Network Five Emergency Medicine

Theme: Mycoplasma - To Treat Vs Not Treat?

Participants: Dr Chetan Pandit (Paediatric Respiratory & Sleep Specialist), Dr Pramod Chandru (FACEM), Dr Shreyas Iyer (FACEM), and Dr Sunny Rajput (ED trainee)

Article:
Liu, X., Wang, Y., Chen, C., & Liu, K. (2021). Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and risk of childhood asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Microbial pathogenesis, 155, 104893. https://doi.or...

Theme:  Practice Changes In Paediatric Wheeze Management

Participants: Dr Chetan Pandit (Paediatric Respiratory & Sleep Specialist), Dr Pramod Chandru (FACEM), Dr Shreyas Iyer (FACEM), and Dr Sunny Rajput (ED trainee)

Presenter: Shreyas Iyer

Music/Sound Effects:

• Hard As Steel by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unporte...

Theme:  Practice Changes In Paediatric Wheeze Management

Participants: Dr Chetan Pandit (Paediatric Respiratory & Sleep Specialist), Dr Pramod Chandru (FACEM), Dr Shreyas Iyer (FACEM), and Dr Sunny Rajput (ED trainee)

Presenter: Pramod Chandru

Interlude: Dr Chetan Pandit

Music/Sound Effects:

• Energetic Electronic Vlog | Breeze by Alex-Productions |, https://youtu.be/6yAkEyzPKOw, Music promoted by http://onsound.e...

Theme:  Practice Changes In Paediatric Wheeze Management

Participants: Dr Chetan Pandit (Paediatric Respiratory & Sleep Specialist), Dr Pramod Chandru (FACEM), Dr Shreyas Iyer (FACEM), and Dr Sunny Rajput (ED trainee)

Presenter: Shreyas Iyer

Music/Sound Effects:

• Sunrise by LiQWYD | https://www.liqwydmusic.com, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported Licens...

Guest Speaker:
Dr Setthy Ung, BSc(Med) MBBS FACEM - Senior Staff Specialist, Cambelltown Hospital.

Interviewed By:
Shreyas Iyer, FACEM.

Music/Sound Effects:

• Another Time by LiQWYD | https://www.liqwydmusic.com, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons/ Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US.
• Nostalgic Marshmallows by Arthur ...

Theme:  LGBTQIA+ Identity, Experiences & Challenges In Healthcare.

Participants: Dr Dervla McGrann (FACEM), Dr Bhushan Joshi (FACEM), Dr Ashleigh Pitcher (advanced trainee in paediatrics), Dr Kit Rowe, Dr Shreyas Iyer, and Dr Caroline Tyers.

Presenter: Shreyas Iyer

Discussion:
Luetkemeyer, A.F. et al. (2023) ‘Postexposure doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections’, New England Journal of Medi...

Theme:  LGBTQIA+ Identity, Experiences & Challenges In Healthcare.

Participants: Dr Dervla McGrann (FACEM), Dr Bhushan Joshi (FACEM), Dr Ashleigh Pitcher (advanced trainee in paediatrics), Dr Kit Rowe, Dr Shreyas Iyer, and Dr Caroline Tyers.

Presenter: Dr Caroline Tyers.

Discussion:
Toman L. (2019). Navigating medical culture and LGBTQ identity. The clinical teacher, 16(4), 335–338. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct...

Theme:  LGBTQIA+ Identity, Experiences & Challenges In Healthcare.

Participants: Dr Dervla McGrann (FACEM), Dr Bhushan Joshi (FACEM), Dr Ashleigh Pitcher (advanced trainee in paediatrics), Dr Kit Rowe, Dr Shreyas Iyer, and Dr Caroline Tyers. 

Discussion:
Chisolm-Straker M, Jardine L, Bennouna C, Morency-Brassard N, Coy L, Egemba MO, Shearer PL. Transgender and Gender Nonconforming in Emergency Departments: A ...

Guest Speaker:
Dr Indika De Lanerolle (MBBS, MD, MRCEM) is a Consultant Emergency Physician at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka in Colombo. He is also the first emergency physician in Sri Lanka.

Interviewed By:
Samoda Wilegoda - ED trainee at Westmead Hospital. 

Music/Sound Effects:

• Awakening by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons ...

Panel:
Pramod Chandru and Shreyas Iyer.

