Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 10, 2023

You’re in the paediatric emergency department, typing some notes for the child you’ve just discharged. Resuscitation is a team sport. Role stickers or role aprons with names on them are simple measures to highlight resuscitation roles. This lets the team leader focus on resuscitation. Ready your team.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 17, 2024

The Importance of Civility in Critical Care Resuscitation A 3-year-old patient with diabetic ketoacidosis arrives at your ED. While you are leading the resuscitation, one of your senior colleagues belittles a junior staff member for struggling to site an IV line. Conclusion Critical care resuscitation is stressful.

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PHEM Cast

JANUARY 4, 2017

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. In situ simulation: detection of safety threats and teamwork training in a high risk emergency department. Scenario based outdoor simulation in pre-hospital trauma care using a simple mannequin model. BMJ Quality & Safety. 2013; 22: 468-477.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Facilitator-in-chief’ is my role when leading the ED Musos virtual choir and orchestra, and this also applies to my job in the hospital as Director of the Emergency Department. I love emergency medicine because, as Dan Sandberg once said, it is ‘ the most interesting 15 minutes of every other speciality ’.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 20, 2024

This episode of PEM Currents discusses ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), an advanced procedure used in cases of cardiac arrest when traditional CPR fails. Establishing an ECPR program requires robust infrastructure, multidisciplinary teamwork, and extensive training. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

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Mind The Bleep

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Im currently in my third year of working in a rural district general hospital Accident and Emergency Department, and one of the things that has struck me most is the use of pre-hospital medicine. Enough about me and my experience… What can you do within pre-hospital care as part of your career?

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