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Andrew Tagg
@andrewjtagg.bsky.social
EM/PEM physician, knowledge spreader, Lego muncher, co-founder www.dontforgetthebubbles.com
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October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#SGEMPeds is back this week with guest skeptic, @andrewjtagg.bsky.social. Cast or removable boot for Toddler's fractures? buff.ly/WqV0gzY @thesgem.bsky.social #FOAMed #PedSky #MedSkly
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🖱️ “Click.”

Just as your audience is about to get the slide—
you move on.

And the moment is gone.

We’ve all done it.

We click forward when we’re done speaking.

But they’re not done thinking.

🧵
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Reposted by Andrew Tagg
Great resource from @Radiopaedia

A Paediatric x-ray atlas of normal x-rays in children

radiopaedia.org/normal-paedi...

#FOAMed
Normal Pediatric X-ray Atlas | Radiopaedia Cases | Radiopaedia.org
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radiopaedia.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Public speaking tip:

Your audience doesn’t just hear your words.
They feel your nervous system.

Let me explain 👇
October 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🧵 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬? 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.⁣

Most people focus on slides, script, story.⁣

But none of that matters if your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight.⁣

Here’s what I teach before any big talk:⁣

👇
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Just a heads up—this next part includes a case that might be difficult for some of you to hear.”
A few years ago, I said those words before sharing a case that involved the death of a child.

My child.

One person quietly stepped out.

It felt like the right thing to do.

🧵
September 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
🧵𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦.⁣

Not because you're arrogant.⁣
Because you're cursed.
September 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🧵⁣
“𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞…”⁣
Harmless phrase? Not quite.⁣

Here’s why it quietly signals a deeper problem 👇
September 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Reposted by Andrew Tagg
The role of food in patient-centred care for culturally diverse communities within EDs

doi.org/10.1111/1742...
@wiley.com
@andrewjtagg.bsky.social
#MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #emimcc #ACEM
September 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
When I was 14, I brought a dead bat to class.⁣
A real one.⁣
A desiccated pipistrelle.⁣

Everyone else brought paper.⁣
I brought a story.⁣

🦇 Here’s what that taught me:
August 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭—𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱?⁣

A thread on pop culture references - and how they can break your talk 🧵
August 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🧵⁣
𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.⁣

What the Bene Gesserit said… applies to public speaking too 👇⁣
August 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
🧵⁣
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐀 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣

(A short thread on why it’s so hard to cut that slide you love…)
August 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🧵⁣
𝐓𝐡𝐞 #𝟏 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠):⁣

Reading them aloud.⁣
Split Attention
YouTube video by Don't Forget The Bubbles
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July 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“Most people would rather be in the casket than give the eulogy.”

Jerry Seinfeld’s line gets a laugh because it’s true.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6g...
seinfeld-public-speaking
YouTube video by ExplainItStudios
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July 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
🧵⁣
𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.⁣
They make your audience tune out.⁣

Here’s why — and what to do instead 👇⁣
July 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I was all set to give my usual ALS teaching session.

Slides loaded. Clicker ready. Standard stuff.
And then the tech failed.

No projector. No slides. Nothing.
July 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Reposted by Andrew Tagg
🩸Calling all pediatric ED clinicians! Got 10 minutes to help? DFTB is studying when to measure & replace calcium in pediatric trauma patients (practice varies wildly!). @damianroland.bsky.social @andrewjtagg.bsky.social @katpriddis.bsky.social bit.ly/DFTBCalcium
#PedSky #MedSky #SurgSky #TraumaSky
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Most presentations start with a click.

🖱 Open laptop
🖥 Launch PowerPoint
⌨️ Tap out bullet points

But the best talks I’ve seen?

They start with something low tech:

🖊 A pen and a blank page.
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Perthlings - I’m in your city for #ANZAHPE2026

Hit me up with your best suggestions for coffee ☕️
June 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞?

Not a soft extra — the centre.

I wrote a short piece for 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘋 on why compassion should be the anchor of how we design, lead, and care in the ED.

Read it here:
👉 www.youred.org.au/read/compass...
Compassion as our core in the ED — YourED
This isn’t a piece about being nice. It’s about choice, about what it means to care when it is hard to care. Not when things are calm, but when someone’s screaming, the phone won’t stop, and another t...
www.youred.org.au
June 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.”⁣
– Sir Mark Walport⁣

A 🧵on the step too many people skip:⁣
Making sure your audience actually gets it.⁣
June 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Reposted by Andrew Tagg
When you're already doing a great job clinically identifying the sickest kids, a new alert doesn't help.

Of course, they also won't get rid of it after proving it's useless. Ha ha! Silly you.
#medsky
www.evidencetriage.com/p/sepsis-ale...
Sepsis Alerts Are ... Just More Alerts
Yet again with the "not saving lives".
www.evidencetriage.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM