Transforming care by minimising harm
Linda Durojaiye describes a Paediatric Emergency Department Quality and Safety Programme. SMACC 2019
Arthur Ernest Guedel
Arthur Ernest Guedel (1883 – 1956) was an American anesthesiologist. Guedel Oropharyngeal airway and classification system
Malgaigne Fracture
Malgaigne fracture is an unstable fracture of the pelvis. First described in 1847 by French surgeon Joseph François Malgaigne (1806 – 1865)
The Great Fluid Debate
John Myburgh hypothesises that resuscitation fluids cause more harm than they save lives.
T. Philip Ayre
Thomas Philip Ayre (1901-1979) was an English anaesthetist. Ayre is most well-known for his eponymous T-piece, a device which revolutionised anaesthesia for babies and children.
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?
Harold Arthur Hill
Harold Arthur Hill (1901-1973) was an American radiologist who worked with Maurice David Sachs (1909-1987). Eponym: Hill-Sachs lesion (1940)
Interprofessional conflict
Laura Rock and Jenny Rudolph give strategies for managing interprofessional conflict at the bedside in a critical care setting.
History of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter
History of the Development, and widespread adoption, of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) or Swan-Ganz catheter
Mary Holt
Mary Clayton Holt (1924 - 1993) was an English cardiologist. Holt-Oram syndrome (1960)
Live(r) Life
Dara Kass experience as physician, mother and organ donator to her son.
William Ganz
William Ganz (1919 – 2009) Slovakian-born American cardiologist. Co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter with Jeremy Swan at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 1970