So ever since an online collaboration with James Du Canto and others in the FOAMed community, I’ve been refining the SALAD sim trainer For those not ‘in the know’ the SALAD technique is designed to manage intubation of the trachea in the face of massive airway contamination e.g. haematemesis or regurgitation of stomach contents Not …
Author: Tim Leeuwenburg
RESUSCITATE - DIFFERENTIATE - INVESTIGATE
I am a Rural Doctor on Kangaroo Island, South Australia with interests in emergency medicine, anaesthetics & trauma. When not working I enjoy fiddling with chainsaws and seakayaking. Along with partner Patricia we rehabilitate orphaned wildlife and devise roadkill recipes.
Areas of interest include difficult airway management outside of theatre (rural-ED-ICU), human factors, use of crisis checklists and "guerilla" sim training.
Speaker at #smaccGOLD & #smaccUS and an enthusiastic facilitator for aIrway workshops such as Critically Ill Airway (The Alfred) and smacc.
ATLS-EMST Course Director & ETMcourse instructor. Senior Lecturer at Flinders University School of Medicine.
Paralysed by indecision
One of the defining skills of being a doctor is the need to make decisions, sometimes with limited information and under significant time pressure. As I’ve matured in my career, I’ve realised that most of what I was taught in medical school was just plain wrong. The ongoing challenge has been to identify WHICh bits …
How to register with the free GoodSAM app – a walk-through
Imagine the situation. There is a sudden collapse in the coffee shop where you are enjoying a latte. You are fairly are that the person has had a sudden cardiac arrest and call 000 or help….but the ambulance will take at least 8-10 minutes to arrive, even as a priority one (probably longer in rural …
Are you prepared to help a neighbour in trouble?
We’re all familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan from Old Testament times. Regardless of religious affiliation, it’s a positive affirmation of the fact that the vast majority of humans are prepared to help another in times of need. Of course rural folk are used to this. One of the things I love about …
Rural Anaesthesia Down Under – Inaugural Newsletter
throughout this wide brown land of Australia there are Rural Eoctors providing not just primary care, but also procedural skills – surgery, obstetrics and anaesthetic services. This means rural communities can be 24/7 Caesar-capable as well as utilise theatre for low level elective cases (herniorrhaphy, orthopaedic, dental, gynae, urological and of course endo-/colonoscopy etc). The …