Time tested rules and myths explored in a real life adventure, meant to honor and display the courage, commitment and sacrifice made by emergency medicine and critical care professionals around the globe. In a painfully honest reflection, Ashley crushes stigma and leaves us acutely aware of how our words and actions affect our colleagues and those that we love.
The Golden Fleece, Golden Hour & Golden Rule
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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...
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Biomarkers in the ED – useful or useless
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Biomarkers, decision making, SMACCDub, uncertainty, 0
All biomarkers are awesome predictors of badness. Elevated hS-troponins after non-cardiac surgery or an acute exacerbation of COPD are...
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All in a Day’s Work in Brazil
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, ICU overcrowed, ICU routine, Inequality, 0
In a public ICU in Brazil, as like in any middle income country, there are so many hard things...
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When PHARM meets the Farm: Rescue, Resuscitation & Retrieval in the Agrarian Environment
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, agriculture, death, ems, entanglement, injury, tractor, Trauma, 0
Farmers work long hours, in isolated areas using older machinery. When EMS is called to the scene of an...
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Rethinking Adrenaline in Cardiac Arrest
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, adrenaline, aortic pressure, cardiac arrest, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, coronary perfusion pressure, endovascular, hemodynamics, return of spontaneous circulation, survival, vasoconstrictor, 0
This lecture reviews adrenaline therapy in cardiac arrest resuscitation: history, hemodynamics, survival impact controversy and potential new strategies.
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Understanding Emergency Medicine as a Complex System
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, complex, personalized, precision, systems, 0
Systems thinking can help providers learn how to treat our patients as individuals and not just as the bucket...
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Resuscitative Hysterotomy 101
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, cesarean section, maternal cardiac arrest, perimortem, resuscitative hysterotomy, 0
Scared about doing a perimortem section? Unsure what resuscitative hysterotomy means? Come learn the latest evidence and techniques, all...
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Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm?: How to be truly “awake” during a shift
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Fatigue, shift work, SMACCDub, warm up, 0
Is there a specific time during our shift when we are too fatigued to safety practice? That was the...