When was your last paediatric/neonatal life support course update? Did it include the latest recommendations from the European Resuscitation Council (2015)? NO?! Well, let’s have a look at the very latest consensus recommendations for the resuscitation of children in cardiorespiratory arrest and for neonates at birth – and explore any controversies therein.
Arrested Developments
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Stroke Emergency! Don’t Have a Stroke …
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, endovascular, stroke, thrombolysis, 0
Is time really brain? Does tPA have a future? Is the medieval era of stroke finally ending, or will...
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Mallemat: Get Your Tech On
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Drone, robotics, technology, telehealth, 0
Technology is advancing many facets of our lives, yet healthcare seems to be behind the curve.
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Standards in HEMS. What standards?
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, HEMS. Safety. HAA. Standards. FAA. NTSB, SMACCDub, standards, 0
The development of Helicopter EMS (HEMS, or as the Federal Aviation Administration recently coined it: “Helicopter Air Ambulance” or...
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How Ultrasound Makes You Better
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Algorithm, BLUE, Creativity, Julia Child, Point-of-care Ultrasound, Protocol, RUSH, 0
Algorithms and protocols, which integrate Point-of-Care Ultrasound, help refine diagnoses and treatment plans. However, these are not absolutes. You...
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The FemInEM Story
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, feminem, feminism, SMACCDub, women in medicine, 0
We accept that knowledge translation is critical to the practice of emergency medicine, yet when it comes to the...
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Resuscitative Hysterotomy 101
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, cesarean section, maternal cardiac arrest, perimortem, resuscitative hysterotomy, 0
Scared about doing a perimortem section? Unsure what resuscitative hysterotomy means? Come learn the latest evidence and techniques, all...
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Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm?: How to be truly “awake” during a shift
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Fatigue, shift work, SMACCDub, warm up, 0
Is there a specific time during our shift when we are too fatigued to safety practice? That was the...
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Critical Care in Difficult Contexts
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, conflict, epidemic, humanitarian emergencies, internally displaced people, natural catastrophes, refugees, severe acute malnutrition, SMACCDub, 0
What paradigms should take precedence during a humanitarian emergency when the needs may overwhelm the resources, particularly in the...