Michael Edmonds
@drmedmonds.bsky.social
Emergency physician | ACEM SA Faculty Chair | #FOAMed #MedSky #EMedSky 🇦🇺
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4/5 But in reality, everybody is capable of becoming an exceptional leader; they just have to be willing, committed and consistent. Showing up when it’s inconvenient and leading when it’s hard, that’s what turns an ordinary person with ordinary skills into an extraordinary leader.
August 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
4/5 But in reality, everybody is capable of becoming an exceptional leader; they just have to be willing, committed and consistent. Showing up when it’s inconvenient and leading when it’s hard, that’s what turns an ordinary person with ordinary skills into an extraordinary leader.
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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...
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
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...
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...
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Is there still room for compassion in emergency care?
I answered this question in a @stemlyns.bsky.social blog, over a decade after I first led research on this topic, which should always be at the heart of emergency care…
www.stemlynsblog.org/is-there-sti...
I answered this question in a @stemlyns.bsky.social blog, over a decade after I first led research on this topic, which should always be at the heart of emergency care…
www.stemlynsblog.org/is-there-sti...
Is there still room for compassion in emergency care?
This blog post explores the important issue of compassion in emergency care. With all the pressures we currently face, it can be extremely hard to remain compassionate. I explore common barriers to co...
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June 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Is there still room for compassion in emergency care?
I answered this question in a @stemlyns.bsky.social blog, over a decade after I first led research on this topic, which should always be at the heart of emergency care…
www.stemlynsblog.org/is-there-sti...
I answered this question in a @stemlyns.bsky.social blog, over a decade after I first led research on this topic, which should always be at the heart of emergency care…
www.stemlynsblog.org/is-there-sti...
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The emergency department needs to not be the end of every troubleshooting flowchart.
We can do a lot. But there’s a lot we can’t do. Acute care is the worst place for chronic problems.
We can do a lot. But there’s a lot we can’t do. Acute care is the worst place for chronic problems.
May 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The emergency department needs to not be the end of every troubleshooting flowchart.
We can do a lot. But there’s a lot we can’t do. Acute care is the worst place for chronic problems.
We can do a lot. But there’s a lot we can’t do. Acute care is the worst place for chronic problems.
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Easter is nearly all ova.
April 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Easter is nearly all ova.
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Lockdowns are terrible. So are deadly pandemics. @chrischirp.bsky.social tells it straight.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
We are learning the wrong lessons from lockdown
And unless we learn the right ones, we risk making the same mistakes in a new pandemic
christinapagel.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Lockdowns are terrible. So are deadly pandemics. @chrischirp.bsky.social tells it straight.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
For you, @maffygirl.medsky.social
My eccentric uncle used to say “The first rule of theatre is to always leave them wanting more.”
Lovely guy, terrible anaesthetist.
Lovely guy, terrible anaesthetist.
March 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
For you, @maffygirl.medsky.social
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Trick for removing ear foreign bodies in emergency.
Flood the ear with lignocaine/adrenaline.
Reduces swelling, bleeding and pain. Lubricates the ear. Then get a hook or wax curette.
#ENTsecrets #ENTsurgery #surgery
Flood the ear with lignocaine/adrenaline.
Reduces swelling, bleeding and pain. Lubricates the ear. Then get a hook or wax curette.
#ENTsecrets #ENTsurgery #surgery
March 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trick for removing ear foreign bodies in emergency.
Flood the ear with lignocaine/adrenaline.
Reduces swelling, bleeding and pain. Lubricates the ear. Then get a hook or wax curette.
#ENTsecrets #ENTsurgery #surgery
Flood the ear with lignocaine/adrenaline.
Reduces swelling, bleeding and pain. Lubricates the ear. Then get a hook or wax curette.
#ENTsecrets #ENTsurgery #surgery
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I'm supposed to look after the sickest people but it's getting harder to find them in the throng of patients whose healthcare needs are not being met by a system where ED has become the substitute, not the safety net.
The attenders are not inappropriate, their healthcare provision is.
2/3
The attenders are not inappropriate, their healthcare provision is.
2/3
March 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I'm supposed to look after the sickest people but it's getting harder to find them in the throng of patients whose healthcare needs are not being met by a system where ED has become the substitute, not the safety net.
The attenders are not inappropriate, their healthcare provision is.
2/3
The attenders are not inappropriate, their healthcare provision is.
2/3
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*screams in Emergency Medicine
March 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
*screams in Emergency Medicine
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My letter in today's Ottawa Citizen:
Hospital crowding is getting worse
The Doug Ford government has had close to two terms in office to address hospital crowding and it’s hard to find any evidence of improvement. In my view from the ground, it is much worse.
Hospital crowding is getting worse
The Doug Ford government has had close to two terms in office to address hospital crowding and it’s hard to find any evidence of improvement. In my view from the ground, it is much worse.
February 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My letter in today's Ottawa Citizen:
Hospital crowding is getting worse
The Doug Ford government has had close to two terms in office to address hospital crowding and it’s hard to find any evidence of improvement. In my view from the ground, it is much worse.
Hospital crowding is getting worse
The Doug Ford government has had close to two terms in office to address hospital crowding and it’s hard to find any evidence of improvement. In my view from the ground, it is much worse.
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Coordinating, consulting and managing an entire acute clinical service in real-time is fairly unique to EM.
