMS course for Sydney West area will be in November – anyone who attended the Recent Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) ‘Disaster Workshop‘ may find this useful and can find out more by responding to the invite below. While we have done the course in the past we are not affiliated … More Disaster Course for Western Sydney Hospitals
PDF Download of this Document: Intimate Examination PDF Overview Per Rectal (PR) and Genital Examinations are taught in the undergraduate medical curriculum and often thought to be an integral part of a complete medical examination. I am still haunted by bad memories such as being delegated a ‘stand alone’ PR examination on 19 year old … More Intimate Examination for Health Profession Learners
Ruthlessly Efficient Defibrillation (RED) There are 3 key priorities in managing an Adult patient in Cardiac Arrest: Giving Effective Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) – The most recent revision of the CPR guidelines (2010) have emphasised the ‘C-AB’ approach in adult patients because interruptions in CPR are likely to lead to a diminished chance of achieving Return … More R.E.D. – Ruthlessly Efficient Defibrillation
Disaster Medicine The Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) are organising an upcoming education event on “Disaster Medicine” presented by Dr Kavita Varshney This EMIG Event will be on the 24th of July at 4.30pm – Westmead Hospital Education Block (Level 2) Disaster Medicine Review Here we review the basics of Disaster Preparedness and Planning: (1) … More Disaster Medicine Review
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy – A Brief Review Case Study (Fictitious) Patient – Mr John Harper 75 year old man living in a rural area John fell over on the front porch of his house – this was witnessed by his daughter and she called the emergency services and an ambulance arrived soon after … More Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy (ILE)
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