#ICEM22 Melbourne – Day 3
The day opened with a sobering plenary about climate change. During the morning concurrent, I attended the Disaster session. Practitioners from around the world shared experiences and lessons from disaster level events. This session was …
#ICEM22 Melbourne – Day 1
Natalie May reviews day 1 of the #ICEM22 conference in Melbourne, Australia @stemlyns @_nmay #FOAMed @icem2022 @ifempreselect @ifem2
#ICEM22 Melbourne Day 2
This post contains some of the learning and reflections from Day 2 of ICEM 2022 in Melbourne (Friday). Day 2 of ICEM22 kicked off with a session on equity, chaired by Ffion Davies. The amazing, …
Lacto Basics – Breastfeeding in the Emergency Department
Natalie May takes us through the basics of breastfeeding and how we can look after patients who are breastfeeding when they present to the ED.
Highlights from the Virtual Colloquium – 14th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies Day 2
This post follows my notes from Day 1 of the Virtual Colloquium – 14th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies. Day 2 was another mixed bag of talks, from paediatric analgesia and sedation, to the philosophy …
Highlights from the Virtual Colloquium – 14th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies Day 1
It’s been a long time since I’ve been at a conference, either in-person or virtually. Something that was once a regular part of my professional life has, like so many things, become a distant memory. …
JC: Spot the Difference, what can we do about petechiae? St Emlyn’s
Back in 2013, I wrote a post here on petechiae in well kids; it received a phenomenal number of views for reasons I don’t quite understand (I think it ended up as a link somewhere …
JC: Finger on the Pulse?
If you’re an avid follower of FOAM, you’ll have seen many assertions that manual pulse checks by healthcare providers during cardiac arrest are pretty unreliable at best. The most commonly advocated alternatives are EtCO2 increase …
JC: Blood Products in Trauma – What’s the Best (I)TACTIC?
Bleeding trauma patients present a couple of challenges to us in the Emergency Department. Increasingly, our aging population continues to engage in energetic daily pursuits while increasing numbers are prescribed newer direct oral anticoagulant treatments …
Head Vs Heart: Opening the Box. St Emlyn’s
Ed- This blog post comes at an interesting and challenging time for us all. It was due to be given at #badEMfest in South Africa this week, but as we all know Covid-19 rather scuppered …
