Med Zero 2021
Welcome to Med Zero 2021, we hope you're as excited as we are to celebrate the start of your medical education journey at the Cumming School of Medicine.
Details
Date: July 2, 2021
Time: 12:30-4:30pm
Where: Virtual, Zoom
Overview:
Alberta is an amazing place to live and our students, faculty and staff love to get out and explore this amazing province. To celebrate that, this year's Med Zero takes inspiration from a favorite summer passtime camping! So grab your s'mores and join us by the campfire (aka. your computer screen), for an amazing afternoon!
- Panel discussion with expert Alberta generalists
- Fire side chats with some of our amazing faculty; hear about their generalism journey and their practice
- Hands on training in Naloxone administration and suturing.
Safeworks Naloxone Training Resources
Monica Dickson
Dr. Anthony Seto & Dr. Matt Peterson
Suturing Training
Key take aways:
- Enter at 90°
- Two throws for the first knot, one throw for the subsequent knots
- Place the needle driver in BETWEEN the two strings before creating loops (students sometimes place it behind)
- When tying down the knots, alternate where the short/long end gets pulled towards
- Consider palming the needle driver rather than having fingers inside the holes
For more information on the safe disposal of sharps please review the City of Calgary webpage - The City of Calgary, Safe Disposal
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