Cite this article as: Tagg, A. It’s more of a guideline, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.11348This post accompanies the talk I gave at the Victorian Emergency Clinical Care Network (ECCN) event at the MCG in Melbourne. My remit was to talk about the role of clinical practice guidelines within the context of paediatric…
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Cite this article as: Tagg, A. Never Enough, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.11306As I transition into my new(-ish) role as an emergency physician in a department that sees only the occasional child I worry that my skills are becoming degraded. I am sure that I am not the only one.
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. Mechanical CPR in children, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.11177Sometimes a single tweet can stir up something deep inside me that I want to know the answer to. This time it was Jim DuCanto, airway guru. Since this is a blog about paediatrics I won’t go into…
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. The Hidden Curriculum – Empathy, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.11134When I mentioned the importance of acting as a role model in a recent post the esteemed Daniel Cabrera tweeted a short response – “Empathy, that’s all“. So what is it? Can we do without it? And…
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. That’s Entertainment, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.10997As a birthday treat (mine not hers) my five year old daughter took me to see Operation Ouch Live! It’s one of the few television shows we watch as a family in our house so I thought I’d share you…
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. The good old days, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.11095As I introduced the latest batch of interns to the department I thought back to my first few days as a doctor and how I have changed. I qualified in 1997 and I still remember lots of things…