The BadEM podcast focuses on the big picture in Emergency Medicine in South Africa and Africa. We interview a different person every episode to help share good...
From Pietermaritzburg to Gaza, and a whole lot of places in between, Dr Sandy Inglis has practiced Emergency Medicine in a vast array of settings. Juxtaposing high income countries to war torn areas, his unique career offers insights into what Emergency Medicine is, what different systems can learn from each other, and how to wear the hat that the patient in front of you needs to to wear at any given time.
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S1E9 - A life of rescue - Neville "Kussie" van Rensburg
In episode 9 we chat to Neville "Kussie" van Rensburg - a self made world expert in the art of rescue operations, about his career, some basics of the pre-hospital healthcare, and some important perspectives for today's healthcare providers.
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S1E8 - Palliate, STAT! - Dr Katya Evans
We talk palliative care with Emergency Physician Dr Katya Evans. If everyone in the Healthcare system (regardless of your field) applies basic palliative care principles, we can improve the lives of patient's, families and healthcare workers, as well as benefit the healthcare system in terms of cost, time and resource saving.
Resources:
The Case Report - https://www.thecase.report/
https://www.spict.org.uk/the-spict/spict-sa/
https://ecog-acrin.org/resources/ecog-performance-status/
https://palprac.org/
https://apcc.org.za/
https://health.uct.ac.za/continuing-education-unit/introduction-palliative-care
https://health.uct.ac.za/school-public-health/postgraduate-teaching-postgraduate-diploma-family-medicine/postgraduate-diploma-palliative-medicine
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S1E7 - Vula: Change is difficult - Dr William Mapham
In this episode we discuss the journey of Vula, an innovative app that has been helping healthcare workers for over 10 years. To implement a good idea into practice in a complex healthcare system takes time, patience, money and resilience.
Certain people, like our guest, Dr William Mapham have showcased that resilience and continue to inspire change and groundbreaking thinking.
https://www.vulamobile.com/
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S1E6 - Correlate Clinically - Dr Dale Creamer
In this episode we chat about the ever complex dynamics between Emergency Medicine and Radiology and how new advances in Radiology can improve patient outcomes and system efficiency.
The BadEM podcast focuses on the big picture in Emergency Medicine in South Africa and Africa. We interview a different person every episode to help share good ideas and to tackle African Problems with African Solutions.
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