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 »
[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 »
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 »
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 »
I’m fairly sceptical on a lot of things that we do in medicine. Perhaps one of the most important things I’ve learned (partly through my Dad’s illness and death) is the importance of symptom control, and more particularly analgesia. We … Read More »