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. Even though a humble rural doctor, I am mindful that critical care does not respect geography. So managing critical care comes under our remit.

Too often we see a divide between super-specialist tertiary centres and the reality of delivering healthcare in rural Australia. Rural docs are often resource limited, and we deal with critical illness relatively infrequently.

Casey Parker and I had a natter about this in Perth at the ACRRM 2012 conference…both committed to rrying to help bring ‘quality care, out there’ – neither of us is prepared to accept a lesser standard of healthcare in the country, purely because of geography.

So my three PK-talks are

– a rant on affordable difficult airway equipment options for bush doctors (but equally applicable to small EDs and ICUs

– a rant on the failure of Australia to adopt an immediate care scheme akin to the UK’s BASICS … Whilst we have outstandingly good retrieval services in Oz, the tyranny of distance means that there is inevitably a gap in the bush, especialy when paramedics in the bush may be volunteers. Rural docs with airway skills are well-placed to fill the gal – but if involved in prehospital work they need to be equipp, trained and audited. I may get drummed out of EMST directorship for some of my comments on this entry-level course…

– a rant on wildlife-vehicle collisions on Kangaroo Island and a novel strategy to reduce the trauma. Classic prevention, not cure – ultimately primary care applied to trauma

Enjoy!

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