Like most clinicians, my time spent in anaesthesia drilled me in the importance of performing routine pre-anaesthetic machine checks, of keeping the workspace tidy and paying meticulous attention to detail. ‘ These lessons translate well into other areas of practice – at the start of every on call period in emergency, I check the resus […]
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This review of iOS apps for simulation use was conducted by Dr Tim Leeuwenburg (@KangarooBeach) and Dr Jonathon Hurley (DrJHurley). Tim is a rural GP-Anaesthetist in South Australia and a passionate advocate of ‘guerilla sim’. Jonathon is an EM trainee in the UK and keen on human factors and simulation in EM. We reviewed : EKG
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I was 14 when I nearly considered deliberate defenestration. It’s probably the closest I’ve ever been to suicide, but the memory of the angst that made me contemplate this action is still vivid. The Headmaster had asked each of the 30 pupils in our class to give a talk. I cannot even remember the details
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The smaccGOLD debate ‘should real airway experts use checklists‘ in March 2014 between RFDS powerhouse Dr Minh le Cong (against) and myself (in favour) started some nine months prior to the actual event, with an almost daily exchange of trash talk on the topic via the wonderful medium of Twitter. You can download
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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.
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