Tag: CC6
Prolonged Field Care…in the ED. St Emlyn’s
The practice of military emergency medicine and civilian emergency medicine frequently overlap, often in a symbiotic relationship1,2. The hard-won lessons from the operational environment are often incorporated into civilian practice time and time again (triage, …
A FeminEM in NYC – Reflections from #FIX18 Part Four
This post is the final post of four covering my learning points and reflections from #FIX181. FIX – the FemInEM2 ideas exchange – took place in New York on Weds 17th and Thurs 18th October 2018. …
Lessons Learned at #EMSA18
I’m on my way back to Sydney from Adelaide in South Australia, where this week I was honoured to be a keynote speaker at the fifth EMSA conference (#EMSA18) as well as speaking in a …
Bonded in Blood: Ashley Liebig and Noah Galloway. St Emlyn’s
Editor’s note. This blog has been a long time coming. It describes the personal impact of war, trauma, survival and recovery based on Ashley and Noah’s experiences of Iraq in 2005-2006. More than that, it describes …
Triage: The sorting hat of Emergency medicine, but what are we really seeking? St.Emlyn’s.
The word “Triage” comes from French roots, the origin word “trier” meaning “to sort”.1 This is a process vital to emergency medicine. The idea was born on the battlefields by Baron Dominique Jean Larrey2, a chief …
Unforgettable: Don’t Forget the Bubbles 2017 (#DFTB17) with Kat Gridley & St.Emlyn’s
My name is Katherine Gridley and as a Brisbane local and emergency registrar with a paeds interest, I jumped at the chance to talk about one of the latest events on the medical conference …
Critically Ill in PED – the Patient Perspective at #smaccMINI #smaccDUB
One of my favourite sections of the #smaccMINI workshop at #smaccDUB last year was when my Paediatric ED colleague Roisin McNamara from Dublin and I got the chance to speak a young woman called Eimear. Roisin …
Grief at Christmas. Liz Crowe at St.Emlyn’s
Managing bad news in emergency medicine and critical care at Christmas. St.Emlyn’s on Grief at Christmas.
Pain and Suffering in the ED – the talk and the inside story
The Talk The Audio The Inside Story It was in July 2013 when I first received an email from Chris Nickson at SMACC headquarters asking if I was going to SMACC Gold and would I …
An Easter Message: Let’s Talk About Dying & Palliative Care
I believe I can be a better doctor. It was very early in my student life when someone very wise pointed out to me that doctors don’t save lives – we merely prolong death. Death …