Dispatches from the FOAM Frontier
Introducing Emergency Medicine Australasia's 'Dispatches from the FOAM Frontier' featuring astro-archeologists, time travellers, StrokeBots & more.
smaccGOLD Education Q&A
The education Q&A from smaccGOLD featuring Jonathan Gatward, Rob Rogers, Victoria Brazil, Damian Roland, Irma Bilgrami and Lauren Westafer.
Accessing The Axillary Vein
The Axillary Vein (AXV) has compelling advantages over other access sites for Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) insertion (namely the Internal Jugular Vein (IJV), Subclavian Vein (SCV) and the Femoral Vein).
Pitch-side Management
The most pressing issue in the pitch-side management of trauma involves the on field management of significant head and neck injuries.
The End is just the Beginning…
Unbelievably, smaccGOLD has come and gone. Thankfully, the end is just the beginning… Many thanks to all who made it happen: the organisers, the people behind the scenes, the speakers and, most of all, all of you who came from…
First Do No Harm
As I’ve become balder and more grey, I have come to think about the health system as much as the delivery of acute care. This is another advantage of FOAMed. It allows you to broaden your horizons and still stay…
Collective (In)Competence
Communication researcher Lorelei Lingard shows how competent individuals form incompetent teams when communication fails and why this happens.
R&R In The FASTLANE 047
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
Death by Black Hole
As an emergency doctor it is important to be aware of myriad ways of meeting one's maker. 'Death by Black Hole' - a process that results in 'spaghettification'
R&R In The FASTLANE 046
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
against better judgement…
the case. a 62 year old female is bought into your ED following a high-speed MVA. She has driven her car into telegraph pole at ~ 80km
R&R In The FASTLANE 045
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