Neuro Resus

When does age transition from being an asset to a liability? Segun Olusanya and James Day interview Chris Thorpe on the intriguing question of whether increasing retirement age of ICU consultants affects personal health and patient safety.

Karin Amrein is the lead author of the VITdAL-ICU trial that was just published in JAMA. Hear her real take on the results, implications and how she did it with two young kids.

Anthony Delaney is a lead PI for the recently published ARISE study

Listen to his take on ARISE and:

• The clinical bottom line
• Why it was a feat in itself pulling off such a study
• What is true dogmalysis
• The future for sepsis studies
• His take on EMCrit's Scott Weingart's interpretation
• His responses to EMCrit listener's comments

Above all, the take home points are in line with Scott's:

• Give the right antibiotics early
• Get source control ASAP
• Be careful at intubation
• Give the right amount of fluid for your patient (I know...)
• Early judicious use of vasopressors
• Admit the patient to an appropriately monitored area

Sepsis kills thousands every year. Finfer discusses what sepsis is and we can improve the morbidity and mortality from this familiar but enigmatic foe. See www.intensivecarenetwork.com for more...

Simon Finfer is a leading critical care clinical researcher. Hear his candid talk on the reality of research and publication and why it's relevant to you! Go to Intensive Care Network for the slides, videos and more.

Stan Yastrebov is an echo guru and an ICU professor of echo at St George hospital in Sydney.

In this talk that he gave at an ICN NSW meeting last month he goes through the nuts and bolts of haemodynamic assessment with echo.

Whether you're a novice or a regular echo user in crit care, this talk has something for you.

Echo talks can be a bit boring but Stan's energy and enthusiasm really come across and his accent was one reason trainees came from all over Sydney to hear this talk.

Nicola Stanley describes how ultrasound has changed the way we do critical care procedures and in the video, shows you a few new tricks.

It's only two months until the Bedside Critical Care Conference, and this year is looking like a cracker!

We're going back to tropical Cairns for the crit care conference with a difference – small, friendly and packed with superb practical crit care education.

After popular demand we’re going back to beautiful Queensland in the September/October school holidays. Come to the gateway of the Great Barrier Reef at the perfect time of year, where you’re guaranteed to have a great time, whether you’re there with your family or you’re there for an adventure and a party. Or both.

The program this year is all new but follows the popular format of short, practical lectures on clinically relevant crit care topics, and small group workshops with experts teaching you what's not in the books.

The Intensive Care Network registrar's day is on the Monday, at a massively discounted rate and has some great bread and butter talks. These include talks on fluids, sedation, nutrition, airways, ECMO and advanced ventilation.

On the main program there will be sessions on trauma, microbiology, palliative care and end-of-life situations, paediatrics, coagulation and some panel discussions that mustn't be missed.

The workshops will tackle airways once again, end-of-life discussions, some great kit including the ROTEM and Metabolic Carts, as well as some advanced haemodynamic stations, dialysis and crit care radiology.

Of course the social program will be special, with a Welcome Reception that is for everyone, including kids and partners and the Gala Dinner promises to be infamous once again.

Cairns is a special destination for so many reasons and there are plenty of activities to cater to everyone’s tastes. Whether you want to take the kids to the Wildlife Dome, cruise by catamaran to the paradise that is Green Island or take the cable way up to Kuranda Village over the world heritage rainforest, it’s all doable. We’ve arranged discounted prices for these excursions that you can book on the website.

There are still a few spots left so don’t have any regrets – book today!

Listen to the 6 minute podcast for more info…

Sam Radford and Julian Van Dyke will help keep you ever-ready in and out of ICU with their talk on simulations and debriefing. This podcast was recorded at the July Victorian Intensive Care Network meeting.

Li Tan is an Intensivist and Echo Fellow at St George hospital in Sydney. She has a particular interest in critical care echocardiography and in this talk describes how useful it can be when investigating obstructive shock.