Dr Stephanie Fletcher, epidemiologist and public health expert, discusses all things COVID-19. What is a pandemic? What is COVID-19? What are the global effects of infectious diseases? What should we do to prepare for COVID-19 in Australia as both health care workers and the general population?

Links 

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/alerts/Pages/coronavirus-faqs.aspx

Today we discuss Paediatric asthma with emergency physician Max Raos. Unpacking all the pathophysiology and treatments for children with asthma from mild to severe. Max is an emergency physician with a passion for paedatrics.                                                                                                  

  GINA Guidelines           

 https://ginasthma.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Main-pocket-guide_2020_04_03-final-wms.pdf      

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31249014/#:~:text=GINA%202019%3A%20a%20fundamental%20change%20in%20asthma%20management%3A,is%20no%20longer%20recommended%20for%20adults%20and%20adolescents

NSW paeds asthma management

https://www1.health.nsw.gov.au/pds/ActivePDSDocuments/PD2012_056.pdf

http://www.liverpoolpaediatrics.com/files/asthma_childrens_asthma_information_pack.pdf

ASCIA website

https://allergy.org.au/hp/ascia-plans-action-and-treatment/

This week I Chat with Senior Emergency Physiotherapist Scott Whiting. Scott is an experience Physio therapist who talks to us about BACK pain. He has a background in orthopaedics and Trauma and a large tertiary hospital in NSW. 

Flow chart treatment for acute lower back pain 

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/346253/Acute_Low_Back_Pain_Flowchart_January_2017.pdf 

Cauda equina syndrome is a rare but potentially devastating condition that results from the dysfunction of multiple sacral and lumbar nerve roots in the lumbar vertebral canal that can result in permanent disability (bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction).

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/eci/clinical/clinical-resources/clinical-tools/orthopaedic-and-musculoskeletal/acute-low-back-pain/cauda-equina-syndrome 

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/eci/clinical/clinical-resources/clinical-tools/orthopaedic-and-musculoskeletal/acute-low-back-pain/acute-low-back-pain---assessment 

Information for patients 

fact sheets 

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/294326/Acute-Low-Back-Pain-ED-Patient-Factsheet.pdf 

Episode 3 I discuss all things Burns with DR Luis Winoto. Luis is an Emergency physician across 2 Hospitals in NSW and sits down with me to unpack Burns. Luis is passionate about teaching and education and in this episode, makes understanding burns, specifically classifications of burns and management of burns worth a listen.  

Show notes 

Adult guidelines for burns management

*  aci burns-guidelines

 * Royal Australian college of general practitioners guide to dressings burns-dressings

Statewide burn injury service Guidelines 2019

paediatric guidlines for burns

royal children's hospital clinical guidelines to Burns

download the ITIM app here ( burns calculator)

Interesting literature to read 

Wood F, Phillips M, Jovic T, Cassidy J, Cameron P, Edgar D. Water first aid is beneficial in humans post-burn: Evidence from a bi-national cohort study. PLoS One 2016;11(1):e0147259.

Recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents: WHO Emergency Medical Teams Technical Working Group on Burns (WHO TWGB) 2017-2020

This week I had a discussion with DR Will Siu Emergency Physician. Talking about all things STEMI and all things cardiac. How to Manage a patient having a myocardial infarction in an emergency department. What are the clinical signs, symptoms and the diagnostic tools used to diagnose a STEMI. 

Case notes 

* PAILS mnemonic for STEMI

* PATHWAY FOR ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME ASSESSMENT (PACSA)

Awesome material on ECG below

Life in the fast lane ecg basics

best ecg book ever bought below 

ECG book ECGS FOR THE EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN , AMAL Mattu

With over 200 traces to test your knowledge, this book is a first class learning tool for emergency physicians. Basic student-level knowledge of ECGs is assumed, so the reader can move directly to learning about the more complex traces that occur in the emergency department.

Intro into the ED JAM 

Emergency Department -(Just A Medical) podcast 

Hey I'm benny and this is my first episode. My podcast is a medical podcast for  Emergency department clinicians. I will be unpacking medical conditions in a 30 minute conversation with up to date healthcare professionals.