EMI 022 Get your Sepsy On
Second iteration of 'Sepsy Back', medical parody promoting sepsis awareness and adherence to best practice...at the time
Category LITFL
The ‘Safe Container’ Rules, OK?
Here we discuss the seminal simulation article by Rudolph et al [PMID25188485]. Originally published as a PDF supplement on the Simulation Podcast back in December 2017, as part of their monthly Journal Club. I highly recommend reading the journal club summary and listening to…
Le Fort facial fractures
Midfacial facial injeuct classification. Maxilla separated from the skull base along planes of injury. Described by René Le Fort (1869- 1951) in 1901
Bell’s palsy
Bell’s palsy: Acute idiopathic unilateral paralysis of the facial nerve. Named after Sir Charles Bell and his description in 1827
Has Medutainment Replaced Education?
Has Medutainment Replaced Education?... A debate between Chris Nickson and Bala Venkatesh from the ANZICS ASM 2017.
William Warwick Wagstaffe
William Warwick Wagstaffe (Sr) (1843-1910) was an English General surgeon and anatomist. Eponym: Wagstaffe-Le Fort Fracture (ankle fracture)
Wagstaffe-Le Fort Fracture
Wagstaffe-Le Fort Fracture: avulsion fracture of the medial aspect of the distal fibula due to avulsion of the anterior tibiofibular ligament attachment
René Le Fort
René Le Fort (1869 – 1951) was a French surgeon. Le Fort classified facial fractures in 1900 and published in 1901
Robert Adams
Robert Adams (1791 - 1875) was an Irish surgeon. Eponymously remembered for his contributions to Stokes-Adams syndrome
All Doctors are Jackasses
SMACC talk, March 2013
A Change in Condition
I went to Africa a student and came back a doctor. It is easy to forget the growing pains of the student-to-doctor metamorphosis. For me, the once vague notion of becoming a doctor was made real when I traveled to Zambia to work on the wards of St. Francis Hospital (SFH) in Katete
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
One day, as a trainee doctor working in rural Zambia, I walked through the gates of the hospital to be greeted by what seemed to be the “eeyore-ing” of a demonic donkey.