Ultrasound in the Field
What you need to know so you don’t stress out when dealing with sick kids.
CODAZERO EPISODE 1: CODA CURE
This first episode of Coda Cure has set the scene. The importance of clear definitions, treatment strategies, managing Antimicrobial Resistance, vaccination programs and dealing with the long term outcomes of sepsis were all identified. The Cure pillar remains in the early stages of identifying areas for our community to take meaningful action on global sepsis.…
Pandemic Sepsis and Inequality
*We apologise for the low quality audio, Dr Flavia Machado kindly delivered her talk in the middle of a hospital shift in São Paulo during the global pandemic. Pandemic Sepsis and Inequality LMIC’s bear 85% of the global burden of septicaemia. There are three main determinants of mortality: 1. Pathogenic factors 2. Host Factors 3.…
Are the COVID-19 and Sepsis Syndromes one and the same?
The global burden of sepsis continues to challenge clinicians in its definition, diagnosis and treatment. The current COVID-19 pandemic seems to have almost taken our understanding of the Sepsis Syndrome back decades. What are the similarities between the current pandemic and sepsis? And what can we learn? We have never avoided healthy controversy, and in…
The Resistance – Antimicrobial Resistance through a Covid-19 lens
The Resistance – Antimicrobial Resistance through a Covid-19 lens Antibiotics in sepsis treatment is beneficial. However, the rise of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) will threaten global health. Evidently, the current pandemic has highlighted our vulnerability to infection. We are now experiencing first hand, the public health and economic cost of a pandemic. Moreover, we know now…
Pandemic Sepsis Research through a COVID-19 lens – Are we failing?
Pandemic Sepsis Research through a COVID-19 lens – Are we failing? Blanket standards applied in research design are worth being carefully examined for their relevance. Particularly now, in this pandemic “war time” setting, we don’t want to hog-tie ourselves with irrelevant and unhelpful regulations. At the same time, we don’t want the ‘wild wacky west’.…
3 R’s of Sexual Assault in Critical Care
Sexual assault is disturbingly common – how to recognize it, record it and refer to specialized care.
Wake up Thrombolysis – MRI guided – An EM Perspective
What you need to know so you don’t stress out when dealing with sick kids.
Scared of paediatrics? How to be Mr Spock or Roger Federer with kids
What you need to know so you don’t stress out when dealing with sick kids.
Resilience through attention mastery
Back by popular demand Phil Dobson joins Oli Flower and Liz Crowe in conversation around psychological wellbeing. We ultimately decide where to spend our attention, which is a limited resource, during a typical day. Finding it hard to focus, and at the same time finding it hard to switch off? Multimedia multitasking is training your…