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In rural areas there are no dedicated services for the initial management and forensic examination of victims of sexual assault. As such rural GPs and emergency doctors are required to perform this difficult and important task. There are a heap of good training courses and resources out there for clinicians who want to learn how [...]
Imagine this scenario. You turn up to work your day shift and see you have been assigned to the Obs ward for the morning. It is your task to see the dozen or so patients sleeping off the evils of the night before in the small ward out back of the ED. You know the [...]
It is ladies month here still – and today we are going to get into one of the the big Emergency scenarios of Women’s health. Imagine this: Its a quiet night shift – you are contemplating a third cuppa when the triage nurse rolls in with a young woman on a wheelchair. Your powers of [...]
This is episode #8 of the Lessons Hard Learned Series. I am once again joined by Dr Rob Orman – the “one and only” guy behind the awesome ERCast blog and podcast. Rob shares a story from his early days as an attending – its about how to be more humble, more human and more [...]
Hi Listeners Dr MEl Thompson is back for a second bite of “lessons hard learned ” This case is a lot close to home, I think these types of errors / system problems occur in large multi-department hospitals all the time – you might evne have seen it recently. SO have a listen [...]
