Simulympics

SimWars! Huh! Yeah! What are they good for? Err… absolutely nothing. Enter Simulympics: The format: two sweaty, blood-spattered, MRSA-encrusted teams of four. From two of Queensland’s busiest and feistiest emergency departments. Side-by-side, 40 minutes against the clock. An obstacle course of broken body parts, spurting arteries and crunching ribs (made out of finest Laerdal plastic). And a very difficult judging panel: all critical, and no care. The only choking will be in the form of obstructed airways. If you want to see the spectacle, bag yourself one of the last 20 tickets for the Spring Seminar on Emergency Medicine 2016, Noosa. It’s already the best-selling SSEM ever, with keynotes on forward combat critical care, paediatric ultrasound and disaster medicine, panel sessions on international emergency medicine, STOPPITs and Dangerous Ideas, hot topics from NOAC reversal to acupuncture, and workshops on emergency dentistry, difficult ventilation, echo, lung ultrasound, wilderness medicine (in the National Park) and snakebite (in Australia Zoo)! Bring sunhat, swimmies, a towel… and if you’re competing in Simulympics, try to slip in some meldronium. The post Simulympics appeared first on LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog.
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