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Next week’s CGD will include a review of June’s Mortality & Morbidity as well as the Airway Registry. We will also hear from Mark Newcombe’s recent first hand experience of the Advanced Airway HOP. How would you have approached this … Continue reading →

Next week’s CGD begins with a pearl-packed Mortality & Morbidity session and is followed by the always revealing Airway Registry. In the 2nd half of the day, Chris Partyka is returning with part two of the oustanding Sonography Training Oriented … Continue reading →

This week, the Sydney-based team were invited down to Wollongong for an outdoor simulation extravaganza. Hosted by Wayne Cannon and the Wollongong team, the Sydney crew were treated to a feast of outdoor learning. The take home? Environment, Personnel, Equipment Environment … Continue reading →

During next week’s CGD we’ll have a focus on Burns with some excellent outside speakers to share a case of burns from the Snowy Mountains. We’ll also get an update on burns management principles and advances in burns therapy from … Continue reading →

As well as our regular Airway Audit and M&M we will have an update on the research that it being conducted by our own team as well as do a deep dive into the latest evidence around the drug treatment … Continue reading →

For a great review article of RSI in children check out the following article: BJA Educ (2016) 16 (4): 120-123  Place of rapid sequence induction in paediatric anaesthesia. R Newton, H Hack Predicting difficult airways in children: evaluation-of-difficult-airway-predictors-in-pediatric-population-as-a-clinical-investigation-2155-6148.1000256 Some key … Continue reading →

This week’s CGD will be an cerebral infusion of paediatric excellence. We have a host of bona fide paediatric experts in our midst and now’s your chance to pick up their pearls of wisdom and maybe to share some of your … Continue reading →

  AC Joint Injuries a non-evidenced based strapping technique which anecdotally controls pain and keeps patients mobile eg to walk out from a scene the aim is to provide a lifting mechanism to support the weight of the arm which … Continue reading →

  This is the first Clinical Governance Day of the term, and it is an excellent one. Welcome to our new registrars! A bit of Mortality & Morbidity (January) packed with learning points and always good for the soul! Ever wondered what’s … Continue reading →