Mar 28, 2017
Kieran Henry gives his insights into hospital handovers of major trauma.
He makes the comparison between prehospital care and the life lived in a Western movie.
Kieran stresses that he does not want you to behave like a cowboy, jumping off your horse (ambulance) as it is still moving into town, without much dialogue and...
Mar 28, 2017
Jo Anna Leuck discusses how to learn from error in paediatric sepsis.
Rory was a healthy 12-year-old boy, known for his smile and for standing up for others. A simple fall during basketball practice caused an abrasion on his arm. This is the suspected beginning of a cascade of events that led to his death from...
Mar 27, 2017
Simon Finfer explains the future of sepsis treatment focusing on life after surviving sepsis.
Sepsis is the life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection damages its own tissues and organs. It can lead to shock, failure of multiple organs, and death.
Organ failure and death are more...
Mar 26, 2017
Alistair Nichol explains the use of hypothermia in the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
TBI is a major cause of mortality and long-term morbidity. It leads to terrible outcomes and is a major cause of health burden across the globe.
Prophylactic hypothermia presents a promising treatment to address this hidden...
Mar 21, 2017
Ryan Radecki urges you to rethink the acute management of stroke.
The current way of thinking about stroke and the acute treatment has been around for decades. In this time, a lot has changed, new technologies have been developed and we have learnt a lot about the underlying physiology of stroke.
Endovascular therapy,...