During my six months working in the paediatric emergency department, I’ve noticed that the vast majority of young children are petrified of needles. A huge amount is at stake when a child requires an intravenous cannula. If the procedure is unsuccessful: It increases the time prior to administration of treatment (like IV antibiotics). It means subjecting […]
Blog post published as book chapter!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!! My first ever blog post – ‘Case 1: Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolff‘ – has been published as a chapter in a new EM textbook: How to Not Kill Your Patients: An ER Doctor’s Guide to Life after Residency. Here is the blurb from the editor/chief author Dr. Sajid Khan… “When my […]
RCEM Learning Podcast – Deliberate Practice Part 2 (featuring PonderingEM)
Earlier this month, Part 2 of my interview with Andy Neill (of Emergency Medicine Ireland fame) was released on the RCEM Learning podcast. Embedded below is the interview: The focus of the interview was Peak, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Poole, a book I’ve reviewed here on PonderingEM. Part 1 of the interview was released in their July 2017 podcast. As ever, I’d love to read […]
‘Why tomorrow’s patient needs a digital NHS’
Dr Robert Lloyd @PonderingEM is our MC – he’s talking of the front line challenges in the NHS #DHLcollaborate pic.twitter.com/7cCmubkm82 — Keith Grimes (@keithgrimes) February 22, 2017 On February 22, I had the honour of compèring an event that brought together NHS leaders, senior clinicians and digital entrepreneurs – #DHLcollaborate. It was the one-year summit of DigitalHealth.London, an organisation […]
Resources for ISTC NSOCM students
This is a post intended for the NSOCM students I presented to last week at the ISTC The title of my session was: ‘Practice, Perform, Process’: Strategies for Building Mental Toughness. Here are some of the resources I used to design the session, which I believe will be useful for you guys. Books On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology […]
An EM Trainee’s Learning Points from ESICM LIVES 2016
I had the opportunity to attend the European Society of Intensive Care Society (ESICM) annual conference in Milan this month. It was an interesting conference with expert speakers from all over the world of critical care. The conference spanned three days, and all talks were only 15 minutes followed by 2 questions. This post is a summary […]
ICEM Presentation References
Here is the list of references for my presentation at ICEM 2016 – ‘A UK Trainee’s Lessons From the Western Cape’. A recording of the presentation itself will follow shortly. References Arora, S., et al. (2011). “Mental practice enhances surgical technical skills: a randomized controlled study.” Ann Surg 253(2): 265-270. Asken, M. J. (2010). Warrior […]
