Greater Sydney Area HEMS

APRIL 15, 2023

At one of our recent education days we heard Dr Mark Russell and Dr Mark Newcombe deliver excellent presentations of cases which they had been involved in, involving resuscitative hysterotomy and neonatal resuscitation respectively. Resuscitate in air first, and use higher inflation pressures than you would with adults.

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Hospitals Resuscitation Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Teamwork 85

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Just like a hospital, or a health system, an orchestra needs every player doing their thing and doing it well. But, just like a ‘good’ resuscitation, the secret to a great jam is lots of preparation and finely-tuned teamwork. It has developed my leadership, followership, and teamwork skills.

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Leadership Teamwork Hospitals Emergency Department 136

PEMBlog

AUGUST 20, 2024

This episode of PEM Currents discusses ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), an advanced procedure used in cases of cardiac arrest when traditional CPR fails. Establishing an ECPR program requires robust infrastructure, multidisciplinary teamwork, and extensive training. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

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CPR Resuscitation Pediatrics Hospitals 52

SheMD

MAY 11, 2023

In medical emergencies, provider qualities which lead to greater performance and patient outcomes include leadership and teamwork. They studied the effect of gender composition of resuscitation teams with all different combinations (female-female; female-male; male-male; male-female). Why do we care about this article? Crit Care Med.

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Leadership Documentation/Coding Teamwork CPR 52

Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Clinically, your enthusiasm for providing maximal quality care needs balanced against rescue practicalities and a hostile environment (very different to your warm, dry resuscitation bay) – the cold makes all veins disappear…and you may be the only clinician responder at the scene. So many skills are required other than clinical ones.

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Soft Tissue Injuries Seizures Ambulance Services Teamwork 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 10, 2023

Resuscitation is a team sport. Role stickers or role aprons with names on them are simple measures to highlight resuscitation roles. A study in Denmark in 2021 explored barriers to effective resuscitation in over 900 in-hospital resuscitations across six hospitals in Denmark. It was the most phenomenal resuscitation.

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Emergency Department Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Teamwork 91

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 17, 2024

The Importance of Civility in Critical Care Resuscitation A 3-year-old patient with diabetic ketoacidosis arrives at your ED. While you are leading the resuscitation, one of your senior colleagues belittles a junior staff member for struggling to site an IV line. Conclusion Critical care resuscitation is stressful.

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Leadership Resuscitation Teamwork Patient Safety 105