Exsanguination and brain injury are the leading causes of death after major trauma. During the last decades, significant progress...
Tag Archive for: Trauma
Prehospital Care: The Future is Now
Phoebe Adams, , 2017, The Talks DASsmacc, future, medtech, prehospital, Resuscitation, Trauma, 0Trauma is an epidemic. It is globally the biggest killer in young people.This talk will outline the current deficits...
Hospital Handover of Major Trauma – Make them Listen
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Ambulance, emergency, Handover, Paramedic, Patient handover, SMACCDub, Trauma, 0Describing the importance of patient handover and the critical time when the pre-hospital practitioner will give this information to...
Neurosurgeons aren’t idiots, honestly.
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, decompressive crainectomy, Neurocritical care, neurosurgery, Trauma, traumatic brain injury, workplace culture, 0Will we ever work out which patients benefit from a decompressive crainectomy?
Prehospital Doctors Debate – PRO: Anthony Holley, CON: Dr Marietjie “MJ” Slabbert
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, ems, interventions, prehospital, SMACCDub, training, Trauma, 0Ever wondered if prehospital doctors add LITTLE or LOTS of value in trauma? Ever wondered if an Amazonian Warrior...
It is time to throw away the hard cervical collar – PRO: Darren Braude, CON: Karim Brohi
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Cervical spine immobilization, controversy, debate, SMACCDub, spinal motion restriciton, spinal protection, Trauma, 0Darren Braude and Karim Brohi battle it out in the #SMACCDub Cage Match ‘It is time to throw away...
The Sick and the Dead: Evidence-Based Trauma Resuscitation in 2016
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Evidence Based Medicine, Resuscitation, SMACCDub, thoracotomy, Trauma, 0Resuscitation of the critically ill trauma patient involves a myriad of high-stakes, time-sensitive management decisions. The landscape is shifting...
The challenges in the prehospital management of sick kids
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Uncategorized, paediatics, prehospital, SMACCDub, Trauma, 0Fight, Flight and (more commonly) Freeze are common reactions when faced with the critically ill child. In this talk...
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, 0Transform education, response, and recovery in disaster response by exploring the Disaster Gap and the Immediate Responders in it.
Things That Scare Me
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, bleeding, death, paediatric surgery, Trauma, 0In our professional and private lives there are things that scare us, how we manage that fear defines us.