Nurse! Fetch the Nikethamide and the Lobeline!
I’ve just had a most enjoyable day wasting a lot of time while watching some pretty amazing videos on youtube. I’m a big fan of medical history, particularly the history […]
A Fridge too Far?
How apt that this morning I watched one of my favourite episodes of “The Simpsons,” “King-Size Homer” from series 7, in which Homer gains 60 Lbs in order to reach […]
Own the Bronchial Blocker, Rent the Double Lumen Tube
From archbronconeumol.org You are the ICU registrar in a small teaching hospital. Its 0300 and you get a panicked call from ED. The nurse on the end of the phone […]
Are we drowning our patients?
I’ve been a bit busy across at sydneyhems.com for a while, but while I’m writing my next little bit, here’s a link to the good people at jems.com who have […]
Writer’s block
I’ve been on holiday and haven’t been able to think about a good topic to write about. But I’ve come up with a doozy. Just to spread the love and […]
Transatlantic Intensive Care
When it comes to comparing patient outcomes in sepsis, we antipodeans often smugly sit back and comment that “we don’t need no surviving sepsis campaign” (apologies to Pink Floyd) because […]
ANZICS ASM 2012 Adelaide Day 1
I’ve spent the last few days in Adelaide, SA at the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) annual scientific meeting. ANZICS is known throughout the acute medicine community […]
