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?
Management of extra-cranial injuries in patients with TBI
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Things That Scare Me
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, bleeding, death, paediatric surgery, Trauma, 0
In our professional and private lives there are things that scare us, how we manage that fear defines us.
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Lead Poisoning In Nigeria
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Lead Poisoning, Nigeria, Toxicology, Zamfara, 0
The story of the biggest lead poisoning outbreak in modern history and what might be learned from the response
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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)...
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Chief Medical Informatics Officer- I could do that!
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, CMIO, funinfailure, harmonyinhospitals, 0
Finding fun and fortitude in failure. Chief Medical Informatics Officer.
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Sick Neonates are Simple!
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, intensive care, Neonates, newborn physiology, Ultrasound, 0
Get inside the mind of a newborn and go back to your fetal state to unlock the key to...
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What’s It Like to be a Young Person with Critical Illness?
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, CYP experience, paediatric critical care, patient experience, pediatric critical care, SMACCDub, 0
What if they things that healthcare practitioners think are important aren’t the same things that patients think are important?...
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How Ultrasound Makes You Better
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Algorithm, BLUE, Creativity, Julia Child, Point-of-care Ultrasound, Protocol, RUSH, 0
Algorithms and protocols, which integrate Point-of-Care Ultrasound, help refine diagnoses and treatment plans. However, these are not absolutes. You...
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Learning from Excellence
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, appreciation, learning, motivation, quality, Safety, 0
A call to learn from what goes well in healthcare