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Journal Club - October 2021
The Journal Club Podcast for October 2021. Listen to the podcast and have a read of our summary below, courtesy of our senior registrar f...
Prof Peter Cameron
Oct 21, 20216 min read


ALTITUDE SICKNESS
A great talk from Dr Danny Marhaba on Altitude Sickness. Albeit not a presentation we will see often in Australia, but an important one n...
Dr Danny Marhaba
Oct 6, 20212 min read


Respiratory Failure following Thoracocentesis: Re-Expansion Pulmonary Oedema
THE CASE: A 60-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with progressive shortness of breath over several months. On assessme...
Dr David McCreary
Sep 2, 20214 min read


WILL THAT SCAN GIVE ME CANCER?
Every day I send patients for x-rays or CT scans to help with the diagnosis of various conditions. I often mention the “risk of radiatio...
Dr Emma Bellenger
Aug 20, 20215 min read


IV FLUID ADMINISTRATION: PAEDIATRIC & NEONATAL
Dr. Elizabeth Sheffield Senior Registrar PEER REVIEW: Dr Emma Bellenger Editor: DR DAVID MCCREARY CASE OF THE DAY: You’re on night shift...
Dr. Elizabeth Sheffield
Aug 5, 20218 min read


DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE MANAGEMENT IN THE ED
Pelvic fractures are pretty common, particularly if you work in a trauma centre. From a trauma resuscitation perspective, we're usually m...
DR CONOR MCDERMOTT
Jul 23, 20215 min read


NECK RADIOGRAPHS: THE STRIDULOUS CHILD
So, behold the soft tissue x-rays. This is a historical Part 2 Exam favourite cropping up every few years in some form or another. Just...
Dr. Elizabeth Sheffield
May 4, 20217 min read
REPLAY THE EMERGENCY REGISTRAR REGIONAL TEACHING DAY: APRIL 21 | 2021
The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre is please to offer the opportunity to replay the online delivery of our recent Emergency Registrar...
EM TRAINING
Apr 27, 20211 min read
A Pain in the Neck
A 60yo M presents to the trauma centre after his 4WD vehicle collided with a semi-trailer at 90km/hr. He was entrapped in the vehicle for...

Cian Sullivan
Apr 27, 20214 min read
Pelvic Inflammations, Representations & Examinations
A 26-year-old female represents to the ED 24 hours after an initial assessment for lower abdominal pain which was attributed to likely pe...

Cian Sullivan
Apr 26, 20215 min read


Retrograde Urethrogram
Retrograde urethrogram is a pretty straightforward test to determine if your patient has urethral injury from their pelvic fracture.
Dr David McCreary
Apr 26, 20214 min read
Redback Spider Bites
The red-back spider is an Australian Icon. Many young Aussies grew up checking under their toilet seats religiously for red-backs, thanks...

Cian Sullivan
Apr 26, 20215 min read


Sunday Morning Cyclist with a Wrist Injury - Perilunate Dislocation
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning outside your ED and that can mean only one thing – the cyclists are out.
Dr David McCreary
Apr 23, 20214 min read
Taking the Clamp off Eclampsia
I wanted to speak on some of the more quizzical parts of the syndrome. Things I would sit there pondering for hours on end in a fellowshi...

Cian Sullivan
Mar 10, 20214 min read
LEMEKI LENOA RECEIVES ORDER TO FIJI FOR PRE-HOSPITAL CARE
Congratulations to Lemeki Lenoa a pre-hospital emergency care and major incident management specialist, and Navy Search & Rescue who...

Cian Sullivan
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Replay the Emergency Registrar Regional Teaching Day: October 21 | 2020
APPROACH TO THE SHOCK TRAUMA PATIENT Session one of our regional registrar teaching uses a case study of an acutely unwell shock-trauma...

Cian Sullivan
Oct 28, 20201 min read
Loss of taste and smell a strong predictor of COVID-19
Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine researchers have just published data from Emergency Department (ED) attendances in...

Cian Sullivan
Oct 26, 20201 min read
Replay the 'Compassion is Care' Webinar Series
Compassion has emerged as a prominent subject in the context of the Corona-virus pandemic. Loved ones have been unable to spend time with...

Cian Sullivan
Sep 24, 20202 min read
IFEM: A retrospective look - 10 years later
In the summer of 2010, Emergency Physicians International (EPI) published its first edition in Singapore, in partnership with the...

Cian Sullivan
Sep 24, 20201 min read
Free: iEM/Lecturio Emergency Medicine Core Content Course
The International Emergency Medicine Education Project (iEM) has been providing free emergency medicine educational resources for medical...

Cian Sullivan
May 7, 20202 min read
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