Hi guys.  The Emergency Medicine Tutorials podcast is a year old and getting 4,500 downloads a month - hopefully someone is actually listening to those downloads.  The website is several years older and gets 10,000 visitors a month which is great.  But a major weakness with EMT is it's just me.  There have been a few people who have helped for short periods and then become busy with normal life again and disappeared.

Is anyone out there keen to help out with either recording podcasts or updating and expanding the website?  If so please give me a yell @ chricres@gmail.com   I'm keen for nurses and paramedics to join the team as well as doctors.  You don't have to be super brainy or academic - I sure as hell aren't.

Hi guys.  The Emergency Medicine Tutorials podcast is a year old and getting 4,500 downloads a month - hopefully someone is actually listening to those downloads.  The website is several years older and gets 10,000 visitors a month which is great.  But a major weakness with EMT is it's just me.  There have been a few people who have helped for short periods and then become busy with normal life again and disappeared.

Is anyone out there keen to help out with either recording podcasts or updating and expanding the website?  If so please give me a yell @ chricres@gmail.com   I'm keen for nurses and paramedics to join the team as well as doctors.  You don't have to be super brainy or academic - I sure as hell aren't.

Hi guys.  The Emergency Medicine Tutorials podcast is a year old and getting 4,500 downloads a month - hopefully someone is actually listening to those downloads.  The website is several years older and gets 10,000 visitors a month which is great.  But a major weakness with EMT is it's just me.  There have been a few people who have helped for short periods and then become busy with normal life again and disappeared.

Is anyone out there keen to help out with either recording podcasts or updating and expanding the website?  If so please give me a yell @ chricres@gmail.com   I'm keen for nurses and paramedics to join the team as well as doctors.  You don't have to be super brainy or academic - I sure as hell aren't.

Audio @

or on the EMT website at https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway

Audio @

or on the EMT website at https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway

Audio @

or on the EMT website at https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway

Powerpoint and audio available @ https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway

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Powerpoint and audio available @ https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway

Audio available @ 

Powerpoint and audio available @ https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway

Audio available @ 

A talk from an anaesthetist about airway assessment and what not to do when you identify a difficult airway.

Thanks Philipp.


Audio @  

A talk from an anaesthetist about airway assessment and what not to do when you identify a difficult airway.

Thanks Philipp.


Audio @  

A talk from an anaesthetist about airway assessment and what not to do when you identify a difficult airway.

Thanks Philipp.


Audio @  

A talk given as part of an airways study day for docs, nurses and paramedics.

The powerpoint is available @ https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway/preparation-for-rsi-or-procedural-analgesia-sedation?pli=1

Audio @

A talk given as part of an airways study day for docs, nurses and paramedics.

The powerpoint is available @ https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway/preparation-for-rsi-or-procedural-analgesia-sedation?pli=1

Audio @

A talk given as part of an airways study day for docs, nurses and paramedics.

The powerpoint is available @ https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/resuscitation-1/airway/preparation-for-rsi-or-procedural-analgesia-sedation?pli=1

Audio @

An 18 minute talk on managing stress, sleeping well and surviving a career in health care.

Audio and powerpoint are available here: https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/general-principles/self-care-1

or audio is available here:

An 18 minute talk on managing stress, sleeping well and surviving a career in health care.

Audio and powerpoint are available here: https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/general-principles/self-care-1

or audio is available here:

An 18 minute talk on managing stress, sleeping well and surviving a career in health care.

Audio and powerpoint are available here: https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/general-principles/self-care-1

or audio is available here:

A quick run through common respiratory tract infections for the start of the southern hemisphere winter. Apologies to the northerers.

Audio and powerpoint are available here https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/medical-3/respiratory/infectious-diseases/common-respiratory-tract-infections

or audio here:

A quick run through common respiratory tract infections for the start of the southern hemisphere winter. Apologies to the northerers.

Audio and powerpoint are available here https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/medical-3/respiratory/infectious-diseases/common-respiratory-tract-infections

or audio here:

A quick run through common respiratory tract infections for the start of the southern hemisphere winter. Apologies to the northerers.

Audio and powerpoint are available here https://sites.google.com/a/emergency-medicine-tutorials.org/www/Home/medical-3/respiratory/infectious-diseases/common-respiratory-tract-infections

or audio here:

Middle aged european male comes in with an exacerbation of CCF. He has chronic psychiatric illness and hypothyroidism. The RMO notes the patients unusual skin colouration and wonders if this could be due to myxoedema. Whatdayareckon?


