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Keeping it Simple
One of the enjoyable challenges of rural & remote medicine is delivering high-quality care within the constraints of a health system that is cash-strapped, and where rural doctors often work...
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Networking and Silos
Well, just got back from the excellent GP Anaesthetists conference held in Sydney under the auspices of the NSW Rural Doctors Network. Apparently it’s an event they hold every other year (alternating...
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Gear fetish
I’m in love…with my KingVision videolaryngoscope. It’s somewhat of a generalism, but anaesthetists tend to be ‘propellor heads’ – they like to fiddle with equipment, & they are invariably seduced...
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Rural GP Anaesthetists – a ‘special needs’ mob?
As a rural doc I’m very lucky to have a job that is varied. I tell students and junior doctors that rural medicine offers all the stimulation and challenges of all the ‘best bits’ of medicine....
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The Love Affair may be over….
Well, no secret that I’ve been a fan of videolaryngoscopes Not so much because I think VL will replace the skill of direct laryngoscopy (it won’t), but because I think they add another tool to our...
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You gotta have love…
I was 14 when I nearly considered deliberate defenestration. It’s probably the closest I’ve ever been to suicide, but the memory of the angst that made me contemplate this action is still vivid. The...
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Difficult Airway Training – The Wookie Wins!
Full credit for this goes to Dr James DuCanto, airway geek and innovator from Milwaukee, USA. It’s been my great privilege (and crazy pleasure) to facilitate with Jim at smacc airway workshops in...
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