Top Tips for Coping with Night Shifts

So this is a blog post I have wanted to write for some time and thankfully the moment has arrived! I hope you find it of some interest/use. The tips and strategies that follow with respect to coping with night work are a combination of my thoughts and tips gathered from members of the Veterinary ECC Small Talk community via email – THANKS so much to those who contributed. Right, let’s get on with it…

Emergency medicine: it's a different way of thinking/practicing

In this post I wanted to touch on some of the things that make emergency medicine a bit different from routine/elective/non-emergency (!) medicine.

What's involved in making a clinical decision?

Clinicians make decisions all the time, indeed it is inherent in being a ‘clinician’, but what are the factors that influence the decisions we make. Some came to mind (in no particular order)…

'Clinically proven' - what should it mean?

I recently came across information about a cooling mat for dogs and cats. AniMat Cool Gel Mat™ (AnimAlarm®, http://theanimalarm.com/animat-cool-gel-mat/) which the company says “uses a unique patented gel that stays cool automatically with no activation”. Well of course this pricked my interest because I started to think about ways in which we could use this in the clinic.