Come along this Thursday 18th April to hear some of luminaries of trauma care in Qld talk about current controversies in prehospital and chest trauma. Join Dr Daryl Wall and the RBWH trauma team, as well as trauma surgeon Dr … Continue reading →

Chest Trauma and Prehospital Trauma Audit features on DEMTEd.

Resuscitation and shock. Sometimes when you’ve got your head down on the assembly line of modern emergency medicine, meeting time targets, conforming to local guidelines, supervising residents….. You can forget that the reason you originally got into this was the … Continue reading →

April 4, 2013: Resuscitation and shock features on DEMTEd.

So, we had a great session about vascular emergencies at TEd this week… Joe, who’s 67 years old, presents with a cool left leg that has become increasingly painful over the last few hours. He tells you that he’s seen … Continue reading →

A vascular emergency: cool, blotchy legs features on DEMTEd.

This week on the TEd we take a look at some of the respiratory issues we face in emergency. Is oxygen the stuff of life or a terrible toxin? When should we use non-invasive ventilation? How do we use NIV? … Continue reading →

March 12, 2013: Respiratory issues features on DEMTEd.

C-spine injuries and suspicion of same are our bread and butter. Working in private. Working in public. Running a trauma centre. Hanging in a community hospital. On the road pre-hospital or chilling the short stay unit. It doesn’t matter, you have to have c-spine … Continue reading →

Feb 28, 2013: C-spine injuries features on DEMTEd.

08:30 – 10:00 Resuscitation – Arrhythmias Arrhythmia Case Studies ECG interpretation of wide complex tachycardias Does adrenaline work in cardiac arrest? Post cardiac arrest care Prognostic features during CPR Program : Feb 21, 2013 Arrhythmia Case studies (pre-reading) Can_cardiac_sonography_and_capnography_be_used_to_predict_resus_outcomes

Feb 21, 2013: Resuscitation and Arrhythmias features on DEMTEd.

Next Thursday we see the inaugural TEd session for 2013. Our special subject: Emergency Airways. (I think I flew with Emergency Airways recently between Honolulu and Los Angeles. The inflight dining was nothing special – the ubiquitous cookie served with potato … Continue reading →

Feb 14, 2013: Emergency Airways features on DEMTEd.

TEd 2013 returns bigger, better and more ambitious than ever before on Thursday Feb 14. If you’re not part of our training network, get on board! This year we’ll see more learnin’ in smaller bites. TEd 2013 will have themed 90 minute sessions … Continue reading →

TEd 2013: Evolution! features on DEMTEd.

Next week Victoria Brazil will facilitate a DEMTEd extravaganza on a topic of some controversy: safe procedural sedation in emergency. (No session today, as a large chunk of the local emergency medicine community is in Hobart trying to work out what … Continue reading →

November 29, 2012: Safe Procedural Sedation features on DEMTEd.

Ambitious. Expansive. Humanistic. The ACEM ASM 2012 is just drawing to a close in Hobart as I type these words and I’ve got to tell you: This has been grand in concept and superb in execution. The Art and Science … Continue reading →

Art and Science of EM: Back to Leonardo and our patients features on DEMTEd.

Great discussion today led by Mark Michalski on compassion in emergency care. Mark is a staff specialist in emergency at RBWH and, as he was introduced by Vic Brazil, a bit of a moral compass for the rest of us. … Continue reading →

Compassion and the Cuddle Institute features on DEMTEd.

08:30 Cranio-Facial Trauma Dr Trent Lipp and Dr Grant Fraser-Kirk 09:15 Compassion in the ED Dr Mark Michalski

November 15, 2012: Craniofacial Trauma and Compassion in ED features on DEMTEd.

So this week on DEMTEd: 08:30 Burns/Trauma Presentation Dr Xiu Lee 09:15 The Case of the Exploding Eyeballs Dr Saul Shires

November 8, 2012: Burns/Trauma and the Case of the Exploding Eyeballs features on DEMTEd.

08:30 Paediatric Care in non-Pediatric EDs Sharon Anne McAuley A long session on caring for kids tomorrow: Dr Sharon Anne McAuley will lead a morning of case based interactivity and discussion. Yes, we’re all thinking the same thing…. She’s gonna … Continue reading →

October 24, 2012: Paediatric care in Mixed or Adult Emergency Departments features on DEMTEd.

Great session today with Bill Lukin leading a discussion of Futility (note the capital F!). Bill’s a pretty experienced emergency physician at RBWH with a nice triumvirate of (ahem) complementary interests – trauma, aged and palliative care. He’s talking on ‘futility’ in … Continue reading →

Futility vs appropriate emergency care features on DEMTEd.

08:30 Futility Bill Lukin 09:15 A Case of ‘Brain Failure’ Bill Lukin Some changes to the program this week due to speaker illness. More Lukin for everyone!

October 18, 2012: The Bill Lukin Show features on DEMTEd.

08:30 Radiology Dr Shalini Arora Should all patients be pan scanned or is there a role for selective CT scanning in major trauma? Does oral contrast for abdominal/pelvic CT increase ED length of stay? Does it affect the accuracy of … Continue reading →

October 11, 2012: Radiology and a Case Study features on DEMTEd.

08:30 Toxicology Steven King 09:15 A Case Study: A couple of red herrings named Henderson and Hasselbalch Simon Keane What is the evidence behind the three infusions of NAC for paracetamol overdose? Could they be combined into the one infusion? … Continue reading →

September 27, 2012: Toxicology and a Case Study features on DEMTEd.