The implementation of #MyHealthRecord is causing some concern amongst medical, information technology, and privacy experts. You may have read about this online or heard it on the news already. Or not. It seems like it’s a big secret…. I have opted out of MyHealthRecord already. This is based on my concerns over the system. Many …
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.
Why I am opting out of MyHealthRecord – for now
The issue of the MyHealthRecord been troubling me. I lack the eloquence to express my concerns sometimes, so please bear with me. I’ve also thought long and hard about this issue and been in active discussion with may leading doctors in Australia on this via backchannels. It is an important topic and one that impacts …
Build your own SALAD sim
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 …
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 …