Hazel Talbot provides an insightful look at neonatal and paediatric retrieval in her talk “Small Packages, Big Lessons”.
Small Packages, Big Lessons: Neonatal and paediatric retrieval
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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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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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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...
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Playing the Long Game: Commitment, marginal gains and self-compassion
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Coaching, development, medical education, SMACCDub, sports psychology, training, 0
Caring for the critically unwell is an important and difficult task. So preparing our people to meet this challenge...
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Leadership is a Trait of an Individual
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Leadership, Pearls and Pitfalls, Professionalism, Resilience, 0
Leadership is not particularly a male or a female quality. It is a trait of an individual. “You know...
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Controversies in Brain Death
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, 0
There is a need for international consensus in the determination of brain death to address the challenges and controversies...
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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...
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Minor Injuries? Major Trauma!
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Paediatric major trauma, smaccMINI, 0
Paediatric major trauma is rare and terrifying. Seriously injured children need good care but a number of factors (the...