Music/Sound Effects:

• Bullet Train by tubebackr | https://www.tubebackrmusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/.
• Hands High by LiQWYD | https://www.liqwydmusic.com, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons / Attri...

Special Episode: The Indigenous Voice To The Australian Parliament

Presenter: Shreyas Iyer.

Summary:

• There is a toxic amount of lies and misinformation regarding what is a very simple proposal for providing dignity to the First Nations people and helping our government make good decisions. 
• Polls show that the overwhelming majority of First Nations people are in favour of this proposal. 
• Better government policy and better ...

Guest Speaker: 
Dr Kavita Varshney (MBBS EMDM FACEM FCEM) is an emergency physician with a special interest in disaster medicine and clinical education. She is also the deputy director of Emergency Medicine at Westmead Hospital.

Interviewed By:
Dr Pramod Chandru (FACEM). 

Music/Sound Effects:

• Adventure by Roa Music | https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creati...

Guest Speaker:
Dr Amith Shetty (FACEM, PhD) - Clinical Director, Patient Experience and System Performance Support Division, NSW Health, Australia.

Interviewed By:
Dr Pramod Chandru (FACEM). 

Music/Sound Effects:

• Ascension by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons...

Panel:
Pramod Chandru and Shreyas Iyer.

Case Summary:

• 61-year-old male presenting with 2 distinct episodes of shortness of breath, chest pain, and associated presyncope.  
• Asymptomatic by the time of arrival to the emergency department.  
• ECG and observations at triage were unremarkable. 
• No recent travel or recent major surgeries. 
• Initial troponin and serial troponin were 80ng/L.  
• D-dimer was ordered given static tropo...

Theme: Orthopaedics. 

Participants: Professor Herwig Drobetz (orthopaedic trauma surgeon at Lismore Base Hospital), Dr Anthony Wilson (orthopaedics registrar at Lismore Base Hospital), Pramod Chandru, Caroline Tyers, Mariez Gorgi and Kim Van Vu. 

Discussion:
Gibson, P. D., Adams, M. R., Koury, K. L., Shaath, M. K., Sirkin, M. S., & Reilly, M. C. (2016). Inadvertent Reduction of Symphyseal Diastasis During Comp...

Theme: Orthopaedics. 

Participants: Professor Herwig Drobetz (orthopaedic trauma surgeon at Lismore Base Hospital), Dr Anthony Wilson (orthopaedics registrar at Lismore Base Hospital), Pramod Chandru, Caroline Tyers, Mariez Gorgi and Kim Van Vu. 

Discussion:
Combined Randomised and Observational Study of Surgery for Fractures in the Distal Radius in the Elderly (CROSSFIRE) Study Group, Lawson, A., Naylor, J. M., B...

Theme: Orthopaedics. 

Participants: Professor Herwig Drobetz (orthopaedic trauma surgeon at Lismore Base Hospital), Dr Anthony Wilson (orthopaedics registrar at Lismore Base Hospital), Pramod Chandru, Caroline Tyers, Mariez Gorgi and Kim Van Vu. 

Discussion:
Weinberg, D. S., Scarcella, N. R., Napora, J. K., & Vallier, H. A. (2016). Can Vascular Injury be Appropriately Assessed With Physical Examination After K...

Theme: Critical Care.

Participants: Dr Alex Yartsev (intensivist at Westmead Hospital), Dr Mark Salter (emergency physician at Westmead Hospital), Maddy Jegatheeswaran (intensive care Fellow at Westmead Hospital), Gladis Kabil (registered nurse at Westmead Hospital), Kristian Adams, Pramod Chandru, Caroline Tyers, Amanda De Silva, Shreyas Iyer, and Samoda Wilegoda. 

Discussion:
Sud, S., Friedrich, J. O., Adhikari,...

Theme: Critical Care.

Participants: Dr Alex Yartsev (intensivist at Westmead Hospital), Dr Mark Salter (emergency physician at Westmead Hospital), Maddy Jegatheeswaran (intensive care Fellow at Westmead Hospital), Gladis Kabil (registered nurse at Westmead Hospital), Kristian Adams, Pramod Chandru, Caroline Tyers, Amanda De Silva, Shreyas Iyer, and Samoda Wilegoda. 

Discussion:
Kabil, G., Liang, S., Delaney, A., M...