Bedside ultrasound can be super helpful in assessing and managing the sick patient. This learning opportunity that I’ll be sharing at dasSMACC was provided to me by a lovely 65yr man who presented to ED late one Tuesday evening last year. From a brief history, examination and bedside echo we were able to diagnose him with acute pulmonary embolism with right heart strain and residual thrombus in his right atrium. This is an uncommon scenario but is associated with high mortality if left untreated or treated with anticoagulation alone, and patients have much better odds of surviving with thrombolysis or embolectomy.
SonoBYTE by Leanne Hartnett
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Not all Brains are the Same by David Menon
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, tbi, traumatic brain injury, 0
The age of patients with TBI is increasing, especially in high income countries, and the median age of patients...
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Neuro EM: Neuroimaging Nibble CTP mismatch in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, NeuroImaging, 0
Neuroimaging Nibble: CTP mismatch in Acute Ischemic Stroke by Ronan O’Leary
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Doctors Don’t Rule the Resus by Ashley Liebig
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, Resuscitation, 0
What if in just a few short hours we could take all that we have learned about resuscitation from...
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SonoBYTE: Mitral Valve Magic by James Rippey
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, Mitral Valve, SonoBYTE, Ultrasound, 0
The appearance of high quality hand held ultrasound machines mean we will all have imaging available at our finger...
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Learning from Sim Part III: Critical Moments in the Intensive Care Unit by Jon Gatward
Phoebe Adams, , The Talks DASsmacc, intensive care unit, Simulation, 0
We have difficult conversations in critical care. We deal with sick and complex patients who may be at the...
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The Problem with Physiology
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, hemodynamics, outcomes, Physiology, 0
Critical care clinicians can change physiology with a number of tools. They can repeatedly, often and mercilessly change physiological...
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Helping Without Harming
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, communication in critical care, Debriefing, feedback, interprofessional education, negotiation, performance gaps, 0
You’ve been resuscitating the patient for hours and finally caught up with volume. You come back on your next...
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Voices in my Head
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, Failure, medicine, mindfulness, performance, Resuscitation, Self-compassion, 0
We are all imperfect, this is the human condition. Pursuing a career in resuscitation means that some of our...