OSCE NAME: Paediatric Drowning
Single Length Station – 3 mins reading time, 7 min station
SUBJECT AND CURRICULUM REFERENCE
Medical Expertise
Prioritisation and Decision Making
Communication
Teamwork and Collaboration
CLINICAL SCENARIO STEM
A 4 yearold boy has been brought into the resuscitation bay in PEA cardiac arrest after being found submerged in the backyard pool for a maximum of 2-3 minutes. Effective CPR and administration of appropriate dru...
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A White Board and an iPad
For me, with the limited attention span typical of most Emergency Medicine doctors, I found sitting down in front of a text book for hours on end mind numbingly boring. Rote learning, long didactic sessions and endless lists and notes just didn't do it for me.
I needed to have a billion and one resources, jump around multiple topics and study in multiple different locations, in multiple different styles to keep my attention on the job. Not everyone is like this of course, and its important to...
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