Fight, Flight and (more commonly) Freeze are common reactions when faced with the critically ill child. In this talk i will discuss recognising these states and developing techniques to prevent and recover from them.
The challenges in the prehospital management of sick kids
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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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Why your hospital is broken
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Deteriorating Patient, Medical Emergency Teams, MET, Rapid response systems, RRT, SMACCDub, 0
As patients becomes more complex, the tribal systems we use to look after them remain stuck in the 18th...
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Motorcycle Simulation
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, SMACCDub, SMACCforce Motorcycle trauma, 0
Motorcycle Trauma Simulation and discussion from Brent May.
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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...
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How I use inhaled Nitric Oxide -iNO
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, critical care, iNO, intensive care transport, nitric oxide, NO, prehospital, Resuscitation, retrieval, 0
Inhaled nitric oxide is extremely usefull for creating a "bridge" to other options as well as in resuscitation on...
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SMACC Force Rant: Is it the Skillset or Background that Count?
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Anaesthesia Trauma and Critical Care, ATACC, Critical Care Paramedic, Critical Care Physician, Critical Care Retrieval, Immediate Care, Paramedic, PHARM, PHEM, Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine, Prehospital care, Prehospital Doctor, Prehospital Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Training, SMACCDub, 0
In a 2 min rant about medical tribalism, Dr. van der Velde questions which medical specialty, if any, owns...
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EM Year in Review
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, critical appraisal, cutting edge, emergency medicine, literature, publishing, science, SMACCDub, updates, 0
Ryan Radecki There are nearly 100 billion stars in the Milky Way – and almost that many articles published...
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Sepsis—The Dark Knight: Prehospital Diagnosis and Treatment
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Sepsis, 0
Sepsis can be subtle and elusive; diagnostic tools such as point of care lactate, end-tidal CO2 monitoring and validated...