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By Jesse Spurr from the amazing Five Things Nursing Podcast, which and which is co-hosted with our very own Dr Liz Crowe. You should defo subscribe as relevant to all in healthcare. You can find it here or on your favourite podcast platform. “We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.” Marshall McLuhan If you have worked in healthcare long enough, you…

@nmay updates us on breastfeeding and chestfeeding issues in emergency medicine. How to support patients, families and colleagues. #FOAMed #breastfeeding With input from @laurahoward10 @EMergeMedGlobal @LWestafer @stemlyns

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Ed – This post will help you understand the basics of breastfeeding, along with how to support patients, relatives and colleagues. 99% of us will learn something new in this post. Natalie May: I have to be honest; I never used to really think about lactation and breastfeeding much in the Emergency Department, with the notable exception of those times I would…

St Emlyn’s Hierarchy of Wellbeing

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Wellbeing is a very ‘trendy’ word in Medicine and seems to be the focus of many educational sessions (or even days), with some departments forming ‘Wellbeing Working Groups’. However, in this post please don’t worry that you’re about to read about the value of yoga and badges: quite the opposite. Many of you will have heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Learning…