EMA October 2012
Short editorial snippets from Vol. 24 Issue 5 of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) published online on 9 October 2012.
Category LITFL
Extinguishing Medical Errors with Oil and Gas
Unfortunately for patients and healthcare workers alike, medical errors happen. No matter how well-trained and experienced the practitioner, underneath the scrubs there still resides a human and errors will follow. However, systems can be put in place to minimise them…
Forget Social Media… Get #FOAMed!
Of course SMACC — the physical embodiment of emergency medicine and critical care FOAM — wouldn’t have been complete without a Mike Cadogan rant. So, it was only fitting that he kicked off Day 2 of SMACC and the Social Media and Critical…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 160
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 160 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
SMACCtastic PK talks!
The first crop of SMACCtastic PK SMACC-talks have gone live - and they're awesome! You'll regret it if you don't watch these engaging presentations ASAP.
Another Six SMACCers!
Here are the next 6 videos entered in the Pecha Kucha PK SMACC-talk competition being run as part of the SMACC 2013 conference. Yes, they are also awesome!
Seizures, Sedation and Saliva
A 21-year-old male with a background of schizophrenia and previous intentional overdose, weighing 70kg, was brought to the ED via ambulance after having a witnessed seizure at home.
Tracheostomy
This is the LITFL CCC master page for tracheostomy — follow the links for further discussion of the following:
EMA August 2012
Short editorial snippets from Vol. 24 Issue 3 of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) published online on 3 August 2012.
Better people make better doctors
What does society expect of today’s doctor? More importantly, what does today’s doctor expect of themselves? How can we become better doctors?
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 159
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 159 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Code Black
Attendees and faculty at the recent International Emergency Medicine Teaching Course in Baltimore will empathize with the critical nature of this scenario (each day bigger and bigger coffee machines were brought to the course!).