Fight, Flight and (more commonly) Freeze are common reactions when faced with the critically ill child. In this talk i will discuss recognising these states and developing techniques to prevent and recover from them.
The challenges in the prehospital management of sick kids
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Critical Care: No place for a woman?
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, gender difference, gender equality, women, 0
Women in medicine, in academia, in the ICU
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The ICU is no place for the Elderly – PRO: Francesca Rubulotta, CON: Karin Amrein
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Elderly, ICU, 0
Francesca Rubulotta and Karin Amrein both came out swinging in this debate that universally gets people going! The crowd...
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Fiji Critical Care Jenga
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, critical care, developing, Fiji, Jenga, 0
Providing critical care in a developing system is extremely challenging and can be likened to "Critical Care Jenga."
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Teamwork: The strongest drug in the hospital
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, 0
A team of experts is not automatically an expert team. As such, we need practical strategies (and not fluffy...
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The ABC of ICU – The A is for antibiotics
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, antibiotics, Resuscitation, Sepsis, 0
We debate perpetually how best to resuscitate patients - ABC! For the critically ill, septic patient the only therapy...
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Standards in HEMS. What standards?
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, HEMS. Safety. HAA. Standards. FAA. NTSB, SMACCDub, standards, 0
The development of Helicopter EMS (HEMS, or as the Federal Aviation Administration recently coined it: “Helicopter Air Ambulance” or...
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How Usual Resuscitative Maneuvers Can Kill Paediatric Cardiac Patients
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Cardiac Patients, Resuscitation, 0
Some pediatric cardiac patients have a unique anatomy and physiology that preclude the use of standard resuscitative measures.
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Management of extra-cranial injuries in patients with TBI
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Hypotensive resuscitation, multi-trauma, Not just TBI!, orthopedic injuries, SMACCDub, transfusion, 0
Patients with TBI (traumatic brain injury) often have concomitant systemic injuries that complicate the management of the TBI. How...