Jellybean 106 Vaccine Exemptions, New York, Melbourne and Dr Margie Danchin
Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine refusal. New York is in crisis. Who is hesitant, who is refusing, what should you do? We asked Dr Margie Danchin. She knows. New York Measles … Continue reading
Jellybean 105 Emergency Medicine in Zambia
At the moment there is only one public emergency department in Zambia that actually has a trained emergency physician. It only has one. That’s the boss. It’s Mwiche Chiluba. (@mwichiluba) … Continue reading
Jellybean 103 Butchery and Ethics.
@mededgene is a flight paramedic from Vancouver with a soft spot for that soft spot on the front of your neck. You know the one. It has the cricothyroid membrane … Continue reading
Jellybean 102 with Dr Pendo George
Emergency Medicine in Tanzania What do you know about emergency medicine in Tanzania? Listen and learn from Dr Pendo George, the first female emergency physician in Tanzania, Vice-President of EMAT … Continue reading
Jellybean 101 (CICMxJB 8) with Dr Peta Alexander
Dr Peta Alexander Peta Alexander is a Queenslander. A Queenslander mixing it up with the best in the world at the Boston Children’s Hospital. She is a cardiologist and paediatric … Continue reading
Jellybean 100 with Claire Kerr. A Change of Heart.
The 100th Jellybean. I’m proud to introduce to you Miss Claire Kerr, Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. This one is about a change of … Continue reading
Jellybean 99 (CICMxJB 7) with Prof Michael Pinsky
This is the third in a special series of co-branded Jellybean Podcasts (CICMxJB) recorded at the College of Intensive Care Medicine’s Annual Scientific Meeting (#CICMASM2018) in Hobart, Tasmania. Professor Michael … Continue reading
Jellybean 98 (CICMxJB 6) with Susanna Price
This is the second in a special series of Jellybean Podcasts recorded at the College of Intensive Care Medicine’s Annual Scientific Meeting (#CICMASM2018) in Hobart, Tasmania. Dr Susanna Price Today’s … Continue reading
Jellybean 97 (CICMxJB 5) with Prof Jean-Louis Teboul.
Jean-Louis Teboul Professor of Therapeutics and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Paris-South and Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Intensive Care. Jean-Louis is a huge presence in French, European and … Continue reading
Jellybean 96; Big Data with Nik Kumar
Big data. It’s very big. There’s a lot of it. It’s Jellybean time. Matt McPartlin strikes gold in Wollongong. Moment to moment information on heart rate, respiratory rate, how much … Continue reading
Jellybean 92; Sethy Ung & The Angkor Hospital for Children
Let’s talk about Cambodia. Let’s talk to a Cambodian man born in Australia as a result of war. Let’s talk about what one asylum seeking family has given back to … Continue reading
Jellybean 89 with Dr Michelle Johnston, Doctor and Novelist.
The fabulous @eleytherius. You may know her as Dr Johnston, as a long term LIFTL contributor, as a Mega-FOAM performer, as a some-time feline choreographer or as a Fabulous Female … Continue reading
Jellybean 85; The quadruple burden of disease in South Africa with Victoria Stephen of BadEM.
You don’t want a triple burden never mind a quadruple burden. Trauma, Lifestyle Diseases, Communicable Disease, peri-natal morbidity and mortality It’s not all trauma in South Africa, it’s worse than … Continue reading
Jellybean 84; Talking about talking about dying with Dr Steve Philpot.
Talking about talking about dying with Dr Steve Philpot, Master of Communication. In the week that one of the states in Australia has pretty much managed to pass assisted dying … Continue reading
Jellybean 79 with Kirsten Kingma of BadEM
The Africans are coming. BadEM are surfing a #FOAMed wave at the moment and they are doing it with style, which isn’t that surprising when Kirsten Kingma is on board. … Continue reading
Jellybean 70 with Jonah Roche; “How not to be a dick” & Making the Police heroes.
