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The News, NT style

Territorians expect the NT News to feature a croc story on the cover most days. Usually the headlines are along the lines of ‘croc kills shark’, ‘croc found in swimming pool’, ‘croc chases motorcycle’ or ‘croc found at airport’. The…

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Case of Commotio Cordis
Ventricular fibrillation and sudden death triggered by a blunt, non penetrating, and often innocent appearing unintentional blow to the chest without damage to the ribs, sternum, or heart (and in the absence of underlying cardiovascular disease) constitute an event know as commotio cordis, which translates from the Latin as agitation of the heart.
SEMEP Induction Videos
Iain Beardsell and SEMEP have kindly made their excellent emergency medicine induction videos free to the world! These are a great resource for doctors starting out in emergency medicine.
Come Join the FOAM Party!
The dinner speech "Come Join The FOAM Party" at Bedside Critical Care 2012 is now a podcast on the Intensive Care Network. Probably goes down best with a few beers on board!
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SMACC Sim-Video-Wars
The competition at next years SMACC SimWsrs event is hotting up - check out these entries from RPA, Royal North Shore Hospital and the FFF posse.
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Ultrasound Training Rant

For the emergency medicine and critical care physician competency in ultrasound is becoming essential. The people I truly look up to in my specialties all recognise that bedside ultrasonography is an integral part of patient assessment. However, the hows and…