Monthly Archives: March 2013

Northern Nautical Nasties August 7, 2017
This is the vodcast version of a talk I am giving at the Australian College of Dermatology meeting next week. Why am I speaking at a Derm conference? Who knows! My knowledge of skin is superficial at best…. Anyway they wanted to know about things that might kill you in Broome… so humans aside, these […]
Casey Parker
First10EM Journal Club: July 17 July 31, 2017
Welcome back to the latest episode of the First10EM Journal Club with Dr Justin Morgenstern – the man who knows less about a lot than anyone I know! You will have to listen to understand that backhanded compliment! This month we cover 9 papers on a range of everyday topics and as always a few […]
Casey Parker
First10EM Journal Club: June DasSMACC Edition July 2, 2017
Welcome back to the roughly monthly Journal Club with Dr Justin Morgenstern of First10EM fame. This month we have a special edition for you – we invited 6 of our favourite EBM FOAMed folks to join us live in Berlin at DasSMACC. We recorded the following podcast in the hotel lobby bar over a few […]
Casey Parker

KIDOCS

Gameshow or Desert Island Supraglottic Airway Devices? July 16, 2017
There are over 20 different supraglottic airway devices on the market, each with their own pros & cons. This can lead to confusion when choosing preferred supraglottic airways to stock on emergency trolleys, with proponents favouring one device over another based on various performance characteristics or bias towards situational practice (e.g.: OT vs ED) […]
Tim Leeuwenburg
Airway Popups July 4, 2017
Just heading home from a whirlwind European trip, ostensibly for the purposes of attending #dasSMACC in Berlin. I’m proud to have been involved with smacc as speaker, workshop presenter and occasional twitter moderator since inception in Sydney 2013. It’s cemented itself as the premier conference for critical care and emergency medicine on a global stage [ […]
Tim Leeuwenburg
Community CPR, AEDs & Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac Arrests May 6, 2017
The value of Bystander CPR and Public Access AED use is shown nicely in this NEJM article http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1601891 What does this mean? I think it means that a sensible approach to out-of-hospital cardia arrest is NOT about hospitals and helicopters (although post ROSC transport and critical care is vital!) Rather, we need to ensure […]
Tim Leeuwenburg

GP Sceptics podcast 11: Medically Unexplained Symptoms
We interview the Dutch GP who wrote the guide on the difficult art of dealing with patients whose symptoms persist after all reasonable efforts to diagnose them have failed. A fascinating topic because it is both common and perplexing. Continue reading →
How to measure med student empathy
Everyone agrees doctors need empathy. But a new study finds medical entrance exams try to measure it, and fail. Continue reading →
The Fed endures, and so must we
If some old Swiss guy can still win Wimbledon, there's hope for all us old codgers. Keep moving, or die. Continue reading →
Tamiflu: an expensive lesson in panic stockpiling
The removal of Tamiflu from the WHO "core medicines" list is an uncomfortable reminder of the $4 billion we spent stockpiling it during the 2009 swine flu. What on earth were we thinking? Continue reading →
GP Sceptics podcast 10: GPs at the Deep End
Dr Tim Senior discusses working with disadvantaged populations. Justin discusses anti-ageing (for mice). Liz cooks up her first ever special source. Continue reading →

Should PPIs be routinely co-prescribed with long-term NSAIDs?
Rostom et al. Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2002(4):CD002296. Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) protect against the development of ulcers seen on endoscopy, in patients taking longer-term NSAIDs. Little data exists on clinical outcomes.
NSAIDs as treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infections
Gagyor et al. BMJ 2015 Dec 23;351:h6544. NSAIDs should not be recommended as a first line treatment for uncomplicated UTIs in women. Compared to empirical antibiotics, women experienced a significantly greater burden of UTI symptoms.
Duct tape to treat cutaneous warts
Kwok CS, et al. Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2012 Sep 12(9):CD001781 Duct tape should not be routinely recommended as wart therapy. There is no compelling evidence that duct tape is more effective than placebo.

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