#FOAMed

The open door of the emergency department is both a blessing and curse. As emergency physicians we pride ourselves on the ability to see, assess, diagnose and (initially at least) manage whatever the world can throw at us.

Before February this year I had no prehospital experience whatsoever - so standing up in front of a crowd at the smacc prehospital workshop #smaccFORCE, I felt like a bit of an impostor. But I get why people love prehospital medicine - it's kinda exciting.

ILCOR published resuscitation updates in 2015 and I’m sure many of you have already familiarised yourselves with the changes.

Excitement builds in anticipation of the conference of the year. Today we are setting up the workshops ready for tomorrow, but there was still time for a 5k run in the ferociously hot Dublin weather (18C).

The SmaccDUB conference is upon us. The worlds of social media, critical care, prehospital care and emergency medicine are descending on the emerald isle's capital for four days of intensive learning and networking.

With just one week to go before the much anticipated SMACC conference in Dublin the St.Emlyn's team are prepping, packing and pontificating through our final presentations and plans for what looks to be a fantastic week.