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"Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews."
This is an amazing TED talk by best selling author and surgeon, Atul Gawande.
Head over to ERCAST.org for a fascinating discussion from a Dr John Mandrola MD, cardiac physiologist extraordinaire (and blogger), on cardiology and it's relevance to the sporting world. Given the 2 recent sudden cardiac arrests in both English and Italian footballers, this is highly topical.
Direct Download of ERCAST podcast episode : The Athlete's Heart
cardiac arrest | in Cardiology, Resuscitation Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 10:08PM Email Article 
In this month's Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, is a study from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, examining the relatively unexplored risks associated with crystalloid resuscitation in patients requiring massive transfusion.
MMassive transfusion | in Haematology, Trauma Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 9:02PM Email Article 
image from deviant art.comThe one thing that strikes me as I work in Emergency Departments across Australia is that access block is rife. Even after the introduction of the so called National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) or the so called "4 hour rule" which will supposedly magically solve the access block issue, I continue to see patients in trolleys lined up in corridors, as well as queues of ambulances ramped, unable to unload their patients into the emergency department.
Critical care is a dynamic area of medicine, with new apps being developed and released with increasing frequency. These apps range from simple medical calculators, to full blown critical care suites, including drug guidelines, procedures, and reference materal. CRITICAL is one such app.
