Virchester is abuzz with preparations for SMACC Gold. In March this year the team will travel to the gold coast to take part in what is quite simply the best conference in the world (and if you don't believe me then believe Scott Weingart because he agrees).
Most people I talk to who work in Emergency or Acute Medicine hate chest pain. Personally I think they're crazy but I can see where they're coming from.
With just 9 weeks to go there is still time to register for the Evidence Based Medicine workshop on the Gold Coast.
Of course you are, as Cliff Reid put it at SMACC2013 you are possibly even an ATLS instructor - you trauma badass!
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recently issued new guidance on the use of intravenous fluids in adult patients.
As preparation for a social media debate at the 2013 College of Emergency Medicine conference the twitter account @SoMeSucks was created. The idea was to raise awareness of some of the difficulties of social media in medicine and provide resources and arguments for the motion, “I believe that my use of FOAM will, through influencing my learning, ultimately improve patient care".