Crack the Chest, Get Crucified
The late John Hinds stole the show at SMACC Chicago with his honest and irreverent insights into his personal experience of performing a resuscitative thoracotomy and the sequelae that followed.
The RAGE team sorely misses John’s wisdom and wit, this is how we will remember him – the consummate resuscitationist.
John’s key learning points are words to live by:
- Prepare. Know the evidence.
- Make your intentions honourable.
- Do it.
- Seek out the skeptics.
- Never allow a wanker to bring you down.
Sign this petition to support John’s passion, the improvement of trauma care in Northern Ireland.
Thanks again for listening to the RAGE!
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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