Author Archives: Mick Killeen

GreetingsWe have a month or more of trauma ahead of us and a lot of interesting talksThe idea is to get through the most important and contemporary aspects of trauma management in ED and also to brush on some basic … Continue reading →

Summary of Ebola talk Thanks Eimhear for a comprehensive review of recent updates on Ebola. Today the WHO has predicted a worse case scenario of up to 20000 cases before the end of this epidemic is brought undercontrol (hopefully by … Continue reading →

Teaching Next Week ( 28th August 2014 )  Neurologic Emergencies Continued  Junior Docs to present a case if they haven’t already Registrar Presentation : EBOLA update ( if someone who isnt doing an exam in the next 2 weeks wouldnt … Continue reading →

Teaching thursday 7 August AIRWAY EMERGENCIES ( and an introduction to paeds )   1) review management chocking child and the child in stridor ( please use up to date APLS or UK resuscitation guidelines see link ( https://www.resus.org.uk/pages/pbls.pdf)   … Continue reading →

Teaching 31 st August 2014 SGH DEM 1) post lumbar puncture headache – Muhammad case presentation and discussion 2) introduction to ultrasound use in the emergency department – mick killeen 3) FOAM , emergency medicine resources online Please pick a … Continue reading →

talk one  – the futility of the exercise tolerance test . The goal is to squeeze all this information into two ten minute talks see the following links for all the information you need (you may want to glance at … Continue reading →

   TEACHING for Second half of the year (2014)Purpose of teaching-Cover some of the core medical and surgical and Paediatric topics of Emergency Medicine -To maintain quality and uniformity or practice for all doctors in ED with a focus on … Continue reading →