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
Clinical Toxicology 1 The Approach to the Poisoned Patient (Dr Lau Fei-lung) (1) Dose – It’s the Dose “that makes the poison“ LD50 = Lethal dose that kills 50% (2) Patient factors – individual factors that affect the likelihood of toxicity Resuscitation of the Poisoned Patient Self Protection (Universal Precautions) – consider your own safety first … More Clinical Toxicology – Pearls from ICEM 2014
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