‘How do people in the ED figure out what’s happening?‘ ‘Do doctors and nurses hold the same views when making […]
Last week was our annual Executive Leadership Course in Global Surgery. We had anaesthetists, surgeons, nurses, and managers in the
‘How can I know what I think until I see what I say’ Weick (2005) Whenever I mention my interest
Interruptions, incessant multi-tasking, mobile equipment thus continuous reconfiguration of the physical space, noise, people, flux…. How do people that work
To any observer, the Emergency Department (ED) appears chaotic. There is an endless in-flow of patients, all with different presentations,
“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It
In large parts of Africa, decades of war, conflict and instability have left its people with limited access to basic
For years there have been rumors about the end of short course training for paramedics in South Africa. It became
Let hunger be ranked first because if you are hungry you cannot work! No, health is number one, because if
Yesterday I had the privilege to participate in an emergency medicine symposium held by BadEM in Cape Town. Conferences, symposiums