Central to this is the emergency physician in charge (EPiC) role.
Following a busy 🌃 I'm resharing my mental model for the EPiC role.
🏥🚑🚑 🚑...
#EMedsky
www.stemlynsblog.org/an-epic-ment...
Central to this is the emergency physician in charge (EPiC) role.
Following a busy 🌃 I'm resharing my mental model for the EPiC role.
🏥🚑🚑 🚑...
#EMedsky
www.stemlynsblog.org/an-epic-ment...
An EPiC mental model. St Emlyn's
Coordinating, consulting and managing an entire acute clinical service in real-time is fairly unique to emergency medicine. Are you EPIC?
www.stemlynsblog.org
December 15, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Coordinating, consulting and managing an entire acute clinical service in real-time is fairly unique to EM.
Central to this is the emergency physician in charge (EPiC) role.
Following a busy 🌃 I'm resharing my mental model for the EPiC role.
🏥🚑🚑 🚑...
#EMedsky
www.stemlynsblog.org/an-epic-ment...
Central to this is the emergency physician in charge (EPiC) role.
Following a busy 🌃 I'm resharing my mental model for the EPiC role.
🏥🚑🚑 🚑...
#EMedsky
www.stemlynsblog.org/an-epic-ment...
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"If you became an ER doc because you loved thank you's, boy did you fuck up. Because your best work does not know who you are." - Dr. Billy Mallon
December 11, 2024 at 4:15 AM
"If you became an ER doc because you loved thank you's, boy did you fuck up. Because your best work does not know who you are." - Dr. Billy Mallon
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2024 Aardvent is here to download
It's a gift from us, all we ask is that you:
-enjoy it
-share the link with friends and get them to do it too
-don't sell it, alter it or use any of the images for anything else.
-download and use at your own risk
M&K xx
www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2024-a...
It's a gift from us, all we ask is that you:
-enjoy it
-share the link with friends and get them to do it too
-don't sell it, alter it or use any of the images for anything else.
-download and use at your own risk
M&K xx
www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2024-a...
November 30, 2024 at 5:39 PM
2024 Aardvent is here to download
It's a gift from us, all we ask is that you:
-enjoy it
-share the link with friends and get them to do it too
-don't sell it, alter it or use any of the images for anything else.
-download and use at your own risk
M&K xx
www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2024-a...
It's a gift from us, all we ask is that you:
-enjoy it
-share the link with friends and get them to do it too
-don't sell it, alter it or use any of the images for anything else.
-download and use at your own risk
M&K xx
www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2024-a...
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Skytorial: can you crack the case?
A middle-aged healthy patient undergoes colonoscopy under propofol sedation.
Colonoscopy is unremarkable.
Post-procedure, the patient doesn't wake up and has rhythmic movements involving the legs as shown here.
Labs are normal.
What might be going on?
A middle-aged healthy patient undergoes colonoscopy under propofol sedation.
Colonoscopy is unremarkable.
Post-procedure, the patient doesn't wake up and has rhythmic movements involving the legs as shown here.
Labs are normal.
What might be going on?
November 25, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Skytorial: can you crack the case?
A middle-aged healthy patient undergoes colonoscopy under propofol sedation.
Colonoscopy is unremarkable.
Post-procedure, the patient doesn't wake up and has rhythmic movements involving the legs as shown here.
Labs are normal.
What might be going on?
A middle-aged healthy patient undergoes colonoscopy under propofol sedation.
Colonoscopy is unremarkable.
Post-procedure, the patient doesn't wake up and has rhythmic movements involving the legs as shown here.
Labs are normal.
What might be going on?
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
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I’ve taken a vowel of slence.
November 22, 2024 at 11:54 AM
I’ve taken a vowel of slence.
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There are 58 #EMedSky folks in here so far - if I’ve missed you, let me know and I’ll add you.
Please be kind and patient, it’s gotten quite busy here recently!
Please be kind and patient, it’s gotten quite busy here recently!
Setting up an #EMedSky starter pack of Emergency Medicine migrants - find it here :)
go.bsky.app/FoZStzh
go.bsky.app/FoZStzh
November 10, 2024 at 8:47 PM
There are 58 #EMedSky folks in here so far - if I’ve missed you, let me know and I’ll add you.
Please be kind and patient, it’s gotten quite busy here recently!
Please be kind and patient, it’s gotten quite busy here recently!
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This issue isn’t low acuity patients presenting to ED, it’s bed block due to increasing multi/morbidity and complex illness
But it’s just not sexy to make funding announcements about primary care and OPD access and disability supports
But it’s just not sexy to make funding announcements about primary care and OPD access and disability supports
Mythbuster: does diverting low acuity patients from A&E improve A&E performance?
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www.hsj.co.uk/emergency-ca...
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www.hsj.co.uk/emergency-ca...
Revealed: 50 A&Es where most patients ‘could be seen elsewhere’
The emergency departments where more than half of patients "could have been seen elsewhere" are revealed by new figures uncovered by HSJ.
www.hsj.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 10:30 AM
This issue isn’t low acuity patients presenting to ED, it’s bed block due to increasing multi/morbidity and complex illness
But it’s just not sexy to make funding announcements about primary care and OPD access and disability supports
But it’s just not sexy to make funding announcements about primary care and OPD access and disability supports