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Jesse Spurr

This, the first instalment of the Injectable Orange Podcast sees us speaking with Dr Matt Nettle. Matt is an Advanced Trainee in Emergency Medicine, Medical Education Fellow and a friend and colleague for a number of years. I took the opportunity to have a chat and pick some experiences and learnings from […]

Podcast Ep. 1 – The Teaching Course with Dr Matt ...

This entry was posted in Podcasts on December 1, 2014 by Jesse Spurr

He said, with tears in his eyes, ‘I’m so sorry, I feel like I’ve let you all down?’ ‘My mum has told me so much about you and I’m so sorry I’ve done this again.’ This was a man. A young, smart, insightful and articulate man. He ended up in […]

Why I grow a Moustache in November

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged #FOAMed #FOANed Depression Movember on October 24, 2014 by Jesse Spurr

Editor (Jesse): It is with very humble pleasure that injectableorange.com plays host to a great insight into the strategic, organisational and personal history of critical care nurse practitioner role in the UK. @ccpractitioner himself shares an insight into his world. I have long been a fan of Jonathan’s website. Jonathan […]

Is there a Critical Care (Nurse) Practitioner in the House?

This entry was posted in Nursing Professional and tagged #FOAMed Critical Care Nurse practitioner on September 2, 2014 by Jesse Spurr

Editor’s foreword: I would like to introduce a completely unedited, unadulterated and unsolicited view from the world of a newly graduated Enrolled Nurse. I think horizontal violence within nursing is still far too common place. We can all learn something from the people that inhabit the roles […]

Goodbye Missus Chips

This entry was posted in Nursing Professional and tagged Enrolled Graduate Identity Nurse on August 8, 2014 by Jesse Spurr

In a recent publication in the Journal of Speaking Properly (Spurr 2014), epidemiologists suggested we are in the midst of an epidemic. Public health officials are relatively confident that the disease known as ‘Condition Haych’ is largely isolated to the Australian population at present (urgent amendment see below for update). […]

‘Condition Haych’ – An Epidemic of Grammatical Proportions

This entry was posted in FOAM and tagged Grammar on June 25, 2014 by Jesse Spurr

Bolus: a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online) Consider a case. You are called to see a patient. 68 year old lady. Day one post-operative phase following right total hip replacement. Documented […]

Resuscitative Fluid Therapy – Get it in quick?

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice and tagged #FOAMed Bolus Fluids IV Resuscitation on June 20, 2014 by Jesse Spurr