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Probable "slate grey" pigmentation from amiodarone which this patient was on. "Some patients have developed skin pigmentation (slate grey/purple colour) of the exposed areas. This pigmentation can be avoided if doses are kept as low as possible. If the pigmentation is cosmetically unsightly, amiodarone should be discontinued if alternative therapy is possible." CordaroneXtabinj.pdf from http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/ Accessed 22/4/12

Middle aged european male comes in with an exacerbation of CCF. He has chronic psychiatric illness and hypothyroidism. The RMO notes the patients unusual skin colouration and wonders if this could be due to myxoedema. Whatdayareckon?


Scroll down for answer .....






Probable "slate grey" pigmentation from amiodarone which this patient was on. "Some patients have developed skin pigmentation (slate grey/purple colour) of the exposed areas. This pigmentation can be avoided if doses are kept as low as possible. If the pigmentation is cosmetically unsightly, amiodarone should be discontinued if alternative therapy is possible." CordaroneXtabinj.pdf from http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/ Accessed 22/4/12

Middle aged european male comes in with an exacerbation of CCF. He has chronic psychiatric illness and hypothyroidism. The RMO notes the patients unusual skin colouration and wonders if this could be due to myxoedema. Whatdayareckon?


Scroll down for answer .....






Probable "slate grey" pigmentation from amiodarone which this patient was on. "Some patients have developed skin pigmentation (slate grey/purple colour) of the exposed areas. This pigmentation can be avoided if doses are kept as low as possible. If the pigmentation is cosmetically unsightly, amiodarone should be discontinued if alternative therapy is possible." CordaroneXtabinj.pdf from http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/ Accessed 22/4/12

A middle aged woman with high BMI and borderline HbA1c is referred in from the community with lesions on her R leg and L axilla. The lesion to the right of the photograph (lateral lower leg) was the first and started with a shaving graze. Then lesions started behind the ipsilateral popliteal fossa (left of photograph) and contralateral axilla. Swabs grew Staph aureus with standard sensitivities. She has had 2 course of appropriate antibiotics but the lesions are getting worse. The lesions weep a little clear fluid. She says the lesions sting and keep her awake at night. She is systemically well and her obs are normal. What do you ask the patient? What is your diagnosis? What is your treatment? Scroll down .....






Question: Do you get cold sores? Answer: Yes, lots since I've had this on my leg.
Diagnosis: Impetigo complicated by herpes simplex infection.
Treatment: Antistaphylococal antibiotic + antiviral (we used oral aciclovir)

A middle aged woman with high BMI and borderline HbA1c is referred in from the community with lesions on her R leg and L axilla. The lesion to the right of the photograph (lateral lower leg) was the first and started with a shaving graze. Then lesions started behind the ipsilateral popliteal fossa (left of photograph) and contralateral axilla. Swabs grew Staph aureus with standard sensitivities. She has had 2 course of appropriate antibiotics but the lesions are getting worse. The lesions weep a little clear fluid. She says the lesions sting and keep her awake at night. She is systemically well and her obs are normal. What do you ask the patient? What is your diagnosis? What is your treatment? Scroll down .....






Question: Do you get cold sores? Answer: Yes, lots since I've had this on my leg.
Diagnosis: Impetigo complicated by herpes simplex infection.
Treatment: Antistaphylococal antibiotic + antiviral (we used oral aciclovir)

A middle aged woman with high BMI and borderline HbA1c is referred in from the community with lesions on her R leg and L axilla. The lesion to the right of the photograph (lateral lower leg) was the first and started with a shaving graze. Then lesions started behind the ipsilateral popliteal fossa (left of photograph) and contralateral axilla. Swabs grew Staph aureus with standard sensitivities. She has had 2 course of appropriate antibiotics but the lesions are getting worse. The lesions weep a little clear fluid. She says the lesions sting and keep her awake at night. She is systemically well and her obs are normal. What do you ask the patient? What is your diagnosis? What is your treatment? Scroll down .....






Question: Do you get cold sores? Answer: Yes, lots since I've had this on my leg.
Diagnosis: Impetigo complicated by herpes simplex infection.
Treatment: Antistaphylococal antibiotic + antiviral (we used oral aciclovir)

Audio and power point and checklist are at Emergency Medicine Tutorials Maternal Collapse / Emergencies

Audio and power point and checklist are at Emergency Medicine Tutorials Maternal Collapse / Emergencies

Audio and power point and checklist are at Emergency Medicine Tutorials Maternal Collapse / Emergencies