Inspired by excellent Australian blogs such as Dr Casey Parker’s (Broome Docs) and Dr Cliff Reid’s (Resus.me), this website is aimed fairly and squarely at current (or aspiring) rural doctors in Australia. Being a rural doctor is a challenging yet rewarding job, not least in a location like Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. Often …
Author: Tim Leeuwenburg
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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.