Real world outcomes from TBI
Des Gorman talks about outcomes and controversies following traumatic brain injury.
Category SMACC19
Pacific Island Playlist: Death and compassion
Pacific Island Playlist is a bit of a secret. Suffice it to say it's a chance for non traditional speakers to highlight non traditional stuff. We hope to surprise you, make you think, and heck maybe even produce a tear or two
The Back-end of sepsis
Hallie Prescott tells us about why the back-end of sepsis matters and is a neglected aspect of our management.
Top 5 common misses in trauma imaging
Andrew Dixon from Radiopaedia goes through 5 classic fails - common misses in trauma imaging. Learn from this rather than missing them yourself!
Pacific Island Playlist: Dance and Medicine
Peter Brindley interviews Khairil Musa and they discuss Khairils passion outside of medicine: dance
Emergency management of Pre-eclampsia
Kat Evans takes us through the reality of managing pre-eclampsia in South Africa, highlighting what we cannot miss.
Classic CT brain pathology
Andrew Dixon from Radiopaedia covers all the common pathology seen on CT scans in critical care.
Airway management
Adam Rehak provides practical pearls about managing the unexpected difficult airway; emphasising the importance of effective teamwork with the Vortex approach and the DAS guidelines.
Paediatric analgesia
Great pediatric care requires excellent pain management, and excellent pain management requires the recognition that sucrose is not a pain medication.
Is less best in critical care?
John Myburgh gives a philosophical talk about what life (and death) is really about and what the new challenges are in critical care.
Grief and Loss
Liz Crowe gives sage advice about dealing with grief and loss in the critical care setting, for both relatives and health care professionals.
Intracranial Hypertension
Rhonda Cadena discusses management of intracranial hypertension, specifically substantial practice variation.