Are cardiac arrest outcomes improving?

This podcast comes to you from the 2022 LIVES Conference in Paris Sudden cardiac arrest in the community has historically had a poor prognosis.  Improvements in prehospital care and post resuscitation interventions have raised hopes that overall survival has improved.  But has it? Tommaso Scquiz…

NIV for SCAPE

Acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is a common presenting complaint in the emergency department. Dr Roberto Cosentini is an emergency physician from Bergamo in Italy.  He joins Todd to discuss the use of NIV in the management of these patients.

Preventing IV complications

The intravenous cannula may be the most common procedure performed in healthcare.  You probably perform several of them a day, without thinking twice. However, without attention to detail, it’s possible the humble cannula could cause your patient harm. Gillian Ray-Barruel is an experienced nurse …

Prehospital mental health

Up to a quarter of emergency services calls relate to behavioural disturbance or mental health issues.  For many patients, these calls end up in transportation to the emergency department, where the service struggles to meet the patient's needs. David Hardstaff is an experienced paramedic who is p…

David Cooksley - Retrieval medicine

David Cooksley is an experienced Emergency and Retrieval Physician who currently works in the Emergency Department at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and for LifeFlight Retrieval Medicine at their Maroochydore helicopter base.  He has worked for four different retrieval services including tw…

Glenn Eastwood - hypercapnoea after cardiac arrest

In this Osler special edition podcast from the 22nd annual Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Clinical Trials Group meeting from Noosa, Todd chats to TAME-Cardiac Arrest lead investigator Glenn Eastwood about therapeutic permissive hypercapnoea in resuscitated cardiac arrest pati…

Shailesh Bihari - 20% albumin in sepsis

In this latest Osler podcast from the 22nd annual ANZICS Clinical Trials Group meeting from Noosa, Shailesh Bihari chats with Todd about his work with 20% albumin in sepsis resuscitation Shailesh is an Associate Professor at Flinders University in Adelaide, and an NHMRC Early Career Fellow

Albertina Pol and Stephane Bouchoucha - workplace violence in ICU

Violence in healthcare staff is anecdotally increasing.  A recently released paper casts further light on this important issue, and explores whether the National E Admission Target (NEAT) is a new factor in triggering such episodes against ICU staff. Authors Albertina Pol and Stephane Bouchoucha j…

Jocelyn Lowinger - coaching in health

Dr Jocelyn Lowinger initially trained as a GP before working in health, where she first came into contact with professional coaching.  Fascinated by the idea, she undertook further training, and now offers this service across the healthcare industry. She joins Todd on the podcast to discuss coachi…

Nellie Dick - acute pain management

Managing acute pain is a common task faced by all junior doctors. With a range of analgesics available, and a seemingly endless variety of conditions to apply them to, this task can become quite complex. In this podcast, Todd chats with Dr Nellie Dick, an anaesthetist with a special interest in th…