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27 May
Kane Guthrie tweeted (I never thought I’d find a use for that word) this the other day and I figured it was worth commenting on. A hospital in the US is trying to deal with bed shortages and spiralling costs … Read More »
Author Archives: Andy Neill
Ultrasound for foreign body removal
25 May
My experience with US is mainly self-taught when I spent long ICU shifts performing echos on every patient in the unit. I’ve done my level 1 course but the accreditation process ain’t that easy in Ireland, and particularly where I … Read More »
Emergency Musical Interlude
24 May
[With apologies to LITFL] My wife’s awesome. She’ll not read this so be sure and tell her that if you see her. This was my Christmas present from her this year. A mandolin case made from paper-mache and covered with … Read More »
The art of medicine
22 May
What do we mean when we invoke the subtle and ever so nebulous “art of medicine”? Most people consider it an essential skill and part of being a good doctor to be able to correctly apply the art of medicine … Read More »
I’d like a drill please
22 May
Like most of you (I presume) I put my first I/O line in a chicken bone on an ATLS course. I put my first real live one in at a cardiac arrest of a 6 week old. In fact technically … Read More »