Coda Change

This is part 1 of the special podcast featuring Reuben Strayer and Ashley Liebig, sharing their first hand experience of the COVID-19 situation in New York. "So many people in the region got infected at the same time, long before we were paying any attention to it. And as the patients got sicker, we started to notice a few things, such as this was oxygen deficit we never seen before".

Fear. Is it normal to be frightened during this pandemic, in this period of uncertainty, when we're so used to being very certain about what we do in an emergency and critical care? Does fear and uncertainty impact our communication? Do different departments use different language, do different departments communicate differently? And what do we need to address to help open the flow of communicati...

This is the second episode of the three part series of the podcast dedicated to technical and communications aspects of managing the airways of COVID patients. In this episode we are breaking down the case of a particular difficult airway case published online by Chris Hicks earlier, and discovering that the approach is not all that different to the guiding principles, communications and checklist...

The Coda v COVID podcasts have been focusing on the non-technical skills we need to manage the pandemic crisis, but we have received increased requests to discuss more technical aspects of management. Accordingly, this is the first in a three part series dealing with the process for emergency intubation in the crashing patient with the novel corona virus. Here we discuss the technical protocols an...

Mary Freer, Roger Harris and Jane Sloane digging deep into the issues of gender equality during the current pandemic. At least 70% of those in the front line as health and community workers are women- and so they have a higher exposure to the virus. But often policies are designed by men, with no diverse representation of women, highlighting the issues of social inclusion. One thing is certain, wh...

Why are we all so tired and hungry? Mary Freer, Jesse Spurr and Fiona Kerr talk about the value of human connection, and the effects of communication technology has on human brain. As many people are currently working from home, not sharing the same space and touch has a roll on effect on our mood and energy levels. We find ourselves going into inertia, getting tired easily, different parts of our...

Today Roger and Liz invite Angela Tonge, the Intensive Care and Trauma Social Worker, to talk about how distressing it is to not be able to have the families visit patients in the ICU. With the focus on treatment, family distress has been out of sight, out of mind. And the distress of someone dying in the ICU is immense. 

The muscle whisperer Kym Siddons, talks with Mary Freer, Roger Harris and Oli Flower about sprinkling self care into your day. How important it is to be checking in with your body, and incorporating movement into your routine. Little movements can make a lot of difference, like shifting up your body weight may provide a welcome relief, or a covert stretch alleviate lower back pain. Great tips that...

If you're finding yourself reaching for a bowl of cereal late at night after a long and stressful shift at work, you're not alone. Roger Harris, Mary Freer and Emma Strutt talk diet, and what to do when your body is craving quick release carbs.

Jane Munro takes us through the Pandemic Kindness project, and the way the Maslow's hierarchy of needs is applied in the current times of the COVID-19. W e have to get the basics right, psychological safety at work is important. To learn more about Jane's Pandemic Kindness fundraiser follow the link .

Human factors are affecting our performance day to day. How do we make it easy for other people to work with us? Covering a wide array of issues, from PPE to simulation, Martin Bromiley, Liz Crowe and Oli Flower share valuable communications tactics, and the ways human factors affect teams and safety during the COVID-19 crisis.

Many of us are having troubles sleeping. The levels of stress have impacted sleep. Are you waking up multiple times a night, not feeling rested? In this podcast Roger, Mary, Liz and Andrew Davies tackle the issue.

Frightened, anxious, unsure, overwhelmed- just a few of the emotions we are experiencing at the moment as the front line of the global public health crisis. Could it be that all the surrounding noise is provoking the fear? Roger, Mary, Liz and Jesse are discussing possible strategies on breaking free from the grips of the ever escalating anxiety during COVID-19 times. Podcast by Roger Harris, Liz...

Laura Rock and Jenny Rudolph give strategies for managing interprofessional conflict at the bedside in a critical care setting.

Since 1991-1992, competing for sepsis definitions have--with varying degrees of success--attempted to capture the difference between normal and abnormal host responses in order to help researchers and clinicians improve care. The most crucial basis of "usual care" in sepsis treatment is, simply, who is deemed fit to receive it.

Gerrie gives a fantastic 7 min intro into how to decipher a CT brain.

Clinical trials are expensive and take years to go. Do they generate patient and economic benefit that justifies the cost of trials?

Bec Nogajski takes you on a 20-minute journey about YOU. How your team, how you follow, and what leadership style would work for you.

Evie Marcolini talks about an aspect of neurocritical care that we commonly wrestle with: prognostication. Putting the patient at the centre of all conversations is essential. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

How can something that makes so much sense physiologically not have any positive trial outcomes? Are we disrupting an important potentially beneficial cellular function by our current processes and timing of cooling? Is it targeted hypothermia or is it therapeutic? Will the TTM2 shed any further light and lead to practice change? All these questions and more will be answered in a snap-shot talk of...

Everyone has the potential to live a creative life - As healthcare professionals, how might we do so? In this talk Grace Leo chats about what creativity is and what it might look like in various areas of our lives. She also interviews Hugh Montgomery; a climate change advocate, story book author and Guinness world record holder for playing the piano underwater.

This presentation will give you an update of the current chest pain protocols; including risk scores (HEART, TIMI, EDACS) with / without high sensitive troponin. But also on the newer pathways with rule out of acute coronary syndrome with a high sensitive troponin below the limit of detection or two troponins with a delta. How do we use these chest pain protocols in tomorrow’s clinical practice?...

Andrew Dixon from Radiopaedia goes through 5 classic fails - common misses in trauma imaging. Learn from this rather than missing them yourself! See if you can spot the pathology before Andrew explains it to you - you can scroll through the scans on Radiopaedia here: https://radiopaedia.org/playlists/1976c00393ca4c9d9878566c3487d97a?lang=gb