SMACC Gold: All Social Media, No Science?
5 min read
It seems the whole medical world has gone all woolly and fluffy since Broadbeach was hit for six by #smaccGOLD. Everyone's been so nice to each other, you can almost palpate the love.
Journal ClubEvidence-Based Medicine
JC: Paediatric Major Trauma Triage
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There aren't a lot of things in Emergency Medicine that are more important than managing paediatric major trauma. St. Emlyn's in Virchester is a Paediatric Major Trauma Centre, and it's virtual catchment area is pretty massive.
Who’s That Girl? Impostor Syndrome at #SMACCGold
7 min read
I want to let you into a secret. I’m an impostor.
JC. ROTEM for ED coagulopathy detection. St.Emlyn’s
6 min read
Coagulopathy is well known to be a significant issue in the ED. There is increasing awareness that the early awareness, detection and management of coagulation problems is important for ED management, but it's tricky.
Conference ReportsMedical Education
The SMACCGold Conference – Reflections
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A few days ago I returned home to the UK from Australia after a brief sojorn in Hong Kong and it's time to think back and consider what SMACCGold meant to me and to ask myself just why it felt so different. Rather surprisingly, perhaps, the person who best summed SMACC Gold up in my mind wasn’t one of the high profile speakers, it wasn’t even another clinician, but one of the waiting staff in the conference venue.
JC: Rapid update on the resus pearls of 2013. St.Emlyn’s
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There's a lot in these papers so I'm not going to summarise them here (as they are effectively summaries themselves). Both worth a read though.
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