Category: Pearls and Pitfalls

Rant: Lactate is your friend

It’s 0200 in a rural ED. Sixty-three-year-old bloke, let’s call him Gary. He’s come in feeling a bit flat, mildly short of breath, no fever,...

The Science of Empathy

This is a re-release of one of my favourite lectures. When I was invited to speak at SMACC Gold 2015 I was given a free...

Decision Rules are Destroying Medicine

Controversial title… courtesy of Dr Justin Morgenstern. In this podcast Justin tells me about the evidentiary basis for our modern obsession with clinical decision rules...