Clinical Communiqué 5/11

Clinical Communiqué Volume 5 Issue 1 March 2018

Gas embolism is a rare and devastating event that is hard to diagnose, time critical and difficult to treat.

Demystifying the coronial process for clinicians.

In this edition, we look once again at medications, this time with a focus on medication allergies.

In this edition, we look at the complex issues surrounding the treatment of pain, and risks associated with combining sedative medication.

In this issue of the Clinical Communiqué, we focus on PE as the single, specific cause of death.

Welcome to the final issue for 2016. In this issue we look at three cases where medication errors contributed to the cause of death.

Thunderstorm asthma events can trigger severe asthma symptoms in susceptible individuals and potentially rapidly overwhelm health services.

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A resident is administered medication to which he has a known allergy leading to death prompting a review of practice and systems of care.

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This edition examines how the workforce issues impact resident safety and quality of care through three separate cases.

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