Coping with Isolation All Alone on Kangaroo Island By Tim Leeuwenburg Rural doctors in Australia are the ‘swiss army...
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Lessons from the Cage by Oli Flower
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, andersen silva, cage, cage fighting, chicago, chrystmas, coach, fight, firas, george st pierre, gracie, greg jackson, lessons, martial arts, mental resilience, mentor, mixed, mma, mojo, psychology, smaccUS, sports, starch, surrogate endpoints, teach, training, ufc, voluven, 0Lessons from the Cage by Oli Flower Cage fighting is a polarising sport. This talk isn’t about the justification...
SMACC Statement on David Newman
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, chicago, columbia, cva, david newman, dogmalysis, mt sinai, newman, pseudoaxioms, rt-pa, smaccUS, smartem, smartem.org, stroke, thrombolysis, 0David Newman was a keynote speaker at SMACC Chicago in 2015. He has since been convicted of serious sexual...
Sex and Critical Care by Christine Bowles
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, career, chicago, critical care, discrimination, equality, feminism, sex, sexual equality, smaccUS, women, 0Christine Bowles takes on the big issue of Sex in critical care. In 2015, why is sexual equality in...
When to STOP Resuscitation by Roger Harris
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, Autonomy, Beneficence, chicago, Evidence, harris, Justice, Medical Ethics, non-Maleficence, Resuscitation, roger harris, smaccUS, Stop Resuscitation, 0When to STOP Resuscitation A Summary by Roger Harris: When to stop resuscitation in probably the biggest question challenging...
Why don’t we wash our hands? Chris Nickson
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, chicago, Chris Nickson, critical care, HAI, Hand Hygiene, Hospital Acquired inifection, Infection Control, nickson, precordialthump, Sepsis, smaccUS, World Health Organisation, 0Why don’t we wash our hands? A Summary by Chris Nickson: Hand hygiene is widely regarded as the bedrock...
Managing the Transected Airway by Georgie Harris
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, Airway, Airway Management algorithm, Blunt airway injury, chicago, Cricoid Cartalidge, critical care, georgie harris, harris, larynx, penetrating airway injury, smaccUS, Transected Airway, transected larynx, 0“The management of the transected airway is frightening because it is a rare airway emergency and one that does...
Guess or Gestalt? by Carley
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, carley, chicago, emergency, genius, gestalt, guess, metacognition, simon carley, skills, smaccUS, 0Guess or Gestalt? by Simon Carley: What is it that makes a great emergency physician? Is it skills and...
Failing Spectacularly by Johnston
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, Failure, Michelle Johnston, opening doors, personal failure, training, 0Failing Spectacularly by Johnston A summary by Michelle: We’re an odd bunch of people, we critical care practitioners. We...
Is Your Patient at Risk of Suicide? By Orman
Peak Distapan, , The Talks smaccChicago 2015, ASSESSMENT, chicago, COLUMBIA SUICIDE SCALE, DEPRESSION, emergency, ercast, ercast.org, IDEATION, orman, RISK, rob orman, SELF INJURY, smaccUS, SUICIDE, WRIST CUTTING, 0Is my patient suicidal? This post is also on Rob’s website ercast.org – check it out if you haven’t...