Taj Hassan is the immediate past president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. With consultant posts unfilled and more and more patients presenting to the emergency department what does the future look like for the specialty? Can we avoid the vision of smoking spires and desolate wastes?

The Future Dystopian Emergency Department: Taj Hassan at DFTB19

In our second episode of ‘The Three Muskapeers’ Drs Damian Roland, Alasdair Munro and Ian Lewins have a chat about what’s new in the literature about COVID-19, including current challenges and controversies in Paediatrics. Contains scenes of rib-tickling.

The DFTB Podcast – The Three Muskapeers Ride Again

This final talk from DFTB19 is something else. So sit down, pour yourself a cup of hot cocoa and listen to the mellifluous tones of Mr. Ross Fisher.

Curiosity is the wick: Ross Fisher at DFTB19

Fiona Reilly is many things as we found out at DFTB17. In this talk from the final plenary session of DFTB19 she takes us on a journey – from her early days working in rural Australia to now, working at a big city hospital – and she reminds us that there are always lessons we… Read More »The Travelling Doctors Suitcase: Fiona Reilly at DFTB19

The Travelling Doctors Suitcase: Fiona Reilly at DFTB19

Damian catches up with Alasdair to discuss the evidence pertaining to transmission of COVID19 in children. They discuss the evidence as it stands and how its interpretation has been a focus for challenging scientific discussion and public discourse.

COVID-19 transmission in children

Andy has always had an affinity for John Carter, as played by Noah Wyle, from the TV series ER. The night ER premiered on UK television happened to be his very first ED shift as a medical student at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.  He remembers sneaking away to the lounge to watch it. His… Read More »Emotional Contagion: Andrew Tagg at DFTB19

The Future Dystopian Emergency Department: Taj Hassan at DFTB19

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