The talk focuses on why clinicians miss the diagnosis on aortic dissection. It breaks down the key pearls on history and physical exam that guide you into correctly suspecting a dissection. Aortic dissection is a challenging diagnosis that you can not afford to miss. The talk aims to give you the framework to avoid missing the diagnosis. I want to raise the bar so that the standard of care is not to miss a dissection when it presents atypically. The talk will also highlight strategies on what to do when you suspect the diagnosis. It will guide you to order the right imaging tests and begin the treatment promptly. Sit back and be ready to see dissections in a different light.
The Aorta Will %$#@!& You Up
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When PHARM meets the Farm: Rescue, Resuscitation & Retrieval in the Agrarian Environment
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, agriculture, death, ems, entanglement, injury, tractor, Trauma, 0
Farmers work long hours, in isolated areas using older machinery. When EMS is called to the scene of an...
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The ICU is no place for the Elderly – PRO: Francesca Rubulotta, CON: Karin Amrein
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Elderly, ICU, 0
Francesca Rubulotta and Karin Amrein both came out swinging in this debate that universally gets people going! The crowd...
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Remembering Rory: Sepsis and Learning from Error
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, medical error, pediatric sepsis, Rory Staunton, Sepsis, 0
We will walk together through the events surrounding the tragic death of Rory Staunton, caused by sepsis. The focus...
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Hospital Handover of Major Trauma – Make them Listen
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Ambulance, emergency, Handover, Paramedic, Patient handover, SMACCDub, Trauma, 0
Describing the importance of patient handover and the critical time when the pre-hospital practitioner will give this information to...
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1984. Dystopian Literature and Emergency Medicine
Ka, , The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Bureaucracy, Climate change, Dystopia, Futurism, literature, 0
The role of physical and chemical restraints, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, and ketamine, and the diagnostic and therapeutic priorities for the...
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Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm?: How to be truly “awake” during a shift
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Fatigue, shift work, SMACCDub, warm up, 0
Is there a specific time during our shift when we are too fatigued to safety practice? That was the...
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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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Oh s**t, they’re bombing our hospital! Is this a new paradigm for war?
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Afghanistan MSF Hospital, Doctors without Borders, Kunduz, Kunduz Hospital, Kunduz Hospital Airstrike, Kunduz Hospital Attack, Kunduz Hospital Bombing, Kunduz Trauma Centre, Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, MSF hospital bombing, NotATarget, SMACCDub, Syria Hospital Attacks, Syria hospital bombing, Targeting Hospitals, Yemen hospital attacks, Yemen hospital bombings, 0
After five months working in the ICU and ED of the Médecins Sans Frontières run Kunduz Trauma Centre (KTC)...