Pre-eclampsia
Kat takes us through the reality of managing pre-eclampsia in South Africa, highlighting what we mustn’t miss.
Maternity Mayhem: Emergency management of Pre-eclampsia
Kat takes us through the reality of managing pre-eclampsia in South Africa, highlighting what we mustn’t miss.
Fascinating neuro scans – classic CT brain pathology
Andrew Dixon from Radiopaedia covers the common pathology seen on CT scans in critical care. He covers basic anatomy and important areas not to miss, strokes, trauma, herniation syndromes, hypoxic brain injury and diffuse axonal injury. Link to slides
Airway management – it’s a team sport, not a technical skill
Adam gives practical pearls about managing the unexpected difficult airway. He uses a good example, emphasises the importance of effective teamwork and draws from the Vortex approach and the DAS guidelines. Watch out for more from Adam via the Safe Airway Society.
The truth about paediatric analgesia
Treating pain is important. Treating pain in a vulnerable population like infants, who cannot speak for themselves, is especially important. Unfortunately, there is a great deal of evidence, from many clinical settings, that suggests that we don’t do a great job treating pediatric pain. Recognizing this problem, and based on a large number of randomized controlled trials,…
Is less best in critical care?
John Myburgh gives a philosophical talk about what life (and death) is really about and what the new challenges are in critical care. Modern critical care has so many potential interventions. John challenges whether doing more is always the right thing to do and gives a good argument for doing less being best.
Unravelling Grief and Loss
Liz Crowe gives sage advice about dealing with grief and loss in the critical care setting, for both relatives and health care professionals.
Intracranial Hypertension and Herniation
There are many ways to skin a cat. Rhonda Cadena discusses management of intracranial hypertension, specifically substantial practice variation, what the evidence shows and what she does in reality.
Clot retrieval for stroke in the extended time window
A case example of a large vessel obstruction of the brain and our current techniques available to treat it. How we make decisions on endovascular treatment and management points for emergency and intensive care colleagues.
Muscle wasting in ICU: Fat, Feed and Futility
Muscle wasting in intensive care is the thief of future health. Hugh Montgomery shows us what a big issue this is and what can be done to mitigate the problem.