Wilderness and expedition medicine is the epitome of practical, pragmatic, minimalist and thoughtful care. Austere and extreme environments require special knowledge, critical thinking, innovative practice and sometimes cunning improvisation. Diagnosis in the wilderness relies heavily on clinical examination skills, monitoring and special investigations are very limited, and treatment options are determined by the breadth and depth of the individual practitioner’s hands-on skills. The implications of extreme environments – high pressures and altitude, frigid and sweltering temperatures, hypoxia and high-intensity endurance exercise – can provide us with great insight into the physiology of humans responding and adapting to critical illness. In this presentation, Ross shares trials and tribulations and draws on experiences from wilderness rescue, and expeditions around the world, which provide lessons for wilderness medics. Many of these lessons can be translated to insights into practicing better acute and critical care medicine in our day-to-day settings.
Going Wild: Lessons from Wilderness Medicine
-
Oh, Baby! – Greg Kelly
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Neonates, neonatology, paediatrics, pediatrics, smaccMINI, smaccUS, 0
Greg Kelly drills down to bring us the basics of looking after sick neonates.
-
First Among Equals: A Tribute to Dr John Hinds
Ka, , 2015, 2016, The Talks smaccChicago 2015, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, acheson, bike, brian burns, death, dublin, hinds, janet, john hinds, macsorley, motorbike, motorsports, tribute, 1
In the inaugural John Hinds Plenary session at SMACCDUB, John's partner Janet and his mentor Fred MacSorley celebrate John's...
-
Paed-Iconoclasm: Breaking the Myths without Breaking Your Patient
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, California, dogma, dogmalysis, emergency medicine, Harbor-UCLA, Horeczko, Myths, paediatrics, pediatrics, PEM, Tim, Tim Horeczko, USA, 0
Myths and medical dogma fill the gap between what we know and what we don’t know. Learn “Defense Against...
-
The Rise of Medical Evidence
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, clinical trial, data safety, DSMB, monitoring board, 0
The evolution of medical evidence from what we think to what we know will be reviewed in an historical...
-
The Immediate Responder & The Disaster Gap
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, bystander, disaster, disaster gap, ems, fire, first responder, immediate responder, MCI, police, preparedness, resiliency, response time, Trauma, 0
Transform education, response, and recovery in disaster response by exploring the Disaster Gap and the Immediate Responders in it.
-
EM Year in Review
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, critical appraisal, cutting edge, emergency medicine, literature, publishing, science, SMACCDub, updates, 0
Ryan Radecki There are nearly 100 billion stars in the Milky Way – and almost that many articles published...
-
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...
-
Oh s**t, they’re bombing our hospital! Is this a new paradigm for war?
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Afghanistan MSF Hospital, Doctors without Borders, Kunduz, Kunduz Hospital, Kunduz Hospital Airstrike, Kunduz Hospital Attack, Kunduz Hospital Bombing, Kunduz Trauma Centre, Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, MSF hospital bombing, NotATarget, SMACCDub, Syria Hospital Attacks, Syria hospital bombing, Targeting Hospitals, Yemen hospital attacks, Yemen hospital bombings, 0
After five months working in the ICU and ED of the Médecins Sans Frontières run Kunduz Trauma Centre (KTC)...