Blow Them Away in Resus
One of my nursing colleagues was telling a story the other day about one of the first resuscitations we did […]
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human factors
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases – 2
Towards Excellence in Resuscitation Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases #2 Occasionally we step out of the resuscitation room feeling like a […]
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Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases
Towards Excellence in Resuscitation Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases #1 A resuscitationist agonises. These words, expressed by Scott Weingart during a […]
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The Physician’s Pledge
Described as ‘the contemporary successor to the 2500-year-old Hippocratic Oath‘, the World Medical Association (WMA)’s Physician’s Pledge provides guidance for […]
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The Area Under The Suffering Curve
“What’s your leadership style Cliff? How do you like to run the emergency department?” Our new fellow had asked a […]
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The Myth of Error-Free
This guest post from a fellow retrieval clinician contains a powerful message for us all. We have a responsibility to […]
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Do What You Said You Were Going To Do!
‘Do what you said you were going to do – the high performance culture of excellence under pressure’ is the […]
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Learning To Speak Resuscitese
In the resus room, clarity of communication between team members is critical to patient safety and effective resuscitation. We are […]
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Reflections on an ass-kicking
Last weekend I got my butt handed to me and I’m feeling really good about it. I entered my first […]
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Resuscitationist lessons from a self-protection master
“It’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it“ My great friend […]