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5th World trauma Congress 26th-30th October 2020; Brisbane convention & Exhibition centre. Details here All doctors performing intubation have to fill a mandatory Airway registry form. Hard copies will be stored in the airway trolley. Electronic copies are available here . Please leave filled forms on Dr Scott’s table or…Continue reading “Announcements”

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Question of the week

16th May 2019: Please describe the provided CT abdomen image of an 83 year old gentleman with severe left sided…

Special moments

Mountain bike trauma rural training day Scottsdale
An amazing day in September 2019

Mountain Bike trauma country training day Scottsdale

Academic…

Mountain bike country trauma training day Scottsdale 2019

15 Dec 201915 Dec 2019
On 27th September 2019, a joint trauma learning day was conducted at the Scottsdale hospital. followed by a site visit session at the Derby mountain bike tracks. The day was…
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It bites

6 Apr 20196 Apr 2019
Dental injuries are commonly encountered in ED practice. It is crucial that emergency doctors and nurses are capable of providing adequate first aid and stabilisation procedures till patients get definitive…
Academic…

Treasure hunt

22 Mar 201924 Mar 2019
Education sessions 28th February 2019 Dr. Preeti Alur, emergency registrar kicked off the afternoon’s sessions by presenting the month’s Mortality and Morbidity meeting. Review of the 2 presented cases illustrated…
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Hearty delight

28 Feb 201928 Feb 2019
The heart was in focus on 21st of February 2019 during another packed Emergency registrar teaching session. First on the menu was some excellent teaching on Chest Pain and Acute…
Academic

Hot life support

9 Feb 2019
Hot session took a whole new meaning in a super cramped simulation training room packed with enthusiastic participants performing life support drills. Participants came close to performing CPR on real…
Academic

It was traumatic.

5 Feb 20196 Feb 2019
Stealthy Pulmonary embolism Dr. Anthony M Trinidad presented an unusual case of a patient who presented with left upper quadrant abdominal pain, and turned out to have a Sub massive…
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Oh, what a pain!

27 Jan 201931 Jan 2019
Summary of education activity 24/01/2019 Thursday 1300-1700 hrs It was a very productive day for all those who attended. Dr Cameron McClure kicked off the first session of the day…
Academic

New Teaching sessions kick off

19 Jan 201919 Jan 2019
A hot new term of teaching sessions kicked off this Thursday.It was identified that nursing staff would be able to attend a Thursday teaching session at 1400 hrs and could…
Editorial

The Journey Begins

14 Jan 201913 Feb 2019
Welcome to www.edlaunceston.org The prime goals of this website based out of the Launceston emergency department, are good quality education and teamwork . The  aim of this site is to…

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274-280 Charles Street,
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