HeyJaredBadEM
The BadEM podcast focuses on the big picture in Emergency Medicine in South Africa and Africa. We interview a different person every episode to help share good ideas and to tackle African Problems with African Solutions.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
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- Sep 8, 2026
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S3E8 - EM in the EC - Dr Sian Geraty & Dr Luan Taljaard (opens the original)
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Emergency Medicine has grown in South Africa over the last 20 years, but not equally in all provinces. The Eastern Cape is a complex, relatively low resource setting, where Dr Sian Geraty and Dr Luan Taljaardhave been working for years to drive access to quality Emergency Care. How to achieve it - look after human capital, build relationships and show up every day with the right attitude towards improvement. These notions are evidence by the steady growth of the EM mindset in the region over the
S3E7 - Crew Resource Management - Dr John Roos (opens the original)
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"When an aeroplane crashes, everybody — including the pilot — dies. But when a healthcare worker makes a mistake, it's only the patient who dies." It's with this sobering thought that we introduce Dr John Roos on the latest episode of the badEM podcast. John is a specialist anaesthetist at Mitchells Plain Hospital who has spent much of his career studying how mistakes happen — and how to stop them. We explore Crew Resource Management (CRM) — a concept born in aviation that aims to reduce the hum
S3E6 - Red Zones to Green Corridors - Athenkosi Sobada (opens the original)
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Transforming dangerous "Red Zones" where EMS staff put their lives at risk, but where innocent patients face delays due to inequitable access, into green corridors through community lead engagement. Improving the quality of paediatric transfers through education, simulation and reflection. Advocating for EMS through context driven discourse on a policy making level. All this and more in this diverse episode with the trailblazing Athenkosi Sobada
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