Punk Rock, Top Gun and the Resus Room
I recently wrote about the amazing career of Deniz Tek in Top Gun and Punk Rock in the ER. So it was a real thrill when I contacted Deniz and he agreed to present at smaccGOLD.
Deniz gave an engaging talk titled ‘Punk Rock, Top Gun and the Resus Room‘, one that he is uniquely qualified to give. He talked about the parallels between combat aviation complexity and care of the critically ill.
Deniz highlighted the importance of checklists (not just for the routine, but even more so for emergencies), communication, teamwork and being prepared to do what is necessary, when it is necessary. Indeed, a recurring theme at smaccGOLD was that it is, paradoxically, the ‘unsexy’ stuff that matters.
Here is the audio (download mp3):
Deniz also inspired this creative description of the smaccGOLD conference itself by Jesse Spur on Injectible Orange:
SMACCGOLD 2014 on the Gold Coast was like punk rock. Subversive, political, honest, rough at the edges and committed to thrashing out the issues that matter. Ironically, on further reflection, the second installation of Social Media and Critical Care Conference struck me as having parallels with one of my favourite speakers of the program, Deniz Tek himself – older and wiser than the Radio Birdman days, more accessible to the mainstream, less likely to punch you for disagreeing, but still able to excite, destroy unfounded dogma and put on a world class show.
Jesse also had this footage of Deniz on stage in the SMACC lounge:
References and links
- EMCrit Podcast 92 — The EMCrit Intubation Checklist
- EMCrit Podcast 99 — Combat Aviation Paradigms for Resuscitationists
- INTENSIVE — Pronovost et al 2006, NEJM
- INTENSIVE — Speak up!
- LITFL — The Anaesthetic Crisis Manual (Review)
- LITFL — Just a Routine Operation (The Bromiley Case)
- LITFL — Lessons from the Bromiley Case
- LITFL CCC — Crisis Resource Management
- LITFL CCC — Communication in a Crisis
- RAGE — How to be a Hero (Cliff Reid talk from SMACC, with notes and references on Resus.ME)
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
On Bluesky, he is @precordialthump.bsky.social and on the site that Elon has screwed up, he is @precordialthump.
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