Surgical management of burn injuries by Varun Harish. From #CodaZero Live, Varun Harish provides an overview of the management of burn injuries. Varun talks us through how surgeons make decisions regarding burn management, including the importance of early assessment and intervention. Burns evolve, what you see at the beginning is going to be very different…
Global warming and the Jellyfish toxidrome. From #CodaZero Live, Alice Young provides a brief update on the presentation, complications and management of Irukandji syndrome. Importantly, she explains why we all need to know about it. Evidently, with ocean temperatures rising we are seeing an increasing number of Irukandji jellyfish and subsequent stings in waters further…
Sustainable healthcare: A move to Net Zero. If the health sector were a country, we would be the fifth-largest polluter in the world. It is crucial that we move towards a sustainable healthcare system, but what exactly does this mean? The NHS has led the way in modelling a Net Zero healthcare system. They have…
Psychological Management of Burns. Did you know that around a third of patients that present with a severe burn, also have a pre-existing mental health condition? Furthermore, around 80% of patients report having had a major life event or severe stress prior to the burn. Therefore, psychological management of patients with burns is complex and…
Bias by design in medicine with Tarlan Hedayati In the last episode of Carr’s Clinic, David Carr chats to Tarlan Hedayati about bias in medicine. A patient comes into the emergency department and they are complaining of shortness of breath. Here, we take the typical measurements including heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, rest rate and…
ECMO CPR ECMO in Cardiac arrest has increased exponentially in the past 10 years, on the back of, up until very recently, non-randomised, predominantly retrospective studies. What is the efficacy? Appropriate patient selection? Cost effectiveness and model of delivery of ECPR? Finally is ECMO really the intervention or just optimising the chain of survival? For…
Burns Fluid Resuscitation The first 24 hours for burns management is crucial. The ability to deliver just the right amount of fluid in a patient with burns is the holy grail. From #CodaZero Claire Seiffert presents on Burns Fluid Resuscitation. Claire covers fluid overloaded with compartment syndrome, to underdone with an AKI and extension of…
SCAD (Spontaneous coronary artery dissection) will also screw you up by David Carr. Carr’s Clinic is back but this time – with the man himself. David Carr walks us through a case which had him spooked (and for good reason). A 33 year old female comes into the Emergency Room with crushing chest pain. She has…
What went wrong with publishing in COVID19. Naomi Hammond walks us through the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of COVID19 publications. The ability for researchers to rapidly design and conduct trials in the midst of a pandemic was valuable. With that however, came an ‘infodemic’ where consumers struggled to keep up with the…
Medical retrieval response to major burns by Phil Parry In this podcast, Phil Parry explains the incredible impact that a medical retrieval team can have on the outcome of patients suffering from major burns. Firstly, Phil discusses the prevalence of burns patients. Notably, the team responded to 203 burns patients across NSW over a two…
