Dollars and no sense
This week 'American ER Doc gone Walkabout' Rick Abbot looks at how many times he has to sign his name at work and whether or not his patients can buy their prescribed medications....
Consultants, HTFU
Among the consultants that we love to hate, where should we begin? Dermatology? Naah, dermatologists don't really exist, do they. Hospitalists? No, they're actually our friends. Psychiatry? Hmmmmm there's a potential.
Who’s gonna insert that cannula, place that urinary catheter, whatever?
Who’s gonna insert that cannula, place that urinary catheter, whatever?
What is that stuff that you give for a fever?
Our American ER doc gone walkabout struggles with medications, millimoles and the metric system in the emergency medicine nirvana that is Tasmania...
Why are there so many emergencies here?
American ER doc Rick Abbott goes walkabout... and ends up in Tasmania. He asks "Why are there so many emergencies here? This is an ER!"
Is it really all about the glycocalyx?
Jeremy Cohen talks glycocalyx... and not only survives, but gives the best explanation of what the glycocalyx means for critical care you're likely to find.
SMACC Pecha Kucha PK Round-Up 4
As promised last week, here’s a round up of the next battery of PK SMACC-talks gunning for the prize of an iPad Mini at the increasingly imminent SMACC conference. Alan Williams gives the 400 second run down on Non-Invasive Ventilation…
It’s natural, it must be safe
Mark Little tackles the topic of herbal and alternative medicines at SMACC with his talk, 'It's natural, therefore it must be safe'.
Where we work
Do you work in an emergency department, or a "shop"?
SonoWars at SMACC
Finally the full video footage of the inaugural SMACC SonoWars event has been released — watch, learn and be entertained!
Intralipid – myth or miracle?
Intralipid is one of the most exciting recent developments in clinical toxicology (right up there with high-dose insulin euglycemic therapy, aka HIET). We are rightly skeptical of any new therapy, especially one that promises so much. Nevertheless, many of the…
When the elephant awakens…
A chronic shortfall in doctors has led to a great increase in new medical graduates in Australia. What does this mean for emergency medicine and the training of junior doctors?