Further skills

These are more advanced skills that you may have the opportunity to practise during your term.

Joint manipulation

– shoulder relocation

– wrist fracture manipulation  +/- Bier’s block

Arterial gas sampling and interpretation

Arterial line placement

Central venous catheter placement

Thoracocentesis / Inter-costal catheter placement

Recommended resources:

The world of FOAMed (free online access medical education) is rapidly growing and can be difficult to navigate. Here are two recommended online resources to get you started in the right direction.

MDCalc is a very useful repository of clinical calculators and risk scoring systems. If you can’t remember the PERC score off the top of your head here is a handy resource to refer to – and the authors also reference the original studies from which the rules are derived

First10EM is an emergency medicine blog catering to issues around the immediate resuscitation of patients.

Life in the fast lane is an Australasian emergency and critical care blog that caters to a widely diverse level of medical experience. HMOs are encouraged to review the vast ECG library and bank of cases.