SCENARIO Case was an acute severe/life threatening asthma episode in a young patient. TECHNICAL FEEDBACK FROM DR. ADAM REID (EM CONSULTANT) Hi all, Thanks to those who participated and observed our acute severe asthma sim the other day. Particular thanks to Dr. Lachlan Robinson for stepping up to the plate at the last minute and […]
Pilot sim feedback #3: Trauma Call
Here is the write-up of our latest in situ sim. Along with the human factors feedback from our colleagues in aviation (which you can find at the end of the post), I’ve included the “technical” feedback from myself and two of my EM consultant colleagues as I thought it might be of interest. Scenario Young […]
PonderMed #20: Two pilots, one doctor
Captain Dave Fielding and Captain Alexander Jolly are commercial airline pilots. I met them through Project Wingman, a pandemic-induced collaboration between the UK aviation industry and the NHS. We met up over a coffee in the Whittington Hospital “First Class Lounge” and compared notes on our respective professions. In particular we discussed human factors and […]
A pilot watched us do a sim…
For me, a highlight of working through this pandemic has been the “First Class Lounge” laid on by Project Wingman. It’s a lovely little space set up at the back of our hospital canteen full of comfortable seating, ambient music, and friendly airline crew in full uniform serving the coffees. Initially, I assumed the staff must […]
Journal Club: ‘Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff (Handover) Program’
The ED is usually the only part of the hospital that has multiple doctors and nurses working at full speed 24 hours/day. A night shift as an ED registrar rarely allows for a wink of sleep, and we are constantly chopping and changing between day and evening shifts when not on night duty, punishing our bodies. Finishing work on […]
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 […]