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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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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Lead Poisoning In Nigeria
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Lead Poisoning, Nigeria, Toxicology, Zamfara, 0
The story of the biggest lead poisoning outbreak in modern history and what might be learned from the response
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Submassive PE should be thrombolysed – Pro: Anand Swaminathan Con: Iain Beardsell
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, PE, pulmonary embolus, thrombolysis, 0
Anand Swaminathan PE is a spectrum of disease and patients on different parts of the spectrum should be treated...
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Young at Heart – Nick Pigott
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, paediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiology, smaccMINI, smaccUS, 0
Nick Pigott takes the resus room perspective on paediatric cardiac problems.
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Neurosurgeons aren’t idiots, honestly.
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, decompressive crainectomy, Neurocritical care, neurosurgery, Trauma, traumatic brain injury, workplace culture, 0
Will we ever work out which patients benefit from a decompressive crainectomy?
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The Sick and the Dead: Evidence-Based Trauma Resuscitation in 2016
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Evidence Based Medicine, Resuscitation, SMACCDub, thoracotomy, Trauma, 0
Resuscitation of the critically ill trauma patient involves a myriad of high-stakes, time-sensitive management decisions. The landscape is shifting...
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Should we Transfuse the Sick Child in Africa?
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Africa, child, emergency care, severe anaemia, SMACCDub, transfusion, trial, 0
In sub-Saharan Africa, where infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies are common, severe anaemia is a common cause of paediatric...
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All in a Day’s Work in Brazil
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, ICU overcrowed, ICU routine, Inequality, 0
In a public ICU in Brazil, as like in any middle income country, there are so many hard things...