http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:54:40 +1100 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt DokuWiki http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/ http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=heat_illness heat illness and heat stroke see also: * Vic DHS patient information sheet - preventing heat stress introduction * heat illness encompasses a spectrum of severity including: * heat oedema * heat rash (prickly heat) * heat cramps * tetany * heat syncope * heat exhaustion * heat stroke gary Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:59:34 +1100 http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=hyperemesis_gravidarum hyperemesis gravidarum see also gynaecology; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; anti-emetics Introduction * nausea and vomiting effect up to 85% of pregnant women * usually mild and self-limiting, frequently resolving before 14wks gestation * more severe cases with significant dehydration and ketonuria are a frequent presentation to ED * ~13% of these patients have symptoms beyond 20wks gestation gary Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:37:51 +1100 http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=it:hastools Gary's HASTools EDIS extension software see also: * Emergency Department Information Systems (EDIS) for Australia * Gary's HAS Tools screen shots introduction * a separate front end developed using Delphi software designed to be an extension of iSoft HASS EDIS product. * the system has an emphasis on efficient data entry, clinical decision support and patient flow management and in addition, provides a powerful reporting tool. * currently works on v.9.44 of the HASS EDIS using Sybase … gary it Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22:11 +1100 http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=pharmacology pharmacology main index Some useful links * Australian Therapeutic Guidelines (ETG) * Drugs in pregnancy and lactation/breastfeeding (via ETG) * Drugs in pregnancy (via TGA) * WH infusion calculator (xls) - intranet only * MIMS online drug database * Access to Vic. DHS emergency drugs including antivenoms * VicTAG register of life saving drugs in Victorian hospitals (pdf) * PBS schedule - approved medications search gary Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:46:02 +1100 http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=toxicology toxicology * internet links: * Micromedex Poisons Index - Victorian hospitals intranet access via IP * MIMS via IP address no logon needed within Western Health * MIMS Drug database - requires password * Toxbase - UK-based extensive poisons database * WikiTox - Clinical Toxicology Teaching Resource Project - a wikipedia on toxicology * Mushroom identification * Australian snake & spider bite / toxinology resources: * see toxinology gary Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:45:07 +1100 http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=critcare critical care (intensive care medicine) see also: * CICM website * transfer of the critically ill adult patient * VicTAG register of life saving drugs in Victorian hospitals (pdf) * emergency medical retrieval services introduction * a new medical College, the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM) is in the process of being established with its first Board Meeting in Feb 2009. * this College will be the responsible body for the training and certificati… gary Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:44:31 +1100 http://www.ozemedicine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=critcare_transfers transfer of the critically ill adult patient see also: * critical care (intensive care medicine) * emergency medical retrieval services * ACEM policy - Minimum standards for Transport of Critically Ill Patients (pdf) * ACEM policy - Minimum standards for the Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients (pdf) * Adult Retrieval Victoria (ARV) - ph: 1300 36 86 61 (24hrs) * ARV referral form (pdf) * ARV infusion guidelines (pdf) * ARV clinical care guidelines to assist retrieval … gary Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:38:16 +1100