Burnout in Healthcare by Peter Brindley Peter Brindley explains how burnout affects us all. It affects the cost, quality of care, organisational culture, performance and patient outcomes. Burnout is fatigue, loss of ideals, purposelessness, presentism and the sense of being under-appreciated. It is not tiredness, exhaustion, boredom, mid-life crisis, depression, PTSD, perfectionism or narcissism. Moreover,…
The Problem of Disproportionate Critical Care: Francesca Rubulotta Francesca Rubulotta talks about disproportionate care in ICU. Disproportionate care is disproportionate in relation to the expected prognosis. Moreover, this can lead to moral distress among clinicians who think they are offering inappropriate care. There is mounting research and evidence pointing to the existence of disproportionate care.…
The Importance of Bone Health in Intensive Care Units: Karin Amrein Karin Amrein highlights the importance of bone health in ICU. Karin asks – do fractures matter? If the presentation is a hip fracture for elderly patients, then the answer is obviously, yes! However, Karin will describe why this answer should be a resounding yes…
Minor Injuries and Major Trauma in Paediatrics: Natalie May Natalie May gives you the break down of paediatric trauma. Paediatric trauma is relatively rare but terrifying. However, there are many ways we can think about paediatric trauma to make these challenging situations easier to face. Children are inherently portable. This means that they often turn…
Confined Space Airway Management in Emergency and Critical Care by Ross Hofmeyr Ross Hofmeyr discusses the ins and outs of managing an airway in a confined space. He details the challenges, the potential solutions and his top tips when faced with an airway in a less than ideal setting. Ross defines confined space airway management…
The Role of the Immediate Responder in Mass Casualty Trauma Christina Hernon describes a traumatic experience in gripping detail. In doing so, she shares her deeply personal insights into what it is to be an Immediate Responder. Christina suggests that the medical system must change to support these people. After a major formative experience at…
Lessons from Prehospital Training: Natalie May Natalie May brings the lessons she has learnt from Sydney HEMS training and teaches you how to apply them to your practice. What can hospital specialties learn from teaching and training in prehospital and retrieval medicine? Natalie, a self-described medical education enthusiast, gives you her thoughts on the application…
Disaster Ethics in Critical Care: Sara Gray Sara Gray tackles the controversial topic of disaster ethics in critical care. Most hospitals develop a disaster plan, but few jurisdictions develop a plan for triaging or rationing scarce resources when the existing supply is overwhelmed. Rather than leaving individual health care workers to make these decisions, we…
The Role of Love in Critical Care Leadership: Liz Crowe Liz Crowe believes that love can revolutionise the way we approach critical care. She wants every doctor to become love ambassadors for their critical care community and share love like nothing is holding them back. Liz believes that work life balance does not exist because…
The Purpose and Effect of Fear in Surgery and Medicine: Ross Fisher For Ross Fisher there are things that scare him. And he knows there are things that scare you too. Ross discusses the purpose and effect of fear in medicine and surgery. Whoever you are and whatever you do, there are things that you…
