Pecha-kucha SMACC 2013

Well my three ‘pecha kucha’ talks have been uploaded to the SMACC website at http://smacc.net.au/category/pk-talk Quite a novel format – only 20 slides, 20 secs each – 400 sec only for each talk Better than ‘death by powerpoint’ @ffolliet would be proud. SMACC2013 looks to be fun as well as bringing together critical care enthusiasts. […]

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Airway Audit

It’s a funny thing, working as a private practitioner but on contract to a hospital for anaesthetic and emergency services. For one, there’s a constant tension between demands of running own business and the need to be available to the Hospital when required. Effective triage is key to this. Clarity over what is and what is

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The Love Affair may be over….

Well, no secret that I’ve been a fan of videolaryngoscopes Not so much because I think VL will replace the skill of direct laryngoscopy (it won’t), but because I think they add another tool to our therapeutic armamentarium – particularly for the ‘occasional intubator’ or the isolated rural GP anaesthetist The past 18 months or

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SMACC me up

Well, good news today – have just heard that my ePoster and a 20 min talk on two different subjects have been accepted for SMACC2013 Whoo hoo – looking forward to see other SMACCheads in Sydney next March. Weingart, Le Cong, Du Canto, Cadogan, Finfer, Carley etc…and now Leeuwenburg ! I promise no bulletpoints –

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