Clinician Educator Incubator program

Clinical medicine has always been taught with a strong emphasis on the master-apprentice model.  This relies heavily on clinical educators, many of whom give their time freely. However, many do so without any formal instruction in education and training. Our guest on this podcast is Dr Chris Nick…

Oesophageal manometry

Mechanical ventilation is indeed a lifesaving intervention.  However, it is clear that positive pressure ventilation itself has the potential to cause harm.  Novel approaches to ventilation aim to minimise this risk, and one such strategy is the incorporation of oesophageal pressure monitoring. …

Weaning induced pulmonary oedema (WIPO)

If you’ve worked in ICU for very long, you’ll recognise the scenario where a patient who is weaning from mechanical ventilation goes into pulmonary oedema.  This syndrome is referred to as weaning induced pulmonary oedema, or WIPO. Dr Rui Shi currently works as an intensivist in the surgical ICU o…

TAME

The ultimate outcome for patients who are resuscitated from cardiac arrest depends heavily on the neurological damage that results from a low flow state.  Prevention of further damage during this phase is one of the core goals of post resuscitation care. In recent years, a multitude of research pa…

Excessive treatment

This podcast comes to you from the 2022 LIVES conference in Paris. In recent years, concerns have been raised that patients may be receiving excessive treatment at the end of their lives, with a cost to patients, their families and the health system in general But how is it identified, and what c…

eCPR and the SHERPA trial

This podcast comes to you from the 2023 ANZICS Clinical Trials Group Noosa meeting. ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) is steadily embedding itself into modern critical care medicine.   Does it have a role in pre-hospital setting for patients with refractory cardiac arrest? In this podca…

Dexmedetomidine for NIV

Non invasive ventilation is steadily establishing itself as a crucial component of the critical care armoury.  While many patients can tolerate it, some require sedation. Wisam Al-Bassam is a staff specialist at Monash Medical center and Victorian Heart hospital.  Wisam is passionate about educati…

Fluids in DKA

DKA causes a serious disturbance of fluid and electrolyte balance. However, it is said that more complications are caused by our management than by the disease itself.  This is no more apparent than in our management of the patient's fluids. Professor Bala Venkatesh is a world renowned intensive …

Inotropes in cardiogenic shock

Sometimes the failing heart needs support, and inotropic agents are often instituted ahead of other measures such as ECMO But is there a best agent? Antoine Kimmoun is a professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Lorraine, France, and he joins Todd to discuss these important agents.

DIC

This podcast comes to you from the 2022 LIVES Conference in Paris Disseminiated intravascular coagulation is the endpoint of a range of different conditions, including sepsis.  How does this important clinical condition evolve, and what can we do about it? Mirjam Bachler is a senior post doc rese…