Clin IQ

30/10/2026

A CLINICAL CASE.

6pm call from the ward:

“Hey… just letting you know the potassium is 9.0.” 🫠

Nine. Point. Zero.

For context: this is the highest real K⁺ I’ve ever seen in an alive patient.

You better believe I was sweatin’. 😅

• Stabilise the myocardium → calcium
• Shift the K⁺ intracellularly → insulin + dextrose, salbutamol
• Get rid of the K⁺ → in this case… dialysis (after some token furosemide on the way)

🏃‍♀️🍌

17/10/2026

Getting ready to apply for a Grad program? Check out the free interview resource below 👇🏼

https://cliniq.gumroad.com/l/rsrptb?layout=profile

And if you need help with your selection criteria, grab a copy of the panel playbook while you're at it.

27/09/2026

Your application isn’t being read by someone who already knows you’re brilliant.

The panel can only score what you actually give them, so “hardworking”, “passionate” and “great communicator” mean absolutely nothing without evidence.

Show them what you’ve done. Give them examples. Make it impossible not to score you.

If your applications aren’t getting you interviews, my application resources are linked below 👇🏼

https://cliniq.gumroad.com/?section=ywD5-e3ENQK6vxw9sgtNEg%3D%3D

27/09/2026

Things I wish I could write on your assignment but the unit coordinator, professionalism and my mortgage say no.

Read the rubric.
Answer the actual question.
Make one point per paragraph.
Analyse, don’t just describe.
And please… PLEASE, let your references have been born this century.

09/08/2026

Learn how to ace your referencing! 👇🏼
Getting this right is a great way to ensure you aren't losing unnecessary marks.

Referencing does not need to be the hardest part of your assignment...

05/08/2026

My eyes are burningggg from all the applications I've been reading these last few weeks and there's a common theme throughout them all - many (many!) claims, but no evidence.

"I have excellent communication skills."
Do you? Demonstrate it! Provide a specific example relevant to the role you are applying for. Use OSAOC for every criteria.

Opener • Situation • Action • Outcome • Closer.

Get the full panel playbook - link in bio.

12/07/2026

If you can’t deliver high-quality CPR for two minutes, get out of the way.

This is my absolute pet hate! Rotating compressors every 30 seconds means unnecessary interruptions and every time compressions stop, coronary perfusion pressure falls and has to be built back up again. Choose your compressors properly.�
* Monitor CPR quality.
* Switch when quality deteriorates.
* Minimise interruptions.

But six people rotating through 30 seconds of compressions each? That’s not a resus strategy. That’s a very morbid version of musical chairs.

Hill #2. I’ll die on it.

What’s yours? 👇🏼

08/07/2026

The Strava stats that nobody asked for - a day on the MET page. Apparently healthcare shifts count as endurance sports... Strava call me 😜 📞

18/06/2026

Rapid Response Team meds.

Know what they are (and what they do!) before you're opening the resus drug box at 3am.

💉 Lignocaine → Refractory VT/VF; local anaesthetic

💉 Amiodarone → Shockable arrest algorithm; AF; VT

💉 Magnesium Sulfate → Torsades de Pointes; hypomagnesaemia; severe asthma; eclampsia

💉 Sodium Bicarbonate → Severe metabolic acidosis; hyperkalaemia; sodium channel blocker toxicity

💉 Naloxone → Opioid toxicity

💉 Metaraminol → Hypotension

💉 Adrenaline → Cardiac arrest; anaphylaxis; severe bradycardia

💉 Calcium Chloride → Hyperkalaemia; calcium channel blocker toxicity; hypocalcaemia; Hyperkalaemia

💉 Glucose 50% → Severe hypoglycaemia

💉 Atropine → Symptomatic bradycardia

The best time to learn what's in the box is not when someone asks you to open it.

💾 Save this for your next shift or deterioration OSCE.

👇 What's the drug in your resus trolley that people seem least confident with?

07/06/2026

I spent the weekend marking 47 assignments. And honestly? I could tell within the first two lines whether a student was heading for a fail, a pass or a distinction.

It's not about word count. It's not about sounding smart. It's about one thing most students completely miss right from the opening sentence.

If you're a nursing student, med student or allied health student with assignments coming up - watch this. And share it to anyone who needs it.

I've also put everything I know as a marker and lecturer into an assignment blueprint - link in the comments 👇