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This week I had my mind blown. Insights into the world of Trauma, Mass Casualty, Disaster Response and Military Medicine, opened up a whole new world at the Trauma and Disaster Management event hosted at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and supported by Laerdal Medical. Highlights Dr David Cooksley […]

Casualties of War

This entry was posted in FOAM on July 9, 2013 by Jesse Spurr

Donkey analogies aside, with the growing uptake of immersive team simulation, there is certainly a risk of falling into the softly-softly debrief trap. Thanks for sharing this video Luke Wainwright (@lukie27). Although slightly tongue in cheek (only slightly), it elucidates some of the things that have sat uneasily with me when […]

Debriefing: a Little Carrot, a Little Stick

This entry was posted in Simulation and tagged #FOAMed debriefing good judgement simulation on July 6, 2013 by Jesse Spurr

I love Twitter and I love #FOAMed. I get to be a fly on the wall observing passionate and qualified debates on interesting and arguably controversial topics. In a refreshing divergence from the cricoid pressure debate, the Minh Le Cong (PHARM) and Nic Chrimes (VORTEX) public airway philosophical discussion rolled […]

Running Before Learning to Tie Shoelaces

This entry was posted in FOAM and tagged #FOAMed airway Competency. on June 21, 2013 by Jesse Spurr

First of all, anyone who says they haven’t made a mistake in their professional capacity is most probably: a) lying, b) ignorant, c) lacking insight or d) all of the above (terrifying condition called “terminal insight failure” – no known therapy only palliative measures). It is from our failures that […]

Failure and Resurrection

This entry was posted in FOAM and tagged #FOAMed error Error recovery human factors on April 11, 2013 by Jesse Spurr

In what felt like being part of a spectacular experiment, the SMACC 2013 program launched in style with an opening plenary to end all others, imploring us all to consider what make critical care so different? For the uninitiated, SMACC 2013 was the inaugural Social Media and Critical Care Conference, […]

Talking SMACC – A nurse eye view.

This entry was posted in Social Media & Conferences and tagged #FOAMed Critical Care Nurse SMACC on March 14, 2013 by Jesse Spurr

Are we saddling clinical education with an unrealistic yoke to carry? First of all, apologies to those who thought this would be cool stuff about gadgets and manikins. About two years ago, I began a relieving post that involved attending hospital governance meetings in an educator capacity. In the first […]

Education, the solution to everything, until everything goes wrong.

This entry was posted in Nursing Professional and tagged #FOAMed meducation patient safety on March 1, 2013 by Jesse Spurr