Coda Change

Sarah Webb highlights how the upskilling of critical care nursing staff can make for more efficient and effective high acuity care teams.

Little Adults? Fran Lockie examines our approach to critically ill children and the importance of sticking with our tried and tested formulae.

Resus room Feng shui. Tim Leeuwenburg on 'training hard to fight easy'. Challenges and strategies for the remote emergency department.

The best way to convey the worst. Steve Philpot highlights flaws in our approach to discussions surrounding terminal illness and palliative care.

In Troponin we trust? Rick Body examines the clinical approach to the diagnosis of ACS, how our judgement can be notoriously wrong.

From ECPR to ECMO. Steve Bernard examines evolving trends and technology for post-arrest care in Australia.

Scott Weingart unveils his mantra for the surgical airway, whilst exploring its vital role and the stigma surrounding it.

Commonly missed catastrophes. Rob Rogers expertly details strategies for improving our early identification of aortic dissection.

Tales from past lives. Deniz Tek regales the crowd with unlikely parallels between his other loves; music, aviation and emergency medicine.

Louise Cullen and Rick Body fuel a contentious debate on the clinical significance of the high sensitivity troponin assay. Will your patients benefit from that extra digit ?

Louise Cullen and Rick Body fuel a contentious debate on the clinical significance of the high sensitivity troponin assay. Will your patients benefit from that extra digit ?

Scott Weingart revisits his famous video, illustrating how awake intubation can be done efficiently and effectively, with the proper preparation.

Scott Weingart revisits his famous video, illustrating how awake intubation can be done efficiently and effectively, with the proper preparation.

John Hinds delivers on his promise of ‘in extremis’ whilst exploring the unique patterns of injury seen in high speed motorcycle trauma.

Westafer, Lauren — Adventures in FOAM: Gizmo Idolatry or effective learning? The allure of false idols? Lauren Westafer examines how FOAMed compares to traditional medical education. Are patient outcomes being affected?

Ray Raper examines the continued use of the pulmonary artery catheter in critical care. Are alternative monitors up to the task ?

John Myburgh on the misunderstood craniectomy. The management of raised ICP and what we do when our options run out.

Mark Wilson gives an expert rundown of the fundamental principles of ICP monitoring. 

Steve McGloughlin on tactics and treatment. Critical care specialties as the frontline for the assesment and management of exotic diseases.

Scott Weingart simplifies emergent data on our approaches to early, goal-directed therapy in sepsis. How a little goes a long way.

Education as an Intervention. Damian Roland highlights how patient outcomes should be a benchmark for the quality of our teaching.

John Myburgh on the emerging evidence for the use of beta-blockade in sepsis. Direction for future research.

Jeremy Cohen examines changing paradigms in fluid resuscitation. Is recent focus on the glycocalyx justified?

Compassion, Confidence, Honesty. Greg Kelly on how to offer better palliative care.

Leaving bicarb behind. David Story on rethinking acid-base balance in critical care.