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Precordial Stab

March 31, 2015 By Pondering EM 7 Comments

Precordial Stab

I am currently on a 3-month elective in Cape Town, South Africa. I’m experiencing an awesome city, sampling a new flavour of emergency medicine, and getting exposed to some regular major trauma (an area of EM I am interested in, but have had minimal experience with so far). On day 3, I was involved in an amazing case… ‘If […]

Pondering Paeds: Bloods, Sweat and Tears

March 13, 2015 By Pondering EM 1 Comment

Pondering Paeds: Bloods, Sweat and Tears

Author: Dr. Katie Knight  We’ve just had the big 6-monthly changeover in junior doctors across London, cue many nervous looking F2s, GP trainees and EM trainees setting foot in paediatric A&E for the first time. Aside from the dreaded paediatric trauma call, the thing that really freaks a lot of junior doctors out is sticking […]

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Reflecting on two months as a Sydney HEMS registrar

*Originally posted on the Sydney HEMS blog Uniform fitted. Induction complete. 10-mission milestone reached. It has been a learning frenzy. I’m a UK-trained emergency physician, and am two months into my year as a Sydney HEMS registrar. Some of my early reflections on the experience have had time to crystallise into bloggable form… I’m one […]

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