@paradub In all seriousness, do we need get overly complicated? ‘Out-of-hospital specialist clinician’ - presuming that ‘hospital’ also refers to clinics
Paediatric Emergency Medicine CNC @ClareHambridge presenting at #PARAPEM20 on Paediatric Shock. Do we need to fix the Pump, improve Squeeze, Fill or Unblock? Keeping it simple.
What do these two have in common?
1) Don’t shake them
2) They will keep you up at night. 3) They have the same fluid volume.
@FatamboGary Thanks Gary, I have leaky eyes after that one. #PARAPEM20
Dr Dan Bodnar, Assistant Med Director, Paediatric Consultant - presenting on Paediatric Trauma and Burns at #PARAPEM20. Declaring first that his least favourite things are man buns, musical theatre, dogma and black and white protocols; Dulux has many shades of white!
Red flags for NAIs. @elliott_bates advises to be aware of delays in seeking care, changes in story by caregivers (or between two caregivers) regarding cause of injury, explanation inconsistent with child’s development capabilities ie limb fractures in non-mobile child #PARAPEM20
@AmesCraike importance of Handover "9yr old male, gunshot wound at zoo" can't say I have ever asked if the pt was human 🤣 (real case in SA 🇿🇦) my CREDD does not go to 200kg!
Every day health care workers save people who don’t act in their best interest.
In a pandemic, they put their own lives at risk to save people who may not have acted in their best interest.
I don’t want my anaesthetic/ED/critical care mates to die. Go home, Australia.
Just announced my Uni classes going online from tomorrow (for a very interactive degree but what can you do). Assuming (?) most Vic universities will follow. Think its a good, sensible call #COVIDー19