Wilderness and expedition medicine is the epitome of practical, pragmatic, minimalist and thoughtful care. Austere and extreme environments require special knowledge, critical thinking, innovative practice and sometimes cunning improvisation. Diagnosis in the wilderness relies heavily on clinical examination skills, monitoring and special investigations are very limited, and treatment options are determined by the breadth and depth of the individual practitioner’s hands-on skills. The implications of extreme environments – high pressures and altitude, frigid and sweltering temperatures, hypoxia and high-intensity endurance exercise – can provide us with great insight into the physiology of humans responding and adapting to critical illness. In this presentation, Ross shares trials and tribulations and draws on experiences from wilderness rescue, and expeditions around the world, which provide lessons for wilderness medics. Many of these lessons can be translated to insights into practicing better acute and critical care medicine in our day-to-day settings.
Going Wild: Lessons from Wilderness Medicine
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Resuscitative Hysterotomy 101
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, cesarean section, maternal cardiac arrest, perimortem, resuscitative hysterotomy, 0
Scared about doing a perimortem section? Unsure what resuscitative hysterotomy means? Come learn the latest evidence and techniques, all...
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Rethinking Adrenaline in Cardiac Arrest
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, adrenaline, aortic pressure, cardiac arrest, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, coronary perfusion pressure, endovascular, hemodynamics, return of spontaneous circulation, survival, vasoconstrictor, 0
This lecture reviews adrenaline therapy in cardiac arrest resuscitation: history, hemodynamics, survival impact controversy and potential new strategies.
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Communication with kids and families – how NOT to do it!
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, children with special needs, Communication, parental complaints, Pitfalls, 0
This talk addresses some of the challenges encountered when communicating with children and their families.
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I’m not dead
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, hyperkalemia, hypothermia, Lazarus phenomenon, Resuscitation, ROSC, submersion, survival of extremes, 0
In providing critical care we sometimes need to make immediate decisions on who’s dead and who’s not. How are...
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Kettlebells for the Brain
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, brain, Meditation, scott weingart, 1
My opening talk at SMACCdub was on meditation: vipassana and stoic negative contemplation.
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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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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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Young at Heart – Nick Pigott
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, paediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiology, smaccMINI, smaccUS, 0
Nick Pigott takes the resus room perspective on paediatric cardiac problems.