Jonah Roche wants to volunteer the entire police service in Ireland for an extra job. You’d think that wouldn’t be a popular idea but think again. Jonah cut through the … Continue reading
Jellybean 66 with Claire & Saskia
What is it like to be a student volunteer at SMACC? Claire and Saskia (@ClaireYelmorb and @saskia_port) talk about how they ended up working at #dasSMACC. It’s a story of … Continue reading
Jellybean 65 with Henry Goldstein
From Medical Students, through random missives to Men about the house and tattoos. @HenryGoldstein talks to @TheTopEnd about many, many things. Don’t, whatever you do, just don’t forget the bubbles. … Continue reading
Jellybean 52 with Marika Slabbert
Punching above your weight. In the first post bare knuckle fight interview for the Jellybean Podcast we talk to the victor, nay, the newly crowned Heavyweight Champion of South African … Continue reading
Jellybean 43 with Michael Stanley
Alternative careers and alternative energy. So you’ve completed your training. The world is ready for you. It has a plan for you. It has a lifelong career path lined up … Continue reading
Jellybean 35 with Charles Bruen @ResusReview
So one super long training period is enough for most of us. Most. Not Charles. Charles studied aerospace engineering at MIT. (Yes that MIT.) Having literally engineered rockets Charles retrained … Continue reading
Jellybean 30 with Jesse Spur @InjectableOrange
Injectable Orange. That’s an interesting one. Jesse Spurr is one of the FOAMed/FOANed talents that I have had the pleasure to meet through all this social Social Media stuff. With … Continue reading
Jellybean 29 with our departed friend John Hinds
My friend John is dead. Long live my friend John. When I recorded this Jellybean back at a previous SMACC this is exactly how it was written, recorded etc; Softly … Continue reading
Jellybean 28 with Liz Crowe @LizCrowe2
Heart Breaking stories and laughing until you cry and crying until you laugh.There’s a few curses in this one. And so there should be. Liz Crowe is a Social … Continue reading
Jellybean 27 with Andy Neill
(Strongly Accented Language Warning)Andy Neill is from Northern Ireland. He has a cool accent and he talks very fast. You’ll just have to try or perhaps play at half speed. A major … Continue reading
Jellybean 26 with Tim Leeuwenburg
Tim Leeuwenburg is what is known in Australia as a Larrikin. Defined by the Oxford dictionary as “A boisterous, often badly behaved young man” or “A person with apparent disregard for … Continue reading
Jellybean 25 with Karim Brohi
Karim Brohi. Professor of Vascular and Trauma Surgery in the UK’s number one Trauma centre. With London HEMS on the roof. Trauma.org and ACOTS. And he likes bicycles! Brilliant. How … Continue reading
Jellybean 24 with Damien Roland
“Damien has been at the centre of an interesting grass-roots, bottom up movement in the UK all based around the idea that everyone can make a change. The National Health … Continue reading
Jellybean 23 with Simon Carley
Simon Carley. If @emcrit of http://www.emcrit.org is innovation then @cliffreid of http://www.resus.me.com is inspiration. If @socraticEM is poise then Simon Carley of @EMManchester and http://www.stemlynsblog.org is balance. Unashamed … Continue reading
Jellybean 22 with Ben Stanton & Dave Tingey
Ben and Dave the MEDSTAR boys at “AeroMed” in Melbourne Critical Care Medicine is not just about hospitals and doctors. It’s about the entire team. It’s also about the … Continue reading
Jellybean 21 with Michael Parr
Michael Parr has had the kind of career that most of us can only dream of. Co-Editor of Resuscitation. Australian Rep on ILCOR. Director of ICU in one of the … Continue reading
Jellybean 20 with Tim Duncan
Tim Duncan is a filmmaker. He is a doctor too but we’re not just doctors or nurses or paramedics are we. Tim does a few very cool things. He has … Continue reading
Jellybean 19 with Roger Harris
“Who is Roger Harris?” Where did all this SMACC and BCC and controversy start? What’s with all this iconoclastic, humour in medicine, party animal business? This man curses like, … Continue reading
Jellybean 18 with Paul Young
So SMACC Dublin is nearly upon us. I wouldn’t like to be organising it. Paul Young is going and he is hilarious. And very smart. And a research rising star. … Continue reading
Jellybean 17 with Derek Angus
It is a Jumbo sized Jellybean. Derek Angus; 15/15 on the Glasgow Conversational Scale. Derek was in the headlines a couple of years back for being the lead author of the … Continue reading
Jellybean 16 with Di Stevens
The straight talking Di Stevens from the very interesting Darwin ICU. The F Word. Feminism and Intensive Care. Women and Intensive Care. Di was asked to talk at the … Continue reading
Jellybean 15 with David Anderson
This Jellybean was updated and put out on Intensive Care Network in November 2017. Below I have added the updated article. The state of Victoria in Australia, where I personally … Continue reading
Jellybean 14 with Tamara Hills.
