My opening talk at SMACCdub was on meditation: vipassana and stoic negative contemplation.
Archive for category: The Talks smaccDUB 2016
The magic of remote ischaemic preconditioning
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, acute myocardial infarction, Cardiac Surgery, ischaemic preconditioning, ischemic preconditioning, X remote ischemic preconditioning, 0All you need to know about the promise and current reality of remote ischaemic preconditioning for clinical practice.
How to do Prehospital Research
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Audit, Epidemiology, Evidence, HEMS, prehospital, Quality Improvement, Research, Resource-Effective, 0How can you build evidence by combining academic activity with pre-hospital critical care practice.
Thin-Slicing in the ED
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, emergency medicine, Spectrum of Disease, Thin-Slicing, 0All disease exist on a spectrum. You can’t treat one end of the spectrum the same way you treat...
Geriatric EM: Our new USP?
Ka, , 2015, 2016, The Talks smaccChicago 2015, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, elderly emergency care, elderly falls, emergency care, frailty, Geriatrics, 0This talk will outline the importance and significance for the specialty in getting to grips with managing elderly patients...
1984. Dystopian Literature and Emergency Medicine
Ka, , The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Bureaucracy, Climate change, Dystopia, Futurism, literature, 0The role of physical and chemical restraints, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, and ketamine, and the diagnostic and therapeutic priorities for the...
When PHARM meets the Farm: Rescue, Resuscitation & Retrieval in the Agrarian Environment
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, agriculture, death, ems, entanglement, injury, tractor, Trauma, 0Farmers work long hours, in isolated areas using older machinery. When EMS is called to the scene of an...
Emergency Medicine: The big issues
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, demographics, emergency medicine, future SMACCDub, futurology, health economies, technology, 0What's the future of emergency medicine?
First Among Equals: A Tribute to Dr John Hinds
Ka, , 2015, 2016, The Talks smaccChicago 2015, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, acheson, bike, brian burns, death, dublin, hinds, janet, john hinds, macsorley, motorbike, motorsports, tribute, 1In the inaugural John Hinds Plenary session at SMACCDUB, John's partner Janet and his mentor Fred MacSorley celebrate John's...
Why we need palliative care everywhere
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, emergency medicine, End of life, Palliative Care, palliative medicine, quality of life, 0Exploring dogma and myths about knowledge, skills and training of the 'resuscitationist'.