In the part 2 of the special podcast with Simon Carley we touch on the issues of cognitive bias, that everything you see is COVID-related. Surrounded by the sea of COVID, just how do you manage the strokes, the acute myocardial infarcts, fractured neck aphemas, and the rest of it amidst this catastrophe? Simon shares…
The legendary professor Simon Carley is joining us all the way from Manchester, UK to talk about positive innovations and evidence based agility in this first part of the two special podcasts. There is a fine balance between being slow to change and missing out on something that might benefit the patients, and jumping in…
Haney Mallemat is sharing his experiences in Baltimore with Roger and Oli, talking innovation and the phases of creating and culling, as well as the importance of communication in the implementation stages. It’s all about finding balance between what would protect you as a provider and give good outcomes for the patient. And sticking to…
This is part 2 of the special podcast featuring Reuben Strayer, an emergency physician, sharing his first hand experience of the COVID-19 situation in New York with Ashley Liebig, the medical operations commander from Austin, TX. “There was only a brief period between when we first started noticing coronavirus and when seemingly everyone in the…
This is part 1 of the special podcast featuring Reuben Strayer, sharing his first hand experience of the COVID-19 situation in New York. “So many people in the region got infected at the same time, long before we were paying any attention to it. And as the patients got sicker, we started to notice a…
Fear. In health we are accustomed to being certain about what we do in an Emergency, but in this time of great uncertainty is it normal to feel frightened? Does fear and uncertainty then impact our communication? Do different specialty groups use different language, do different they communicate differently? What can we do to help open the…
This is the second episode of the three part series of the podcast dedicated to technical and communications aspects of managing the airways of COVID patients. In this episode we are breaking down the case of a particular difficult airway case published online by Chris Hicks earlier, and discovering that the approach is not all…
The Coda v COVID podcasts have been focusing on the non-technical skills we need to manage the pandemic crisis, but we have received increased requests to discuss more technical aspects of management. Accordingly, this is the first in a three part series dealing with the process for emergency intubation in the crashing patient with…
Mary Freer, Roger Harris and Jane Sloane digging deep into the issues of gender equality during the current pandemic. At least 70% of those in the front line as health and community workers are women- and so they have a higher exposure to the virus. But often policies are designed by men, with no diverse…
Why are we all so tired and hungry? Mary, Jesse and Fiona talk about the value of human connection, and the effects the communication technology has on human brain. As many people are currently working from home, not sharing the same space and touch has a roll on effect on our mood and energy levels.…
