Mater Emergency Medicine

Apologies for not uploading the teaching schedule for the last 2 weeks. I was on leave. Please find below the teaching schedule for the next 7 days. Also, I have been in touch with the post graduate centre regarding getting … Read More »

Mary Duffy, CNM 2 in Gerontology is coming to talk tomorrow am after handover on Delirium. This is a “must know” condition affecting many of our patients. This talk is open to all ED staff so please make the extra … Read More »

Teaching plan for the next 7 days is as follows. Friday September 1st Title: Joint ICU/ED Teaching – Traumatic Coagulopathy Time: 08.15 Location: ICU Board Room Speaker: Noel O’Reilly   Title: Radiology Journal Club – “Does my trauma patient need … Read More »

Hi Guys. Teaching schedule for the next 7 days is as follows. Also prior the US session on Monday be sure to have a look at the 2 new links regarding aorta ultrasound that are under the US resources section. … Read More »

Of late the US gel bottle has been going missing a lot. People have being getting admirably creative regarding ways to overcome this (see above picture – thanks Cian). However as of this week this should become a thing of … Read More »

On behalf of the GEM team in MMUH ED we’re organising a series of Wednesday morning lectures from September for 6 weeks. These will be run in the Reg office from 8.15 for about 30 minutes. We’ve invited specialists from … Read More »

Dear Colleagues, We’re trying promote better care of the Elderly in MMUH ED for all health care staff. Improved education is key to delivering better care. The following programmes are available in the MMUH: National HSE 4 Hour Acute Dementia … Read More »

Teaching for the upcoming week is as follows. I would really encourage everyone to have a quick look at the eFAST and image optimisation links that Cian has forwarded us. You can find them under ED Education -> US resources. … Read More »

I was told about this by one of my old bosses in Aus the other week. I’ve used it a couple of times since with good effect. Some of you may have heard about this – the “Easy (or quick) … Read More »

Teaching timetable for August Week 3. Mon 14th August  Title: Ultrasound – Back to Basics. Focusing on knobology, optimising views etc Time: 8.15am Location: Emergency Department Contact Person: Cian McDermott & Rory Whelan Thurs 17th August Title: Simulation Training (SHO … Read More »