Congratulations to our Sim team – “The Doggies” – Dr Heather Deane, Dr Lucy Selleck, Dr Taz Dissanayake and Dr James McFarlane, who battled their way through scenarios including
neonatal arrest
paediatric snakebite
trauma
to make it to the final, only narrowly being defeated by the Austin team! Great work!
Purple Rain (back to front; L-R):
Jason Kollios, Neill Aitken, David Swetman, Phil Naidoo
Kesh Khullar, Kajal Patel, Scott Ilgoutz, Rebecca Lapsley, Gemma Philpott, An Le
Sunshine Squibs (back to front; L-R):
Michael Coulton, Mike Gibbons (obscuro hex), Rahul Bhattacharjee, Elliot Adamson, Sam Law, Faraz Ahmad
Jess Roberts, Rachel Lind, Su Pham, Lucy Selleck (obscuro hex)
End of term registrar training jamboree – July 2017
Dr Liz Wyatt and Dr Mohsin Ejaz
Sunshine co-DEMT Dr Terence Yuen
Dr Mike Gibbons
Dr Lucy Selleck
Footscray co-DEMT Dr Karen Winter
UPDATED 9/3/17 – See Dr Neil Long’s additional notes regarding the stations below
On the 14th December ED Consultant Dr David Alexander and simulation registrar Dr Neil Long staged the annual simulation olympics with this year’s event – “the Pentathlon” – featuring resuscitation stations such as “the swimmer”, “the runner”, “the fencer”, “the shooter” and “the rider”.
Congratulations to registrars Gordon Carter and Mark Daley representing “the Republic of Ireland” who stormed home for the gold medal.
Thanks to all the registrars who came and participated.
[L-R: Sze-Chi + Jess, Son + Kiri, Sheri + Jamie, Rob + Annie, Emily + Maddy, Heather + Ben]
Thanks to Dr Luigi Marino, Dr Raj Patel, Dr Sam Robertson and the simulation centre staff for their help running the morning.
UPDATE
Video coming soon
Some current registrars may not have had the privilege of working with the retiring Professor Joe Epstein, whose professional and personal legacy is deeply woven into the history of both Western Health and the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. He was presented with a tribute book of anecdotes from family and colleagues at a recent farewell dinner. His presence in the department will be missed.
Joe-Epstein-Tribute-book_Final-version
On the 6th of January 2016, as part of Wednesday training, the registrars participated in a field trip to ARV, at its current location at Essendon Fields (co-located with Air Ambulance Victoria). The purpose of this teaching session was to highlight other aspects of the state’s critical care system. The visit included a guided tour or the base and aircraft, case presentations and interactive scenario training.
At some point in your careers as ED physicians, you will be involved with a retrieval service, either referring, receiving or as a retrievalists. Consultant Emergency Physicians at Western Health who have previously worked for/currently work for ARV include:
Hans Hollerer, Ruth Hew, Stacy Turner, Mark Dent, Lucia Le-Kim, Andy Tagg, Terence Yuen.
Others have worked with organisations such as Careflight (retrievalists and coordinators):
Martin Bicket, Karen Robins-Browne.
ARV is currently accredited as a Specialised Skill rotation for 6 months with ACEM and ANZCA.
Many thanks to the Education lead (Dr Daniel Crompton), Education Advisors (Dr Tim Gray and Toni Moylan), Clinical Lead (Dr Charlotte Evans), Retrievalists (Dr Michael Ashbolt and Dr Ying Chen), Flight MICA Paramedic (Toby St Clair), Director (Dr Marcus Kennedy) and administrative assistants (Tanya Kennedy and Janelle Crawford), for making this an enjoyable and highly educational experience.
