Episodes

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.

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.

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://palp...

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/

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.

In this episode we discuss the use of ultrasound in Emergency Medicine, as well as other areas of medicine, the accreditation process and it's controversies, and how new advances in technology and artificial intelligence can help bring skills to more people and more patients

In this episode we chat about how to set a brand new Emergency Service in a system that does not have one, and the complexities of system development in low resource settings.

Almero Oosthuizen is an Emergency Specialist who works for the Directorate for Clinical Service Improvement for the Western Cape Department of Health. In this episode we chat about health justice, dissemination of ideas and skills, and problem solving in South African Healthcare.

In our first episode - we chat to Almero Oosthuizen about health Justice, Systems in South African healthcare, Disseminating ideas and knowledge on a broader level in South Africa, and how to solve problems in a non linear way.