Patients with TBI (traumatic brain injury) often have concomitant systemic injuries that complicate the management of the TBI. How does the practitioner balance the needs of the hypotensive resuscitation with CPP? How does ICP affect emergent operative needs? Thoracic injuries complicate cerebral oxygenation – are there effective management strategies? Where is the best place to care for these patients?
Mood manipulation, self-regulation, mental preparation, stress inoculation -- this is the vocabulary of elite teams, and central to the...
The role of physical and chemical restraints, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, and ketamine, and the diagnostic and therapeutic priorities for the...
Locations, challenges, options, techniques and evidence behind managing airways in confined spaces and austere places.
Hazel Talbot provides an insightful look at neonatal and paediatric retrieval in her talk “Small Packages, Big Lessons”.
Paediatric major trauma is rare and terrifying. Seriously injured children need good care but a number of factors (the...
Non-malignant acquired haematological disorders in critical care - DIC, TTP, HUS and other MAHAs, ADAMST13, HIT and NETosis,
Exploring dogma and myths about knowledge, skills and training of the 'resuscitationist'.
