Death from heat exhaustion after ‘inappropriate’ training session triggers NRL review
The NRL will review its policy on heat exhaustion after a coroner found that a Manly player died following an “inappropriate” preseason training session. Keith…
Tag: Emergency medicine
‘Ban on ramping’ is not helping hospitals, doctors tell politicians
The Tasmanian Government’s decision to ‘ban ramping’ from this week is not fixing the state’s health crisis but will come into conflict with medical decisions,…
Coroners don’t always get it right when they scrutinise patient deaths
Having spent most of my working life in hospital emergency medicine, including roles in ED management, policy development and standards-setting, I am generally alert for…
A third of Everest climbers can add cardiac arrhythmias to their list of dangers
Between hypothermia and hypoxia — not to mention the risk of an avalanche and rockfalls — summiting Mount Everest pushes the human body to its…
Surgeon describes his response as the first Bondi Junction attack victims arrived at his trauma unit
A surgeon who saved victims of the Bondi Junction stabbing attack has described how he and his colleagues responded when the first patients arrived at…
‘I knew I was in trouble when I saw the monitor,’ says doctor who nearly died of sepsis
“It felt like a bit of flu starting. And all of a sudden things took a huge turn. “Had I gone to bed that evening…
Man died of perforated oesophagus after ingesting kambo frog poison, inquest hears
A 46-year-old man died of a perforated oesophagus after consuming the plant-based psychedelic ayahuasca and frog-based poison kambo at a retreat in northern NSW two…
Leading Aussie doctors condemn attacks on Gaza health workers following more than 300 deaths
Australian doctors, including those from Palestinian and Jewish backgrounds, have called for an Israel-Gaza ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the reconstruction of damaged…
‘I worked in Ukraine, but Gaza is an emergency like nothing before’: a doctor’s story
Dr Edward Chu was part of a team of Médecins Sans Frontières staff who went to Gaza in December to provide medical support following Israel’s large-scale…
Doctors back new paediatric sepsis criteria over inflammation-based model
Paediatric sepsis and septic shock diagnoses should no longer be based on systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria, according to an international team of doctors. Instead,…
