RSI: made stupidly simple
The Rapid Sequence Intubation is one of those “gotta have” skills for clinicians who work in frontline medicine. Fair to say there are a lot...
Paracentesis: are you stabbing in the dark?
Had a few problematic ascitic taps recently in our place – so I thought I would have a look at the evidence around paracentesis, what is...
Ten Commandments for Med Students
This is my top ten tips for the new batch of Med Students hitting the wards this month. This is about how to be a...
Consult Skills 2: When Agendas Collide or “Physician Know Thyself”
This is part 2 of Consult Skills. Check out part 1 here if you haven’t yet. Part 1 was all about trying to be better...
Consult Skills 1: The “normal” strategy: Understand the patient’s point-of-view and prosper
Pretend you are not a doctor for a minute. Imagine this: you wake up tomorrow with some abdo pain. Its not too bad, but gets...