Signs of neurological badness
Brandon Foreman, MD presents on assessing stroke symptoms, using EEG after acute brain injury, and advanced multimodality monitoring at SMACC 2019
Category Neurology
The future of prehospital care
The future of prehospital care; treatments and technologies on the horizon with Halden Hutchinson-Bazely at SMACC 2019
Retrieval medicine in Chile
Chile has unique characteristics which pose several challenges for rescue and retrieval medicine. Pablo Hasbun at SMACC 2019
Ultrasound in the field
Changing the face of triage: use of ultrasound in the field with Chris Partyka at SMACC 2019
Prehospital Care in Africa
Mulinda Nyiendra discusses standardising pre-hospital care in Africa and some of the major issues experienced such as access to prehospital care services.
Curiosity in medicine
Liz Crowe interviews Justin Morgenstern about curiosity in medicine.
Psychology of trauma care
Trauma care should be easy… shouldn’t it? So why doesn’t it feel easy? The clinical component is the easy bit, the challenge is the non-technical factors.
J. Leonard Corning
James Leonard Corning (1855 - 1923) was an American neurologist. Epidural block (1885); Regional anaesthesia (1885)
Ultrasound for LP
Wendy Chang takes us through the use of ultrasound for lumbar puncture and how this should be used consistently, not just for difficult cases and field cases.
Preparing for the unknown
Training and psychological preparedness is essential for prehospital and disaster clinicians, in order to effectively care for victims in austere environments.
Cardiac transplant
When time is muscle every second counts. Cardiac failure may not be so terminal after all, with Emily Granger
Paediatric trauma resuscitation
Resuscitating a critically injured child is one of the most stressful jobs in pre-hospital medicine, with Sam Bendall