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A tonic for the C-spine collar haterade

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Friday, February 24, 2017, In : Conferences, courses & events 

I've been drinking from that fountain. Semi rigid c-spine collars have been receiving a drubbing in recent times (Search the c-spine collar tag over to the right of this page). And with good reason, I thought; though I will admit to not being quite ready to throw them away completely as I have been a long time practicioner of avoiding the "always/never" ultimatum.


Then trauma master, Karim Brohi, Professor of Trauma Sciences at Barts and the London School of Medicine, and Consultant in Trauma...

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SMACC 2015 - Chicago

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Friday, July 17, 2015, In : Conferences, courses & events 


So, SMACC (Social Media And Critical Care) was great. This is the third year that this tribe-inclusive, hierarchy-leveling conference has been run. The first two were in Australia (Sydney in 2013 and the Gold Coast in 2014) and this year SMACC crossed the Pacific to the McCormick Place Convention Centre in Chicago.



If you went, then you'll know what I'm talking about and you are probably just coming down off the high. If not, well, you missed out. There was content for the pre-hospitalists, em...

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Check your calendar and pack your suitcase

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, In : Conferences, courses & events 
It's been a while since the last post, but there's been no dawdling. I've moved house (Still waiting for the phone company to get the WiFi sorted out so I'm writing this at the local library), been through the WRC Rally Australia event (photos and learning points will be the next post) and been to Singapore for the inaugural FIA Asia-Pacific Serious Accident Study Group (Again, post coming soon).

And it's not over yet. So this post is a quick summary of four upcoming events that I think are w...
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