Critical care practice in and out of hospital is a demanding field of medicine. It attracts a certain type of personality – the warrior: Those who want to do more, be more, work harder, evolve, innovate, be there for the big jobs, the complicated challenges. In a life that is becoming 24/7 and technology that can provide interventions and care in the this field of medicine that was only dreamt off a few years ago has become a reality, but also led to incredible high demands on our time, energy and dedication. We are dedicated to our cause, to our patients, to our services, but in the process, we are working longer hours, dealing with more complicated cases, higher demands and having more difficult advance care conversations. We work long shifts, live on caffeine but preach “first do no harm”. We neglect quality sleep, good diets and in the process of trying to save others, might be killing ourselves. Fatigue is a killer and it is sneaking up on us like an enemy unseen. Whether you know if or not, you are in a battle for your own life.
Fatigue, the enemy unseen
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PURE: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Resource-limited Environments
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, 0
The World Health Organization notes that 80-90% of all diagnostic problems could potentially be solved by basic radiograph (x-ray)...
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How Medical Students Can Choreograph Their Own Education
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, continious medical education, Debriefing, deliberate practice, educational theory, FOAMed, making experts, medical education, Medical Simulation, Peer to Peer teaching, performance, SMACCDub, 0
More than a hundred years ago Osler moved medical education to the bedside. Somehow today, most medical education still...
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It is time to throw away the hard cervical collar – PRO: Darren Braude, CON: Karim Brohi
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Cervical spine immobilization, controversy, debate, SMACCDub, spinal motion restriciton, spinal protection, Trauma, 0
Darren Braude and Karim Brohi battle it out in the #SMACCDub Cage Match ‘It is time to throw away...
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Arrested Developments
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, ERC guidelines, neonatal resuscitation, paediatric life support, Paediatric resuscitation, pediatric life support, pediatric resuscitation, SMACCDub, 0
When was your last paediatric/neonatal life support course update? Did it include the latest recommendations from the European Resuscitation...
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The Rise of Medical Evidence
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, clinical trial, data safety, DSMB, monitoring board, 0
The evolution of medical evidence from what we think to what we know will be reviewed in an historical...
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Making ECPR Happen
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, cardiac arrest, CPR, ECMO, protocol development, Resuscitation, Simulation, teamwork, 0
A quick overview of how we developed an ECMO CPR programme at the Alfred using Simulation to develop and...
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Small Packages, Big Lessons: Neonatal and paediatric retrieval
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, neonatal, 0
Hazel Talbot provides an insightful look at neonatal and paediatric retrieval in her talk “Small Packages, Big Lessons”.
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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...