The amount of hyperbole that SMACC is generating is quite something. Some people will already be whinging about this. I can understand that. The amount of enthusiasm that this phenomenon … Continue reading
Jellybean 13 with Penny Stewart of Alice Springs ICU
Dr Penny Stewart. Director of Alice Springs ICU. The “white haired doctor” in the “land of the long white cloud”. Red Hot Medicine in the Hot Red Centre of Australia. … Continue reading
Jellybean 12 David Rigg from Hobart
David Rigg is an intensivist working in Hobart. Hobart is Cool. Hobart hosted the ANZICS ACCCN ASM October 17-19 2013. I missed it. Sorry. A big meeting thats equally medical … Continue reading
Jellybean 11; Oli Flower of ICN & SMACC
Oddly Oli was not thrown off the stage at the CICM ASM. That’s what I was hoping for. Here we chat about his remarkable work on ICN (www.intensivecarenetwork.com) and SMACC … Continue reading
Jellybean 10.5 ; @ExtremeJellyman
Just a little chat with a man that likes his surf. This is a great example of what the #Jellybeans were supposed to do. A little light shone on some … Continue reading
Jellybean 10.4 ; Flying Paramedics
The sound was just too poor to publish this one on LITFL etc but these guys were great. Bummer. I really want to catch them again. They had literally just … Continue reading
Jellybean 10.3 Yorkshires finest; Dr Alan Grayson.
Alan Grayson of St. Emlyns at SMACC Sydney. Its a SMACC Flashback. Does humour have a place in Medicine? If not, it seems Alan and I will be out of … Continue reading
Jellybean 10.2 Dr Christine Bowles
Here is another excellent woman in Medicine. Christine has gone from strength to strength since we recorded this back at SMACC Sydney. It’s a SMACC Flashback. This one was not … Continue reading
Jellybean 10.1 with Sarah Webb.
Show some leadership! A great talk on nurses leading in hospital emergencies inspired me to catch this woman and ask her all about it. Excellent.
Jellybean 10 with the Charming Tasmanian. Dr Brannigan.
SMACC Flashback Brain Attack! Thrombolyse! STAT!. Oh, actually, hang on, maybe not. Domhnall Brannigan delivers a great talk/haymaker to TPA in stroke at SMACC. The creator of underneathem.com And a bonus … Continue reading
Jellybean 9 with Steve Carroll
Boot Camp Guide to Emergency Medicine Steve was at SMACC Knew all the players but had never met any in person He was great value Disarming (not just in a … Continue reading
Jellybean 8 The Godfather of #FOAMed
It is not entirely his fault but most of it is! If you don’t know who Mike is thats fine. He prefers it that way. Something like the Nick Fury … Continue reading
Jellybean 7 with Victoria Brazil
Socrates. Socratic. A grown up in amongst the #FOAMed Foam. It is Victoria Brazil. Dungeons & Dragons & Feminism. (& Cate Blanchett) Victoria Brazil of Bond University and the Royal Brisbane … Continue reading
Jellybean 6; Dr Phipps and an Earthquake
First responders. Have you ever been the person on the ground when the ground literally moved. A few years ago Rochelle Phipps was in Christchurch when Christchurch changed forever. A … Continue reading
Jellybean 5 with the glamorous Dr Nathalie May
She sings. She dances. She takes care of little kiddies. It’s the real life feminine version of Dr Doug. (The real Dr Doug from “E.R.”, aka George Clooney.) Even better … Continue reading
Jellybean 3 with Ben Meadley of Air Ambulance Victoria
Seriously. This guy is a brain on a stick. A handsome stick I grant you but still, a big brain. I’ve worked with Ben and his mates at Air Ambulance … Continue reading
Jellybean 4; with @tessardavis
Tessa Davis Tessa is a very impressive woman who invents things. I met her first at SMACC 2013 when she had already started her regular segment in Lifeinthefastlane; TechTool Thursday … Continue reading
Jellybean 2 with @KeeWeeDoc
Jellybean Number one! I am calling it Jellybean number two because thats the way it is over on Lifeinthefastlane.com The very first person I recorded a Jellybean with was Andre … Continue reading
Medical Jellybeans with @TheTopEnd 