Living on Kangaroo Island, we are blessed with not only gorgeous coastline, fine fishing and abundant wildlife…but also great food & wine.I am indebted to one of my colleagues (you know who you are) for the following article “Wine Enema and Proctoclysis”… This is important research. No doubt questions such as red vs white, whether […]
Nothing like a fine wine Read More »
Just heard that former Kangaroo Island doctor, Dr James Doube, has been awarded the Antarctica Medal. Jamie is currently over in NSW doing anaesthetics upskilling. If we are going to talk about skills of rural doctors, then I reckon this chap is up the top – he’s a GP-surgeon, an excellent doctor and will soon
Interesting weekend, spent with Dr Pete Gilchrist and family who were visiting Kangaroo Island…Pete is a fellow SA GP who, like me, had to move interstate to NSW in order to upskill in anaesthetics due to the dearth of training positions locally. Six months down the track we were able to catch up and compare
Catching up with colleagues Read More »
There has been a lot of discussion this week regarding pressure on the Emergency Department at Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia. Rack ’em and stack ’em! I have a ‘soft spot’ for Flinders. I worked there as a junior resident and then registrar in the late 90s/early naughties and like to think that I
Zen & the Art of ED Management Read More »
Well I’ve just got back from an EMST Refresher course in Adelaide. This is the first time I’ve taught on a refresher course and it was nice to meet other experienced faculty as well as (mostly) rural doctors doing this refresher course. The Provider courses that I usually teach on are not usually so filled
Advances in Trauma? Read More »