Category Archives: General PH&RM

CGD returns!

Posted on January 18, 2017 by alanlaverty

Our Clinical Governance Day returns on 25/1/16. We have the Christmas period to catch up on so there will be oodles of M+M with lashings of Airway Registry with plenty of opportunity to explore the recent challenges our caseload has … Continue reading →

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Clinical Governance Day 14/12/16

Posted on December 7, 2016 by alanlaverty

Next week sees a Christmas Quiz filled with a little medicine and padded with questionably useful trivia. No prizes have been decided upon yet but the loser will be volunteered for an interstate bariatric ballon pump transfer over the festive … Continue reading →

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ECMO Spectacular: CGD 30th November

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Natalie May

It’s the big one – ECMO jobs represent a small proportion of the work we do but a significant clinical and logistical challenge. It’s time to rise to that challenge with an ECMO themed CGD on 30th November! At next CGD … Continue reading →

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C2T2C2 Study

Posted on November 12, 2016 by alanlaverty

November 8th will see the commencement of the C2T2C2 study. The aim of this study is to determine the utility of transcutaneous capnometry measurement of arterial carbon dioxide in transported adult patients. Control of pCO2 is essential in the … Continue reading →

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Clinical Governance Day 16th November

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Natalie May

Fantastic learning opportunities ahead! Next week we’ll be exploring not one but TWO interactive cases as Geoff Healy takes us through a tricky clinical case, while Alan Laverty & Aircrewman James Koens talk logistics in the context of a recent … Continue reading →

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Clinical Governance Day 2 November 2016

Posted on October 26, 2016 by alanlaverty

After the success of the Airway Extravaganza (thanks to all involved and especially to Clare Hayes-Bradley!) it’s time to settle down and return to the time-honoured basics of governance in the form of Morbidity and Mortality. Geoff Healy shall be … Continue reading →

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Clinical Governance Day 19th October

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Natalie May

Next Wednesday our Clinical Governance Day will feature an airway extravaganza! It’s time to hone those airway skills from RSI currency to paediatric surgical airway, CMAC to Ambu A Scope and King Vision. The day kicks off with a review of … Continue reading →

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CGD 5 October 2016

Posted on September 28, 2016 by alanlaverty

Our next Clinical Governance Day is on 5 October 2016 from 0800-1400. Dr Albert Chiu (Interventional Neuroradiologist at Prince of Wales) will be kindly joining us and presenting on the latest developments in clot retrieval for hyperacute stroke. A multidisciplinary … Continue reading →

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