Describing the importance of patient handover and the critical time when the pre-hospital practitioner will give this information to the receiving hospital staff. Using an analogy of the characters that appear in cowboy films, the preacher stands out as one who usually plays a small but significant role in getting his message across. We will compare this to the modern day practitioner and how they should achieve the objective of giving a good handover to the receivers, who may or may not be believers.
Hospital Handover of Major Trauma – Make them Listen
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Blood: Sweat & Tears – Lisa McQueen
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, paediatric circulation, pediatric circulation, Shock, smaccMINI, smaccUS, 0
Lisa McQueen reframes what we think we know about shock in paediatric patients.
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The Perils of Peer Review
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, bmj, iconoclastic, journals, Peer review, publishing, quality assurance, richard smith, 0
Peer review is central to science, but ironically is faith rather than evidence based in that it lacks evidence...
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Management of extra-cranial injuries in patients with TBI
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Hypotensive resuscitation, multi-trauma, Not just TBI!, orthopedic injuries, SMACCDub, transfusion, 0
Patients with TBI (traumatic brain injury) often have concomitant systemic injuries that complicate the management of the TBI. How...
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EM is a Failed Paradigm PRO: Scott Weingart CON: Simon Carley
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, emergency medicine, Failure, future, scott weingart, simon carley, SMACCDub, 0
Scott Weingart presents his views on emergency medicine being a failed paradigm, where Simon Carley presents the opposing view....
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Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Major Haemorrhage, paediatric, paediatric critical care, Traumatic Cardiac Arrest, 0
Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest Summary by: Jon McCormack Recently published national guidelines and case series evidence supports a standardised...
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Bone after ICU
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, 0
ICU survivors fracture; a bone-derived hormone predicts ICU survival, bisphosphonates may improve ICU outcomes
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How Medical Students Can Choreograph Their Own Education
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, continious medical education, Debriefing, deliberate practice, educational theory, FOAMed, making experts, medical education, Medical Simulation, Peer to Peer teaching, performance, SMACCDub, 0
More than a hundred years ago Osler moved medical education to the bedside. Somehow today, most medical education still...
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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...