Mind the Gap
A (happy) error: or why you should "mind the gap" with Peter Brindley
Category Clinical Crit Care
I Don’t Trust Doctors
A growing distrust in doctors presents challenges in the neuroICU. SMACC presentation with Celia Bradford
The latest on Myocardial Infarction
Update in current chest pain protocols and risk stratification with the use of high sensitive troponin with Barbra Backus
Outcomes following Brain Injury
Measuring patient outcomes is at the core of prognostication and research in neurocritical care, but there is increasing concern that the way we define and measure outcomes is failing to capture the patients experience.
Rehabilitation post Traumatic Brain Injury
The rehabilitation of people who have cognitive impairment after TBI should be based on an understanding of what is the likely cause of that impairment. Des Gorman
Optimise don’t compromise
Review of the optimal intravenous fluid for different clinical scenarios. Discussion of the evidence and pros and cons of different intravenous fluids.
What is Intensive Care really?
Knowing how to manage dying is just as important as preventing it. - Alex Psirides
Neonatal Intensive Care
A neonates journey, just what feedback would your neonatal patient give you after 3 months of intensive care? Insight into the world of a NICU with Trish Woods
Drugs in cardiac arrest: Should we bother?
Review of the latest evidence on Cardiac arrest resuscitation from ILCOR lead Gavin Perkins
Saving lives from sepsis
RCTs deliver the most reliable evidence to guide how we treat our patients but they are badly designed, inaccurately reported and misunderstood.
Thinking outside the box
Controversies in Mechanical CPR in OHCA, Epinephrine in OHCA, Bougie 1st Intubation, & Stroke Ambulances with Salim Rezaie
Emergency Literature Hot updates
Best literature on resuscitation published 2018 including Paramedic 2, Airways 2, CAM. A rapid fire review critically analysing the hottest papers published during 2018