Thrive at Eastern Health

Is it really true that in our COVID pandemic 'the kids will be okay'? How does Delta compare with the strains we have seen earlier? What on earth does PIMS-TS stand for and how important is vaccine-induced perimyocarditis in our paediatric population?

Recorded 30th September 2021. Content Development & Editing Visakan Krishnananthan, Khrishna Tumali, Emma Ku. Interviewee Rebecca Taylor. Resource Development Peter Ge, Tushar Goyal. Ratification Anita Liu. Admin Support Kate Flynn. Music INTRO and COMMENTARY 'Adventures' by A Himitsu; OUTRO 'Over you' by Atch SoundCloud: bit.ly/AtchSoundCloud Spotify: bit.ly/AtchSpotify Instagram: www.instagram.com/atchmusic [email protected] 

The febrile child is an incredibly common presentation whether in GP or ED. The vast majority of these are well children who can safely be discharged home, yet amongst this group there are some serious and even life-threatening illnesses to identify. To up the complexity we are assessing neonates to near- adults, and all with a worried parent to boot. 

Dr Emma Ku is joined by Dr Rebecca Taylor, one of our Paediatricians at Eastern Health as we avoid the pitfalls and identify the pearls in managing paediatric fever. Rebecca is a general paediatrician with special interests in the management of the deteriorating patient, simulation, system governance and workforce wellbeing. 

Recorded 30th September 2021. Content Development & Editing Visakan Krishnananthan, Khrisna Tumali, Emma Ku. Interviewee Rebecca Taylor. Resource Development Peter Ge, Tushar Goyal. Ratification Debbie Leach. Admin Support Kate Flynn. Music INTRO 'Happy Mood' - AshmaluevMusic; COMMENTARY 'Walk' by Ikson https://www.iksonmusic.com; OUTRO 'Over you' by Atch SoundCloud: bit.ly/AtchSoundCloud Spotify: bit.ly/AtchSpotify Instagram: www.instagram.com/atchmusic [email protected] 

Disclaimer: Thrive podcasts are a free open-access medical resource developed by medical staff at Eastern Health to educate junior doctors. We make every effort to ensure our content is up to date and based on the latest evidence, however this may not always be possible. Consequently, our content should not be used to substitute local guidelines or hospital protocols and guidance from senior clinicians should be sought in unfamiliar clinical situations

ECGs are often taught by rote learning and pattern recognition. A little extra attention to some basic anatomy and electrophysiology however will have your patients' ECGs whispering all their cardiac secrets to you. In this series we will work systematically through the ECG, building new insight and a solid, practical approach to ECG decoding. This episode gives a simple but unforgettable approach to cardiac anatomy, demystifies leads and what they are 'seeing', describes the most accurate method of measuring rate and outlines a basic method for describing rhythm.

Recorded 29th October 2021. Content Development & Presentation Emma Ku. Editing Kee Whye Chin, Kimberley Houlihan, Dominic Walpole, Khrisna Tumali. Resource Development Kee Whye Chin, Kimberley Houlihan, Tushar Goyal. Ratification Anita Liu. Admin Support Kate Flynn. Music INTRO 'Colorful Flowers' by Tokyo Music Walker; OUTRO 'Over You' by Atch SoundCloud: bit.ly/AtchSoundCloud Spotify: bit.ly/AtchSpotify Instagram: www.instagram.com/atchmusic [email protected] 

Disclaimer: Thrive podcasts are a free open-access medical resource developed by medical staff at Eastern Health to educate junior doctors. We make every effort to ensure our content is up to date and based on the latest evidence, however this may not always be possible. Consequently, our content should not be used to substitute local guidelines or hospital protocols and guidance from senior clinicians should be sought in unfamiliar clinical situations

COVID has radically transformed what we do and how we do it in hospitals with an extraordinary pace of change. Everything from our shift and team configuration, our movement through the hospital, our patient assessment, entirely new treatments and even right down to what we wear.  We're going to be talking with two of our doctors currently working in COVID roles who will provide an insight into everything a junior doctor needs to know to work with COVID.

We unravel the mysteries of ICU - the role it plays, the services it provides and how to make a great referral when required. We also discuss how to prevent our patients deteriorating, and cover the tricky topic of establishing and communicating goals of care.

In this podcast we’re going to be talking about syncope with a particular focus on not missing the serious cardiac causes. We’ll cover what syncope is, its potential causes, how to assess patients, red flags to look for, which patients have to be admitted and which patients  get to go home.

Dr Emma Ku will be joined by Dr Jithin Sajeev, one of our Consultant Cardiologists at Eastern Health. Jithin’s subspecialty interests include the management of cardiac rhythm abnormalities and cardiac device implantation. He also runs the syncope clinic at BHH which you’ll hear about further into the podcast. He's a researcher, he's undertaking a PhD in atrial arrhythmias and stroke and he regularly contributes to medical education. 

Recorded 11th August 2021. Content Development & Editing Emma Ku. Interviewee Jithin Sajeev. Resource Development Kee Whye Chin, Giselle Bennet, Tushar Goyal. Ratification Anita Liu. Admin Support Kate Flynn. Music INTRO 'Happy Mood' - AshmaluevMusic; COMMENTARY 'Two grands - piano bar music - jazz' - JuliusH from Pixabay-Music; OUTRO 'Over you' by Atch SoundCloud: bit.ly/AtchSoundCloud Spotify: bit.ly/AtchSpotify Instagram: www.instagram.com/atchmusic