Intensive Care Network

Medical ethics, organ donation, quality, informatics, quality, education, research

This amazing panel discussion from the 2019 CICM ASM. 
Dr David Anderson: Medical ethics / organ donation.Dr Angelly Martinez: Quality / committees.Dr Chris Mason: Informatics / EMR / committees.Dr Alex Psirides: Quality / director’s perspective.Dr Claire Seiffert: Education / simulation.Dr Paul Young: Research / director’s perspective.

How I manage passing and failing the CICM exams

Listen to this excellent talk from the 2019 CICM ASM by Dr Julia Coull on Passing and Failing the CICM Exams

How I manage productivity and self organisation

Listen to this excellent talk from the 2019 CICM ASM by Dr David Anderson on being productive

Pathophysiology of Acute Heart Failure in ICU

Ventricular pump function is often compromised during critical illness and for a variety of reasons. A clear understanding and logical approach to the many forms of heart failure is required to optimally care for these patients in the ICU.
Listen to this excellent recording from the 2018 CICM ASM from Professor Michael Pinsky to learn more. 

TBI: when to stop and when to give time

Dr Nick Little is an experienced Neurosurgeon who's looked after patients with traumatic brain injury for his whole career. Here he discusses the difficulties of prognostication following traumatic brain injury (TBI).  This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be notified of new podcast releases via email. To express your interest in attending the 2024 Neuroresus live course, click here. 

EEG and Status Epilepticus

Tania Farrar is a neurologist and epileptologist with expertise in continuous EEG (cEEG) and status epilepticus (SE). This talk covers what a seizure is, what status is, including focal and generalised status epilepticus. This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be notified of new podcast releases via email. To express your interest in attending the 2024 Neuroresus live course, click here. 

Neuro Rehab: What Does Severe Disability Mean?

Stuart Browne is a Neuro Rehab specialist from Sydney. He discusses what "severe disability" really means.  Severe disability is more common than many realise - about 6% of the Australian population. Stuart discusses how health is more than simply physical recovery and how it is a multidimensional construct. He covers how permanent disability doesn't necessarily equate to a poor quality of life. He also discusses the long timespan of recovery, which is often much longer than appreciated. He specifically discusses "Locked-in Syndrome" and how the survivors have surprisingly positive self-reported health-related quality of life and well-being. Stuart also covers how severely disabled people face various forms of discrimination. This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be notified of new podcast releases via email. To express your interest in attending the 2024 Neuroresus live course, click here.   

Paediatric Stroke

Shree Basu is a Paediatric Intensivist in Sydney. She discusses how Paediatric stroke presents, what neuroimaging is required and what interventions are available, including thrombolysis and the role of endovascular thrombectomy. The blood pressure targets in ICU are discussed; while there isn’t strong evidence to support these targets, it does make sense and is a separate hot topic in adult strokes, especially post ECR! This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be notified of new podcast releases via email.  

Hypertensing SCI - Gold standard or whacky?

After spinal cord injury (SCI), there aren’t many interventions we have available that actually make a difference.  Augmenting blood pressure to increase spinal cord perfusion pressure is an attractive concept that may improve neurological outcomes following SCI. We know that hypotension can make SCI worse. Clinical studies looking at blood pressure augmentation are mostly old, retrospective and flawed in various ways.  Aiming for a MAP of > 85 for 5-7 days is recommended by guidelines but why this pressure and duration are good questions. Hypertensive therapy is relatively safe and easy to implement but not without risk.  In this podcast, Tessa Garside discusses the pros and cons, how this is managed practically and what the future may hold in this area. This is a CODA Podcast that was recorded at CODA2022. Want more content about SCI? Visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be notified of new podcast releases via email.    

Managing Complications of Chronic SCI

20 million people around the world are living with a spinal cord injury (SCI). The medical issues they develop over the years differ to any other patient cohort.  These complications include autonomic dysreflexia, management of pressure areas, specific infections, nuanced peri-operative care and highly specific issues such as baclofen pump management and syringomyelia. In this podcast Spinal Rehab Specialist Bonne Lee talk about this side of SCI care. This podcast was recorded at the Brain Symposium which took place in March 2023. For more talks and content like this, visit neuroresus.com or subscribe to be notified of new podcast releases via email.