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Anaesthetic Crisis Manual
Book Review: The Anaesthetic Crisis Manual, David C Borshoff The Anaesthetic Crisis Manual (The ACM), was first published in 2011 and is a collection of 22 life threatening crises that anaesthetists manage in everyday practice. Based on the cockpit QRH (quick reference handbook) used in the airline industry, and using CRM (crew resource management) principles developed for aviation safety, the ACM brings tried and tested checklist instruction to the field of Patient Safety. LITFL reviewed the book as a potential resource in the setting of the emergency resuscitation area and at the ICU bedside. The ACM utilises accepted...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - December 20, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: Book Review Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Reviews ACM Anaesthetic Crisis Manual Anesthetic Manual CRM David C Borshoff Dr Borshoff QRH Source Type: blogs

Australian Anaphylaxis amplification
Anaphylaxis is increasingly common. The patient population death rate for anaphylaxis is Australia in 2013 was over double that reported in the UK Dr Ray Mullins, an allergist in Canberra, and colleagues from Sydney and Singapore have recently reported an increase in in the number of anaphylaxis fatalities in Australia. This is currently trending towards a 3 fold increase in anaphylaxis deaths over the study period of 15 years. Mullins and colleagues had previously identified a rise in the rate of all food allergy, with the most dramatic effect in young childhood food where hospital admission analyses showed a 50...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 18, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: Clinical Research Education Immunology allergy Anaphylaxis EpiPen mastocytosis Ray Mullins Source Type: blogs

Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - August 9, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.-----h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs