Intensive Care Network Podcasts

Resilience and Sustainable Work Practices by Dr Bronwyn Avard

Landing a consultant job, requires a different mind set than any job interview you have had prior. As well as your brand new, hard won, consultoid clinical skills, you will now have to interact with HR and Administration. This talk addresses tricks and tips for the interview process. Hints on what to say, and more importantly ...what not to say..

Clearing the C-Spine

Thrombocytopenia is frequently encountered in the ICU. It is important to have an understanding of the common and important causes of TP as well as to have a simple framework to approach this problem. A simple approach is to identify if TP is expected or unexpected and work through the management that way. Platelet transfusions or repeating the FBC is not always the right approach. Heparin induced thrombocytopenia is frequently considered as the cause of TP. This leads to excessive HITS screen being ordered and risks false positive results.

How I manage delirium by Dr Nudrat Rashid

How I manage Traumatic Brain Injury by Associate Professor Ian Seppelt

Whirl wind tour through DCD

Running CRRT in the ICU presents challenges. To ensure optimum dose of dialysis there are several tricks that can be employed to ensure the dialysis machine runs smoothly. Citrate anticoagulation, pre-dilution, reducing the blood flow and providing a reliable vascath are key to achieving good flow through the dialysis machine.

Obstetric emergencies

Paediatrics for the general intensivist

How I assess nutritional requirements and prescribe TPN

Developing your non-clinical portfolio panel discussion

Getting your foot in the door (via your non-clinical portfolio)

Tips and tricks for getting through the second part

Tips and tricks for getting through the first part of the exam by Dr Kelly Jones.

Crucial Conversations with Government with Professor Chris Baggoley

A/Professor Charlie Corke explores what people value most when it comes to their end of life plans.

This paper explores whether surgeons and intensivists differ through the effect of the “surgical covenant of care”. This covenant is very much a product of the shared journey taken by both surgeon and patient and is well described in medical literature. This literature is reviewed and learnings highlighted. In addition to this covenant, a number of other differences that may impact on how surgeons behave are also explored. These include the culture of surgeons and their training, models of administration for ICU units, the nature of professional decision making and the effects that age, experience and visiting surgical appointments might have on Intensivist- Surgeon relationships in an ICU. Finally, a number of pointers to better inter-professional practice are offered.