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#badEM19 Fast Forward – The next EM frontier

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. Join us in listening to Dr Waseela Khan discussing the future of Emergency Care in South Africa, with an amazing group of experts from all the corners of EM. Panel:…

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#badEM19 Starting a wellbeing movement

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. When replacing the “I” with “we” – even Illness becomes Wellness. – Malcomb X Aileen Klette speaks to us about starting a movement around wellbeing.

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#badEM19 – Debriefing

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. Bronwen Espen shares excellent resources around clinical and simulation debriefing.

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Changing The Way We Practise With Sim

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. Dr Rebecca Gray, gives us a look at how we can interact with simulations and some of the lessons learned in South Africa

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Better Together – #badEM19

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. Randall Rhodes and Clint Hendrikse battling it out in a debate on Integrated Emergency Care. Great audience participation and engagement at #badEM19

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Paeds – Upper Airway Emergencies

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. Join us in watching Dr Lunga Mfingwana discussing upper airway emergencies. This is an insightful talk looking at the differentials that may present in the paediatric with an upper airway…

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Paeds Resuscitation – Learning Together

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. Join us in watching Jo Park-Ross, Andrew Redfern, and Shamiel Salie discuss difficult paeds resuscitation cases, and how we learn together to improve patient care.

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Measuring Madness

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. Join us in watching Dr Julian Fleming discussing the madness of quality metrics in Emergency Care.  Julian is currently head of Digital Transformation at Mediclinic Internation. He has a keen…

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Tech, Toys and a Python

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. Join us in watching David Stanton in discussing the future of Emergency Care in South Africa.  David is an Advanced Life Support paramedic, the Netcare911 Head of Clinical Leadership and…

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Emergency Care – See You In Court

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. All the talks were filmed & edited by ER24 and will be released on the website. This event is run alternate years to our main conference. Join us in watching…

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Head Vs Heart: Opening the Box

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Head Vs Heart: Opening the Box This blog post has been co-released by StEmlyns and badEM “Head Vs Heart: Opening the Box”  was intended to be presented by guest speaker and author, Natalie May at badEMfest20. Unfortunately, do to the current pandemic, badEMfest20 has had to be postponed and this talk would have had to…

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Low-Cost Surface Disinfectant

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Low-Cost Surface Disinfectant Traditionally in our departments, we have used alcohol-based sanitizers to wipe down surfaces and objects. With massive shortages of consumables and supplies during the COVD-19 outbreak, we have to look at cheaper alternatives that are readily available and are as effective. Household bleach, diluted to an appropriate concentration is recommended by the…

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Perfect Mix in Retrieval

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#badEM19 – 1 DAY Free Symposium In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. All the talks were filmed & edited by ER24 and will be released on the website. This event is run alternate years to our main…

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Trauma Care in the District EC

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. All the talks were filmed & edited by ER24 and will be released on the website. Join us in watching Dr Nuraan Lotter in the third installment of a four-part…

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Prehospital Haemostatic Resuscitation

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1 day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. All the talks were filmed & edited by ER24 and will be released on the website. The second instalment of a four part series of talks outlining the Emergency…

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Community First – Kevin Jones

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#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1 day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. All the talks were filmed & edited by ER24 and will be released on the website. We start off with the first of a four part series of talks…

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Crash 3

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The iPhone 11 of the emergency medicine world has just been released and you should be queueing for the results. The badEM crew and some guests sat down to understand what this landmark trial means for us in Africa. After reading the appraisal listen to our podcast and to our opinion on what these results…

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Interview with the Author: Michael McCaul on South African prehospital guidelines

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Series: “Interview with the Author…” Link to open access article: Click here Corresponding author email: mmccaul@sun.ac.za Previous linked author interview: https://badem.co.za/afjem-mccaul/ Author’s twitter handle: @MikeMcCaul3 Co-authors: @Research_ambit and @CEBHC Youtube: Strengthening South African prehospital guideline uptake Published in: @Plos Volume 14 Issue 14 The badEM crew interviewed Michael McCaul regarding his newly released article in PLoS ONE Volume 14 Issue 7 entitled: “Prehospital…

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Voices from Africa at SMACC

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African Voices at SMACC During SMACC in Sydney, Doug Lynch, @thetopend, interviewed several African delegates. We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the conference organisers with the smaccREACH program. We are super excited for the future of SMACC under their new banner CODA. Pendo George, from Tanzania, was the first to be interviewed…

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#badEMfest18: The Chronic Pain Toolkit – Rowan Duys

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The Chronic Pain Toolkit  Dr Rowan Duys  Rowan, @healthink, is an Anaesthetist practicing at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. He has a key interest in pain management & simulation teaching.   Rowan has been a great friend of the badEM crew and joined us at #badEMfest18 to share some great pearls of…

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