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ETM Podcast Episode 7 – Michael Fitzharris
Michael Fitzharris is an Associate Professor at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC). In this episode we speak to Michael about the very broad range of trauma research, prevention and safety countermeasure activities that MUARC is involved in, from...
ETM Interview in Emergency Medicine Australasia
The ETM Course has been growing in reputation and popularity since its launch in November 2013, and what better recognition could we receive than an interview about the course, published in the current edition of EMA (Emergency Medicine Australasia), the main...
ETM Journal Club: A procedural check list for pleural decompression and intercostal catheter insertion for adult major trauma.
Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 46 (2015) 42–44 (As of Feb 28th 2015 - available full-text free) The goal of treatment for traumatic pneumothoraces is pleural decompression, not placement of a tube. Correct insertion technique for intercostal catheters after chest...
Emergency Radiology Course
Off the back of the very successful trauma radiology course last year, Andrew Dixon and Frank Gaillard from Radiopaedia and Andy Buck from the ETM Course are presenting a new, one day, Emergency Radiology course on Saturday May 16th at the Alfred Hospital in...
New point of care TEG machine explained
I was lucky enough to attend the ACEM ASM last week in Melbourne, and saw a new device at the trade display that caught my eye. It's a new simplified point of care TEG (thromboelastography) machine that runs with a simple cartridge. So I grabbed the Haemonetics rep...
The future of trauma education
Off the back of my Pecha Kucha talk on the future of trauma education at last week's ACEM ASM (which I never had any hope of finishing in 6min 40secs!), I've put together a modified screen-flow version that expands on some of the elements in that talk. Short courses...
ETM and Radiopaedia Trauma Radiology Course
In conjunction with Andrew Dixon from the world famous Radiopaedia.org (and YouTube Radiology Channel), ETM is running a 1-day trauma radiology course on Sunday December 7th 2014 in Melbourne. This is a fantastic learning oppourtunity for all medical, nursing,...
Large bore vascular access devices
There are several large bore vascular access devices available for rapid fluid and blood administration in trauma and resuscitation settings, and depending on which country you are in, and where you work, these devices may be referred to by different names. In this...
ETM Podcast Episode 6 – Brian Burns
I was lucky enough to attend the SWAN Trauma Conference over the last 2 days, and while there, managed to catch up with Brian Burns, a Sydney based Emergency Physician and retrievalist. I spoke with Brian about a great talk he did at the conference, and some of the...
July ETM Course Review
The July ETM Course ran over over the weekend and it was another very successful course. We had a great mix of ACRRM & RACGP GP's, ED Registrars (adult & paeds), ED Consultants, and even an inpatient Trauma Registrar, and I was really impressed with everyone's...
ETM Radiology: That’s not a knife!
In true Aussie trauma style, we pay homage to Crocodile Dundee, with a case of penetrating chest injury. Can you troubleshoot the chest in this tricky case? A 49 year old man presents after being stabbed multiple times in the left anterior chest. Paramedics state that...
ANZCA Trainees and Fellows – ETM Qualifies for ANZCA CPD
Are you an Australian or New Zealand Anaesthetic Registrar or Fellow? Then we would love to see you at an ETM Course. Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program may now claim ETM Course as a Major Haemorrhage emergency response activity in their CPD portfolio....