Mastering Intensive Care 044 with Geoff Toogood
Episode 44: Geoff Toogood - From severe depression to mental health advocacy through #CrazySocks4Docs
Letting Go
A few experiences in the last week or two have reminded me of the importance of Peter Safar's Laws for the Navigation of Life:
A Philosophical Death
It is sometimes forgotten that one of the most important goals of medicine is to help people achieve a good death. It is here that medicine and philosophy intersect.
Some days you just need to listen
Fixing stuff can be hard...
Learning by Spaced Repetition
Learning by spaced repetition is a useful strategy for long-term knowledge acquisition in medicine. But what is spaced repetition and how can you put it into practice?
UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 004
UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 004. You are the ED Consultant in charge of a tertiary hospital ED. You are approached by the red team night registrar to review a patient with a lower limb ulcer.
You don’t know about the stones?
I really like the tropical tales ("parasites and people") of the late Dr Robert S. Desowitz, who was Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Hawaii and worked with the World Health Organization.
Tox Tutes
This is the series of toxicology podcasts covering the most common presentations with world class toxicologists.
Zeff talks Toxinology for the Fellowship
Zeff Koutsogiannis explains the management of snakebite, spider bite and marine envenomation for the fellowship exam.
The Cretin and the Pharoah
Dr Duncan's legacy in a remote New Guinea valley
Georges Charles Guillain
Georges Charles Guillain (1876 – 1961) was a French neurologist. Associated with multiple neurology-related eponyms including Guillain-Barré syndrome
Six True Emergencies
Does your mind go blank at a code? “Whenever I turn up to a MET call, all I do is rule out six things." - the six true emergencies