The second instalment of the series of newfangled pharmacological favourites for your edification. This post is all about tapentadol… and its friends. If you are like me you probably started noticing a trickle, then a flood of patients being discharged from big city hospitals on this new drug. Now I am a simple rural doctor. […]
Pain Plan
October 30, 2017 By 6 Comments
Hello, this post is inspired by a few recent discussions that have been taking place on the FOAMed Twitter space. It is all about how we should approach the ongoing pain for patients whom we are sending home from the ED. There is a big tension here. We are good people; we went into Medicine […]
Medical myth : Give Max with your Morph?
May 21, 2014 By 3 Comments
Gday readers. This post is the result of a recent Twitter discussion involving a group of FOAMites including: @EMManchester, @smotovmd, @EMS_Junkie, @ KangarooBeach, @rfdsdoc, @MDAware, @Darn_if_i_know, @OneArmWonder, @Lyall I had a very Orthopaedic weekend – footy season is back, lots of minor injuries. And then the seasonal influx of tourists – means a lot of […]
Dysmenorrhea with Dr Penny Wilson
May 13, 2013 By 1 Comment
Dysmenorrhea is a very common problem in primary care, and can even turn up in the ED from time to time. As a bloke GP mainly doing ED stuff, I rarely have to treat it beyond suggesting some OTC NSAIDs and a hot pack. So I have teamed up with Dr Penny Wilson (@nomadicgp) who […]
Broome Docs Podcast 008: Earache in kids with Dr Dave Forster
January 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Yes it is time for another Broome Docs podcast! Once again I spoke with Dr Dave Forster about one of his pet topics: earache in kids. This is a super-common presentation and one that can be a bit confusing. In this podcast we talk about the differentiation of otitis externa from media, analgesia strategies and […]
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