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Do We Use A Pre-Intubation Checklist?

June 20, 2014 By Pondering EM 2 Comments

Do We Use A Pre-Intubation Checklist?

Back in April, I attended what has been dubbed ‘the greatest medical conference of all time’ by some of the online critical care community – SMACCGold. As expected, the experience was phenomenal. I found myself in an excited frenzy about the career I am lucky enough to find myself persuing – Emergency Medicine. Some of […]

Case 1: Who’s afraid of the big bad Wolff?

June 18, 2014 By Pondering EM 1 Comment

Case 1: Who’s afraid of the big bad Wolff?

The Patient… 21 year old girl. Clean bill of health. 1 hour of unrelenting palpitations that stopped her being able to concentrate on writing her dissertation. On standing to get a cup of tea she feels very dizzy and like she is about to collapse. She lays down and calls for her boyfriend who phones an ambulance. 15 […]

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My Mental Toughness Manifesto – The Talk

I recently spoke at the fantastic AGN 2018 conference in Graz, Austria. My talk was a slightly modified version of “My Mental Toughness Manifesto”. The talk was live streamed, and a youtube video has since been uploaded (see above). It’s been quite a journey getting to this point. The blog posts, podcasts and talks I’ve […]

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