On The Wards: On The Pods Medical Podcast for Doctors

James talks to Professor David Celermajer on managing atrial fibrillation on the wards.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  David Celemajer

About David Celemajer

Professor David Celermajer is the Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at The University of Sydney, Director of Echocardiography in the Cardiology Department as well as Director of Adult Congenital Heart Services, at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has been Group Leader of the Clinical Research Group of the Heart Research Institute since 1994, and in 2003 was appointed as Clinical Director of the Heart Research Institute. He gained his Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science in 2006 and graduated with First Class Honours, University Medal for 1st in his graduating class, from Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney in 1983.

In 1983 he was also awarded the Rhodes Scholarship for New South Wales and in 1984 become the World Debating and Public Speaking Champion. In 1998, he was awarded the RT Hall Prize for most outstanding contribution by a senior cardiac investigator, by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. David was also awarded the Eric Susman Medal for Research, for most outstanding contribution to any branch of Internal Medicine, by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1998.

In 2002 he received the Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Health and Medical Research for his outstanding lifetime contribution. David was also the recipient of the Simon Dack Award for excellence in cardiology from the American College of Cardiology in 2010, and the NSW Health Minister’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cardiovascular Research in 2012.

James talks to Associate Professor David Gattas, Intensivist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital about a common request for interns and RMOs - reviewing IV fluids.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: David Gattas

About David Gattas

Clinical Associate Professor Gattas is a senior staff Intensivist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. He is the Director of Research in the Intensive Care Unit of RPA, and a senior Honorary Research Fellow in the Critical Care and Trauma division of the George Institute for Global Health.

David has completed postgraduate training in Clinical Epidemiology (MMed, Usyd 2006), and serves on the Executive Committee of the ANZICS clinical trials group, and the clinical trials sub-committee of the Sydney Local Health District Ethics Review Committee. David's areas of research interest include resuscitation fluids, renal replacement therapy, and rapid response systems.

James talks to Dr Jonathan Brett from Drug Health Services at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital about opioid dependence and the management of the opioid-dependent patient on the wards.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Jonathan Brett

About Jonathan Brett

Jonathan Brett is an advanced trainee in clinical pharmacology and addiction medicine. He is on the editorial board of the Australian Prescriber and was on the editorial board of the Theraputic Guidelines committee for Toxicology and Wilderness Medicine. Jonathan also sits on the Population Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee of NSW. He has an interest in opioid biology and the quality use of opioids.

In this podcast, James talks to Dr Lauren Troy about post-operative shortness of breath.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Lauren Troy

About Dr Lauren Troy

Lauren Troy is a Respiratory Physician, working as a Staff Specialist in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. She is currently undertaking a PhD in exercise and sleep physiology in interstitial lung disease. Lauren has a strong interest in training and education, with involvement in teaching programs for general practitioners, junior medical officers, basic physician trainees and respiratory advanced trainees. She has been a communications tutor with The Sydney Medical School since 2008, and holds a Clinical Associate Lecturer position with the University of Sydney.

It's probably the first condition we all learn about at medical school, but how exactly should we manage a case of chest pain?

James talks to Rajesh Puranik about how to approach a patient with chest pain after hours on the wards.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Rajesh Puranik

About Dr Rajesh Puranik

Rajesh Puranik is a Consultant Cardiologist and consultant in cardiac MRI at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Children's Hospital Westmead. He is also a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, leading a research group interested in investigating heart disease in young individuals and those at high absolute risk.

James chats with David Anderson, Advanced ICU Trainee about a patient who has a high temperature and whose blood pressure is dropping alarmingly. What is the approach to sepsis on the wards?

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: David Anderson

About David Anderson

David in an intensive care medicine fellow at RPA Hospital. His interests include end of life care, medical education and pre-hospital care. In addition to intensive care medicine he has spent time training in anaesthesia, retrieval medicine and palliative medicine and before qualifying as a doctor he worked as a paramedic.

James chats with Dr John Saunders, Renal Physician about some of the common issues with hypertension, or high blood pressure, on the wards.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  John Saunders