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Critical Care Medicine in Papua New Guinea. Part 3
START OF THE CRITICAL CARE MEDICAL TEAM IN PNG. Then we redesigned the system, the team stabilizes the patient in Emergency Department, and admits to the Intensive Care Unit for continuous monitoring and reassessment. This is where the core business of Critical Care Medicine takes place. So, we ended up giving the name Monitoring and…
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Critical Care Medicine in Papua New Guinea. Part 2
Journey from Port Moresby General Hospital to Madang In Madang in 1998, I turned up at my workplace Operating Theatre and my team was already there in full swing at 0730 hours, they were called early at 6 am for an emergency operation to help an expatriate mother deliver her baby. The baby came out…
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Critical Care Medicine in Papua New Guinea. Part 1
Journey from Port Moresby General Hospital to Madang While doing my first year Residency Medical Officer training at PMGH in 1991, I discovered this Medical Speciality called Critical Care Medicine which was already a sub-speciality of Clinical Medicine in the developed world. Every time one of our patients succumbed under our care or at the…
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Welcome to PNG Medical Blog video
Join us at PNG Medical Blog. Papua New Guineas first medical blog. Educating Papua New Guineans and the world about medicine in PNG.
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Antimicrobial resistance; what is antimicrobial resistance? (part 2)
What are antimicrobials? These drugs include antibiotics for bacteria, antivirals for viruses, antifungals for fungi, and antiparasitics for parasites – are medicines used to prevent and treat infectious diseases in humans, animals and plants. (1) The most common antimicrobials in use in our public hospitals are antibiotics which include: Amoxicillin, Penicillin, Chloramphenicol, septrin, ceftriaxone, Flucloxacillin,…
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Poems of a PNG health worker
Introduction There are many acts of compassion and connection that can explore the intricacies of kindness, respect and trust. However, we do not talk enough on the challenges faced by health workers in poverty and crime stricken areas of the world. Like patients, doctors, nurses and health givers in general need compassion and connection. This…
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Blood transfusions; why we need to donate. (part 1)
Patient 1 It’s a quiet, slow Sunday evening at Alotau Provincial Hospital (APH) emergency department. Only a few staff working. Suddenly the ambulance arrives and stretchers in a young male in his teens. He was climbing a bread fruit tree when he slipped and fell from a height of almost 10 meters that same morning.…
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Understanding Febrile Seizures in Children: What Every Parent Should Know
Febrile seizures can be a frightening experience for parents, often catching them off guard. As a parent or guardian, it’s crucial to understand what febrile seizures are, why they happen, and how to respond. Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to the well-being of your little ones. What Are Febrile Seizures? Febrile seizures are…
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