Founded in 2013, the Monash Emergency and Critical Care Special Interest Group (MECCSIG) is a student interest group that represents Monash University medical students interested in the areas of Anaesthetics, Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care, and Trauma Medicine.

MECCSIG Committee 2023

Co-Chairs: Kyle Williams and Jordi Shahab

Secretary: Thedini Pinidiyapathirage

Sponsorship & Treasury: Richard Han

Logistics: Sammy Stevenson, Jamie Formosa and James Liang

Academics: Connor-James Burley, Atacan Ertugrul and Nicola Ma

Social Media & Design: Jiting Li and Katrina Danial

Year 2 Representative: Sandewni Liyanage Don

Year A Representative: Nominations opening 13th-20th March

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Latest Updates

Partnership Announcement

We are super excited to announce our 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 ‘𝘼𝘽𝘾𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙖’ 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 to bring you more engaging content, specialty skill workshops and opportunities to get involved in the field of anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. To kick things off, we invite you to check out the various online courses targeted at medical students and interns at a discounted rate using the coupon codes below :

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀’ 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 – ‘meccsig50’ for 50% OFF

𝗔𝗕𝗖𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 – ‘meccsigfoundations’ for 50% OFF a 12-month subscription

𝗜𝗩 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 – ‘meccsig50’ for 50% OFF

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Medical Student Volunteer Opportunity

The Alfred is looking for patient volunteers for their 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀!

In return, you will be taught 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙-𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙄𝙑 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 , as well as how to scan other parts of the body by experienced clinicians!

This is a fantastic opportunity to network with doctors in the critical care field

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗮𝗿𝗲: 22nd February, 29th March, 21st June, 11th October and 6th December.

Please note you don’t need to be available for all of these dates! For more details and sign-ups, follow this link:

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Introduction to US course for Medical Students

MECCSIG is excited to share Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Groups (EMUGS’) Introduction to Point of Care Ultrasound course, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀! Scanning will be supervised by experienced ultrasound users and teachers.

Medical students will have the opportunity to perform hands-on scanning (on each other) to learn:

Basic cardiac and lung ultrasound

Intra-abdominal FAST examination technique

Needle guidance for peripheral vascular access