Emergency Medicine Conversations

I speak with Dr Farhadieh internationally renowned plastic surgeons who supports rural providers with his work in the ACT. We discuss the challenges of managing hand injuries in the rural emergency department. 

I speak with Dr Michael Holland consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist working in rural southern NSW about the challenges and the team approach to the management of Post Partum haemorrhage in a rural hospital.

I speak with Dr John Gardiner FACEM about the  complexities of managing atrial fibrillation in the emergency department.

I speak with Dr John Gardiner FACEM about the assessment and management of tachyarrhythmias and the practical aspects of safe cardioversion.

I discuss with Dr Trevor Chan Clinical Director of the NSW Emergency Care institute about what the ECI is and does, and how we can use its various resources to help us with our work in rural and regional emergency departments.

I speak with Andrew Burke a mental health clinical nurse consultant about the NSW mental health act in the rural emergency department and the forms associated with this.

I speak with Dr Can Huynh a urologist working in a major city as well as regional NSW. 

We discuss renal colic, urinary retention, and issues with indwelling urinary catheters

I discuss with Dr Gawarikar stroke neurologist many of the difficult issues we face in assessing and managing patients who present with stroke like symptoms in the rural emergency department

I speak with Dr Rory Ardlie a FACEM and retrieval consultant working in NSW and the ACT. We discuss an approach to the difficult airway in the context of trauma and how to prepare for and perform a surgical airway.