EMIG is a student led group at Westmead hospital founded in 2008. This year has made it hard to meet in person so today we have a Zoom meeting with a Trauma Theme. Please login at 5pm AEST time today: Topic Trauma Care – EMIG (Cases, Transfusion and Haemorrhage Tests) Meeting ID 539 195 8036 … More EMIG Workshop – ZOOM (9.9.2020) – (**5pm Today)
Welcome to your new ED term at Westmead Emergency Department. Here are our resources for Resident and Intern inductions in the ED JMO Manual ED Quick Referral Pathway Cards 2. Role allocation and Drug Card: ED inductions sims: Core ED Practice Cases / Questions Our team of registrars and consultants have created a series of … More JMO Page – Westmead Emergency (updated Dec 2022)
TEG – Thromboelastogram – in one slide: A super fast dirty guide to running a TEG-6 test at Westmead ED at 2am:
Pandemic BLS Video Our suggested changes to BLS to keep you safe and the area around the patient free of COVID-19 (a mixture of evidence, pragmatism and opinion): In a pandemic use a modified form of the usual D.R.S. A.B.C. approach Rationale = CPR can be risky in the context of COVID-19 (opinion) – droplets … More Pandemic Basic Life Support
Bradycardia and Pacing SHOW NOTES Sinus bradycardia – 5 causes Fit Cold Drugs- β-blockers, CCBs, digoxin Sick-sinus syndrome Hypothyroidism Types of Heart block 1st degree Prolonged PR interval >0.2s 2nd degree Mobitz I (Wenkebach) Progressive PR prolongation until a beat is dropped Mobitz II PR interval is constant, dropped beat randomly 3rd degree (complete) Complete … More Pacing and Bradycardia Quick Summary
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