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December 30, 2019December 30, 2019Critical care, Obstetrics

064 – Can you die from vomiting in pregnancy – hyperemesis gravidarum more than just morning sickness

(*Hypothetical Case) A woman is brought into your emergency dept by her husband at 14 weeks gestation. He tells you that she has been “really sick” for almost two months […]

November 11, 2019November 26, 2019Cardiac disease, Critical care, Obstetrics

059 – Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Hi everyone, Once again I am joined by Graeme where we discuss an interesting obstetric case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy that we were involved with and then do a deep dive […]

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019Anaesthesia, Critical care

052-Fatigue and burnout with Parvesh Verma

Hi everyone, This week Parvesh and I catch up to discuss some more serious issues – fatigue and burnout. Join us as we discuss these issues, share some anecdotes and […]

April 11, 2019May 8, 2019Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Patient Blood Management

050 – Empiric massive transfusion protocols versus targeted blood product therapy.

Hi everyone, Recently Graeme and I were asked to help run a workshop here in WA for the ANZCA Emergency Response CPD programme – thanks for your help Graeme and […]

April 4, 2019April 8, 2019Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management, Surgery

048 – After hours critical cases discussion about assembling a good team and communication.

Hi Everyone, This week we have a great four person discussion around the importance of assembling the right team when confronted with a high risk complex case in the after […]

April 3, 2019April 16, 2019Anaesthesia, Critical care, Education

049 – FOAMed and podcasting with Dr Casey Parker

Hi Everyone, This week I had the privilege to sit down and chat with Dr Casey Parker (or is that Paraka? – apologies a little inside joke ). Casey works […]

March 29, 2019April 2, 2019Anaesthesia, Cardiac disease, Critical care

047 – Bedside echocardiography for critical care and perioperative medicine

(*Hypothetical patient) You are called to review a woman who recently arrived in your hospital and is now a few hours postpartum after a pre-term vaginal delivery at 35 weeks. […]

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

044 – Lung ultrasound a discussion with Dr Parvesh Verma

You are called down to your HDU to review a 81 year old woman who is day one following a major laparotomy for ovarian cancer surgery. The nursing staff are […]

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

043 – Anaphylaxis discussion part 1 with Chong

Hi everyone! Better late than never. This week Chong and I have finally got around to our discussion on anaphylaxis. What are the common causes of anaphylaxis? How is the […]

October 23, 2018December 20, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care

042 – Great case discussed – perioperative anaphylaxis

Hi everyone, Anaphylaxis is an unpredictable scary life-threatening condition which unfortunately is more common than we would like. If you work in healthcare chances are you will have seen this […]