March 6th 2014 is Change Day in Australia. Change Day is a movement promoted by individuals working within the health system. It is all about each of us Making a Pledge to do one thing (or many things) to improve the health and wellbeing of others. What pledge can you make to improve patient, client and consumer health outcomes? […]
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The most awesome conference ever, smaccGOLD is fast approaching. I was privileged to attend smacc2013 in Sydney last year and present at one of the sessions. It was truly humbling to be at such a friendly conference, with like-minded people – and although badged as a ‘critical care’ conference, there were attendees from ED, rural
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This week MICA paramedic Rob Simpson put up contents of his prehospital kit for all to see – nice set up, with impressive slide out drawers for kit and even a gas-piston life to make shouldering a backpack that little bit easier. Seeing Rob’s colour-coded drug vials made me re-visit the contents of my own
OK, listen up. I have had a gutful of ‘GP to chase’ discharge summaries from our local centre of excellence tertiary hospital. AMA guidelines are quite clear about this – if you order a test, you are responsible for the result including followup and patient management. It is not uncommon for patients to spend a week
My blog profile mention that I am an instructor and course director for the ATLS-EMST course. ATLS-EMST is something in which I believe – a structured approach to trauma management training for doctors. But over the years I have become frustrated with the tardiness of knowledge translation – concepts that I learn about via FOAMed
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