Trauma Tip: Safely secure your intercostal catheter to drain tubing connection!
Once a chest tube is in, people tend to switch off, thinking the hardest part is done, and I often see people grab a roll of Sleek tape and wrap it firmly around the connection between the chest tube and the chest drain tubing. The risk with this is that the tubing...ETM Course Accredited for ACEM CPD points
For those that have been asking, the Emergency Trauma Management Course is now accredited for 21.5 CPD points with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM). This means that a FACEM can earn nearly half their yearly points just for attending the course!...
Interested in Simulation? Sign up to NHET-Sim
NHET-Sim is the National Health Education and Training in Simulation program. It is part of a federally funded program by the Australian Government that is open to all Australian health practitioners wishing to use simulation as an education tool. I’m sure many...
ETM Presentation at ACEM Winter Symposium
Amit and I were lucky enough to be invited to speak at the ACEM Winter Symposium held in Broome last weekend. Amongst swaying palm trees, the turquoise waters of Cable Beach, stunning sunsets, and astrological marvels, as well as ED and FOAMed luminaries such as...
SWAN XXI Trauma Conference
For those of you in Australia who are interested in trauma care, I suggest you take a look at the South West Area Network Trauma Conference, being held at Liverpool Hospital (one of Sydney’s major trauma centres) in late July 2013. Whilst slightly inconvenient...Log In
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