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.
Category LITFL
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!).
James Barry (Margaret Ann Bulkley)
Biography Key Medical Contributions 1826 – Performed first recorded successful caesarean section (in the English-speaking world) with survival of both mother and child Controversies Major Publications References
Red Dust, dingoes, trauma and Sepsis
Dr Chris Edwards @EMtraveller recounts his time as a remote retrieval registrar based in Alice Springs
Stuffed, Speeding and Busted!
Just before being busted by the cops, your patient stuffed a package containing metamphetamines into his mouth and swallowed. How are you going to handle this one?
EMA June 2012
Short editorial snippets from Vol. 24 Issue 3 of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) published online on 4 June 2012.