Emergency marketing in just 4 hours
Selling patients is sad reality of life as an emergency doctor, will things be worse when the four hour rule is adopted Australia wide?
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Chocolate saves lives
A recent study in the European Heart Journal gives us a new reason to enjoy some of life's little pleasures. German researchers followed almost 20,000 participants (as part of a larger cancer epidemiology study) over 10 years and had them document their chocolate intake.
The Baloney Detection Kit
Not sure what to believe? Start using your Baloney Detection Kit. The idea of a ‘Baloney Detection Kit‘ originates with the late Carl Sagan, as detailed in his classic book ‘The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the…
Quick Case #04
the case. An 85 year old female is bought to ED with right hip pain. She was found outside after unfortunately spending the night on the ground. This is her ECG.
no retreat, no reversal…
the case. a 79 year old female returns to ED with left sided chest pain & dyspnoea. She was recently admitted following a fall with rib fractures (including a flail segment) and a small haemothorax.
nasty big pointy teeth…
the case. A 2 year old infant is bought to your ED with a painful right hand. She claims to be have been bitten by the family dog 2 days earlier…
concerning extension…
the case. You receive a BAT call about a 31 year-old male who has come off his bicycle after running into a stationary car at ~30 km Bystanders report that he was thrown 3-5m and had a loss of consciousness…
better late than never…
The case. An obese 86 year old female is bought to ED by private car with a 5-6 day history of progressive dyspnoea and fevers. She is promptly rushed into the resus bay in extremis with cyanosis & poor respiratory…
Imagining the future
The theme of this session was "Imagining the Future" featuring Kendall Ho, Mike Cadogan and Stephen Atherton. It's long, but there is some good stuff in there. Excuse the mumbling chairman...and the lack of audio in some parts of the Q+A after the talks.
R&R In The FASTLANE 031
Research and Reviews (R&R) in the FastLane: experts worldwide tell us what they think is worth reading from emergency medicine and critical care literature
DO2GMA
This is the first in what will hopefully be a series of posts by new underneathEM.com recruit Dr Kate Field, an Emergency Physician based at Calvary Hospital in Hobart. In this episode, Kate takes a look at the dogma and…
FOAM & SMACC craic – from outside the citadel
I’ve been thinking about FOAM since SMACC2013 (Social Media and Critical Care)…thinking a lot and talking to some friends. I’ve cleared my desk literally and figuratively for a while and intend to read a lot and spend sometime away from…