Humour

A 2017 conversation with the #bad_EM team explores African emergency medicine, shared learning and plans for the 2018 festival conference near Cape Town. The accompanying post considers why locally relevant FOAMed and support for African delegates matter.

Behind St Emlyn’s tongue-in-cheek mottos are practical ideas about working in emergency medicine: choosing our response to events, recognising our limits, staying calm and taking initiative. The team explains how these philosophies shape its clinical and educational work.

Busy shifts can make eating and drinking feel like an afterthought. Drawing on personal experience, Janos Baombe considers meal preparation, breaks, snacks and hydration, encouraging clinicians to give their own basic needs more attention during the working day.

Ultrasound education meets musical parody in Natalie May’s ‘Probe’, created for SonoWars at SMACC Dublin in 2016. This short introduction celebrates the FOAMus community and the educators whose freely shared videos helped inspire an affectionate tribute to point-of-care ultrasound.

What would a realistic wellbeing plan look like alongside a demanding critical care job? Liz Crowe’s companion to the wellbeing podcast explores sleep, food, movement, quiet time and relationships, using her own routine to illustrate an approach tailored to the individual.

When does a useful educational tool start taking too much of our attention? Iain Beardsell reflects on constant phone-checking, family life and his own relationship with social media, explaining why he planned a week away from apps to reconnect with the world around him.