Loved the lecture! One note re food at clinical workstations: Federal regulations actually do NOT prohibit clinical staff from eating at the workstation. Hospital administrators have abused/misinterpreted an OSHA statute about infection control to make this a blanket rule in clinical areas.

Here’s the text of the actual rule: “Food and drink shall not be kept in refrigerators, freezers, shelves, cabinets or on countertops or benchtops where blood or other potentially infectious materials are present.”

So as long as you don’t keep blood/urine etc at your workstation, you’re free to eat there from a OSHA’s perspective. Here’s a letter from OSHA explicitly saying this:
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=25506

In residency, I printed copies of this letter and handed them to administrators giving me grief about food. I proudly eat and drink throughout my shift at my workstation.

Hello Scott, my name is Carlo Alberici, I’m a Prehospital Resuscitationist and I’m also a member of the Italian Society for Emergency Medicine (SIMEU – Società Italiana di Medicina di Emergenza-Urgenza). Let me begin by complimenting you on your lecture on ResusWankers (I too am a fan of the late John Hinds and I loved his SMACC lecture concerning “wankers”). In fact, during my shifts I frequently encounter these people as you would call them “S Hitters”. At first they may seem annoying but looking back at every emergency intervention they do help me reflect on how I approached each situation and how I handled it and most importantly how I could improve myself and my team for the next time. I would like to share a personal experience during a shift I had in the field. My ambulance team was called to intervene for a ACS patient with chest pains not subsiding with sublingual nitrates. Upon our arrival we documented a STEMI in act. We applied protocol therapy including a thrombolytic agent (after discussing the patient situation with the chief cardiologist on duty) and stabilized the patient for transport to the main critical care hospital by helicopter (unfortunately the… Read more »

Fantastic presentation, and a fitting tribute to John Hinds.

I especially loved what you said about giving aggressive care to the sickest patients, which is something I often come up against as the one of the most junior members of the team.

My name is Chileshe Mabula and I am a JRMO (Junior Resident Medical Officer, equivalent to a first year intern), in Chipata, Eastern Zambia. I’m interested in your thoughts about keeping Operating Theatres “sterile” (I know surgeons aren’t your favourites :). Do you feel it’s detrimental to play music or chat in that setting . . .should there be a training level below or above which extraneous elements should be disallowed, or just be points during procedures when everything should be shut down except the task at hand?

Thank you for all your amazing work, and contributions to FOAMEd.

Thanks Scott,
Loved this talk as ever.
When will W-Anchor T-shirts / Resus Wanker posters & checklists going to be available for purchase?
Myself I guess I score about 3/7 on a good day but exposed to all 7 wankers most shifts.
I’m sure John would had loved whole talk. RIP

Regards
Ed Egan FACEM
Emergency Physician
Murwillumbah & Royal Tweed Hospitals
Flight Doctor, NNSW Retrieval Service

Absolutely brilliant talk. I think this talk may define your career, Scott.

J.Kim
EM