ICU survivors fracture; a bone-derived hormone predicts ICU survival, bisphosphonates may improve ICU outcomes
Author Archive for: KateReynolds
Confined Space Airway Management
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Airway, airway management, austere, confined space, disaster, HEMS, intubation, prehospital, remote, 0Locations, challenges, options, techniques and evidence behind managing airways in confined spaces and austere places.
The Immediate Responder & The Disaster Gap
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, bystander, disaster, disaster gap, ems, fire, first responder, immediate responder, MCI, police, preparedness, resiliency, response time, Trauma, 0Transform education, response, and recovery in disaster response by exploring the Disaster Gap and the Immediate Responders in it.
Disaster Triage: Who gets what?
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, disaster, Ethics, scarce resources, triage, utilitarian, 0What happens in a mass casualty disaster when you run out of beds? Out of ventilators? Out of blood?...
Where is the love in critical care
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, compassion, critical care, Family Centred Care, Leadership, Love, passion, Purpose, Resilience, Teams, 0Critical Care is a place where love/passion and commitment must flourish, professional to patient, leaders to teams and colleagues,...
Things That Scare Me
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, bleeding, death, paediatric surgery, Trauma, 0In our professional and private lives there are things that scare us, how we manage that fear defines us.
Leadership is a Trait of an Individual
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Leadership, Pearls and Pitfalls, Professionalism, Resilience, 0Leadership is not particularly a male or a female quality. It is a trait of an individual. “You know...
Publishing and the future of critical care knowledge dissemination
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, data sharing, future, journals, publication, science, 1Journals have been the main way to publish science for 400 years, but the system is no longer fit...
The ABC of ICU – The A is for antibiotics
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, antibiotics, Resuscitation, Sepsis, 0We debate perpetually how best to resuscitate patients - ABC! For the critically ill, septic patient the only therapy...
How I use inhaled Nitric Oxide -iNO
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, critical care, iNO, intensive care transport, nitric oxide, NO, prehospital, Resuscitation, retrieval, 0Inhaled nitric oxide is extremely usefull for creating a "bridge" to other options as well as in resuscitation on...