In the eye of the storm
Ganesh Suntharalingam discussion of incident management in non-conventional, ICU-centred major incidents including the TGN1412 drug trial
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Old Brain, New tricks
Alice Ma provides a quick introduction to endovascular stroke treatment
Psychological creativity
On the psychology of creativity and how to improve your creative thinking, by reframing problems, thinking more laterally, and accessing creative brain states.
Childhood trauma
Mary Jo McVeigh explores the impact of abuse for children and young people and utilise a human rights construct for recovery.
Negotiating Autonomy at the Point of Care
Clinical supervision in our busy workplaces is hard. Good supervision conversations don't always happen, and may not always go well. Sometimes the words we use are not the best guide to how we are actually thinking or feeling but they COULD be.
Targeted Temperature Management
An overview of what the latest research means to the role of temperature management in neurocritical care. TTM2 with Claire Seiffert
Opioids in the Emergency Department
EDs stand at the front line of the opioid epidemic and by leveraging ED-initiated MAT they can give patients the chance at recovery they deserve.
Scared of paediatrics?
What you need to know so you don't stress out when dealing with sick kids. SMACC 2019
Transforming care by minimising harm
Linda Durojaiye describes a Paediatric Emergency Department Quality and Safety Programme. SMACC 2019
The Great Fluid Debate
John Myburgh hypothesises that resuscitation fluids cause more harm than they save lives.
Usual care in sepsis
Despite decades of research, there is little agreement on what sepsis is. Jeremy Faust explores What even IS “usual care” in sepsis now?
Interprofessional conflict
Laura Rock and Jenny Rudolph give strategies for managing interprofessional conflict at the bedside in a critical care setting.