Accident Prone

My learning for today - frequent ingestion of honey or jam may reduce oesophageal injury from button battery ingestion while waiting for endoscopy pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37725021/

abc.net.au/news/2024-05-3…… this has been going on for 20 years. A MAJOR rethink of healthcare is needed. More of the same won’t work. Move to community care, not hospital-based care needs to happen

This week we review the answers to the first 5 questions from the 12th Annual UMEM Residency ECG Competition. Make sure to attempt to answer the questions yourself before watching the video. FREE OPEN ACCESS!!! rebrand.ly/0g7xqmj

NEW: We did it, Top ten tips to remember when thinking about Frailty in the EM. Some tips are simpler than others. Read the full #blog here: rcemlearning.co.uk/foamed/frailty/

Another deadly triage ECG missed, and the waiting patient leaves before being seen. What is this nearly pathognomonic ECG? hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/2024/06/anothe…

One of the hardest things about Emerg is how many things are some variation of “this algorithm for rule in/out RareThing sucks. You have to consider RareThing for every <common presentation> & rule it out because you can never miss it. Only CT rules it out. But don’t over-CT.”

Pretty happy with our new paper

Aaarggghhhh!!!!! The inability to provide care in the ED is a result of poor flow out of the ED due to inadequate hospital and health and social care capacity. It’s not due to the ‘wrong’ patients or staff not caring. We must move away from this narrative!! #c4dispatches

This is the kind of everyday thing I find amusing

Protonitazene, a potentially deadly synthetic opioid, has been detected in South Australia and may currently be contaminating illicitly-sourced oxycodone tablets and potentially other non-opioid illicit drugs, such as methamphetamine.

I’m proud to announce that @tedx_official TEDxHobart has published my talk! Check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=xxukna…

Interesting, but #Unhelpful commentary.. someone with siloed thinking blaming others for having siloed thinking...patients in ED waiting rooms are often sicker than those on ambulances and can deteriorate rapidly....adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-aus…

Today's GMC #StateOfMed report on workplace experiences of UK #doctors detailing the extent of burnout 'is sobering reading, though sadly not surprising' says Ian Higginson 👉 rcem.ac.uk/rcem-responds-…

I just registered as an organ and tissue donor and it only took 1 minute! You should too, we can save lives

POTS. Important to diagnose. abc.net.au/news/2024-08-2…

Remembering Dr Ed Brentnall. Ed was a pioneer of #EmergencyMedicine in Australia, an innovator in many things today's Emergency Physicians take for granted. Ed inspired so many of today's medical leaders. Passionate to the end, he kept me on my toes. Rest in Peace, old friend.

Day 1 #ACEM24 underway soon!

Good to hear Minister Picton at #ACEM24 acknowledging the "squeeze" on EDs and the importance of addressing Access Block. And managing to pitch coming to work in SA to over 900 delegates

#ACEM24 talk on PE, Colin Banks pulls out this classic youtu.be/yO5gUpZJY18?si…