Darren Braude and Karim Brohi battle it out in the #SMACCDub Cage Match ‘It is time to throw away the hard cervical collar’.
It is time to throw away the hard cervical collar – PRO: Darren Braude, CON: Karim Brohi
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Sick Neonates are Simple!
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, intensive care, Neonates, newborn physiology, Ultrasound, 0
Get inside the mind of a newborn and go back to your fetal state to unlock the key to...
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Critical Care: No place for a woman?
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, gender difference, gender equality, women, 0
Women in medicine, in academia, in the ICU
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Teamwork: The strongest drug in the hospital
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, 0
A team of experts is not automatically an expert team. As such, we need practical strategies (and not fluffy...
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Disaster Triage: Who gets what?
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, disaster, Ethics, scarce resources, triage, utilitarian, 0
What happens in a mass casualty disaster when you run out of beds? Out of ventilators? Out of blood?...
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Assault on the RV – Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart-Lung Interactions
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Pulmonary hypertension, Resuscitation, right ventricular failure, 0
Pulmonary hypertension is commonly seen with critical illness, and the resuscitationist must be prepared to tackle this complex problem.
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Don’t DSI…Rapid Sequence Airway (RSA)!
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Airway, extraglottic, hypoxemia, intubation, RSI, SMACCDub, supraglottic, 0
Rapid Sequence Airway (RSA) involves the same preparation and pharmacology as RSI with the immediate planned placement of an...
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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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DNR Should Be The Default: PRO – Alex Psirides, CON – Sara Gray
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, CPR, default, DNAR, DNR, Do Not Resuscitate, End of life, End Of Life Care, Ethics, Futility, Resuscitation, SMACCDub, 0
Alex Psirides – PRO The application of ‘CPR-for-all’ is the ultimate evidence drift. A treatment that is completely appropriate...