Cost effective high fidelity simulation training for performance. Laszlo Hetzman discusses cost effective high fidelity simulation training for performance in pre-hospital and hospital critical care. One the great benefits of simulation training is the diversity of training it provides for all levels of experience. Based on his own hugely positive experiences of simulation, Laszlo was…
The culture of excellence in resuscitation by Maaret Castren A study showed that 15% of healthcare responders hesitated to start CPR because they thought that they would harm the patient. 21% didn’t want to start defibrillation because they thought that they were doing something bad. Hesitation means time. We are harming the patient by not…
.Simulation, assessment and technology in medical education. This session brings together a panel of educators with a track record of innovation and design in medical education. Chris Nickson, Daniel Cabrera, Jenny Rudolph, Sandra Viggers, Simon Carley, Victoria Brazil, Walter Eppich & Jesse Spurr join to discuss the past, present and most importantly the future of…
Intracranial Haemorrhage and Anticoagulants in Critical Care by Jordan Bonomo Jordan Bonomo delivers the run down on intracranial haemorrhage and anticoagulants in critical care. Jordan freely admits – this is not a simple topic. For the simple reason that intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) sucks – and that’s a problem. There are no treatments for it. Nothing…
Resuscitation of Refractory Anaphylaxis by Daniel Cabrera Daniel Cabrera wants you to play the game of anaphylaxis… a serious game! You are faced with a monster, with the name anaphylaxis. Daniel takes you through the resuscitation of refractory anaphylaxis. We do a terrible job managing anaphylaxis, missing 50% of the diagnoses, only giving epinephrine in…
Physiologic targets for Traumatic Brain Injury in Neuro-Critical Care by Brandon Foreman Brandon Foreman takes you through physiological targets for traumatic brain injury in neuro-critical care. Intensivist and emergency medicine physicians already use physiology targets. They understand the complexity of these targets and the pitfalls of over-reliance on any one parameter. This is also true…
Processing emergency decisions in critical care by MJ Slabbert. Numbers people, give me the NUMBERS! We need CONCRETE data points and percentages…! Go buy another machine to deliver the numbers and data points. We need it to be delivered by gadgets, gadgets that go ping and pong…more and more gadgets. Let’s plot it on graphs…
Airway Ultrasound: Confirming Endotracheal Tube Placement by Ben Smith and Jacob Avila Intubation is one of the most important procedures that we perform. There are many immediate and bedside methods of confirming tube placement. Ben Smith and Jacob Avila present how to confirm endotracheal tube placement with airway ultrasound. A bad trauma has come into…
Undiagnosed Paediatric Emergency Cardiac Disease by Michele Domico Most people think it is easy to spot the paediatric emergency – and this usually holds true. However, this is not so in undiagnosed paediatric emergency cardiac disease, as Michele Domico explains. She delves into the practical points on recognising children over one month of age with…
Lung Ultrasound in Critical Care and Resuscitation: Daniel Lichtenstein Daniel Lichtenstein wants to make his past your future. Join him on a journey through the history of lung ultrasound in critical care and resuscitation. The scene is over 20 years ago in the desert of Mauritania. It is a noisy environment full of trucks and…
