Coda Change

In light of trials suggesting pocus delays CPR in cardiac arrest, should we be doing more transesophageal echocardiography in the resus room? A pro-con case-based debate. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

Abuse in the financial system impacts over 40% of the adult population, and CommBank is taking action. They studied 11 million transactions within the 3 months period, and found that 8,000 people have received abusive messages in the transaction description. Why would CommBank have an interest in customer vulnerability? Catherine Fitzpatrick has joined Roger Harris and Mary Freer for a fascinating discussion around financial toxicity, and what actions have been taken to combat abuse in the financial system.

Creativity is a highly valued and sought after skill; we all need to solve problems, think in novel ways, and generate ideas, but can creativity be learned? This talk provides a practical framework to help you improve your creative thinking, enhance your problem solving and get greater access to your naturally creative brain. You'll discover how creativity follows a process that can be developed at every stage. You'll learn how to challenge your assumptions and reframe problems. You'll discover techniques to help you generate more ideas and think more laterally. You'll even learn why you have ideas in the shower and how to access more creative brain states. The talk will cover the following: Creativity as a process, and how to build the creative habit How questions help reframe problems and challenge your assumptions How to promote more lateral thinking using divergent thinking strategies Understanding convergent thinking The neuroscience of "A-ha moments" and how to access creative brain states The implications for improving creativity and problem solving The speaker is Phil Dobson, author of "The Brain Book" and Founder of BrainWorkshops. Phil turns insights from neuroscience and cognitive and behavioural psychology into applicable skills for the modern workplace. His learning programmes provide brain-based toolkits of practical skills, backed by scientific research, helping people apply what we know about the brain to improve their performance and creativity at work. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

It can be particularly challenging to care for dying patients who insist that they are not and request intensive, seemingly futile treatments. Physicians often feel disconnected from such patients. For many, there is the belief that we are different from these patients, more able to accept our own mortality, less likely to desire high intensity, high technology treatments at the EOL. The literature on physician utilization of resources at the EOL paints a different picture. We are reminded how vulnerable we all are to the forces that drive patients towards aggressive treatment at the EOL and in that recognition of our shared humanity, better able to align with our patients. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

Clinical supervision in our busy workplaces is hard. We balance patient safety, learning opportunities, and the workloads of senior and junior staff. The conversations we have to navigate this balancing act can affect patient outcomes, and how we feel about each other and our work. But these conversations don't always happen, and may not always go well. Sometimes the feeling of "I'm scared', comes out as, "I don't think we need to intubate the patient".... In a given clinical circumstance, a supervisor might label that assessment as incompetence rather than recognise and address the underlying fear- that might exist for any number of reasons. These are the IFF moments of clinical supervision conversations, Identity, Feelings, Facts. Sometimes the words we use are not the best guide to how we are actually thinking or feeling but they COULD be. Understanding whether our words convey Identity, Feelings or Facts and matching responses to those we are talking with will bring our clinical supervision conversations to the next level. Vic, Jenny and Eve take us through a case study of potential IFF moments and encourage reflection on your own. Learn how to notice the IFF moments, name them and reshape the conversation to benefit learners, teachers, and patients. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

Concussions have gained lay person attention over the past several years, due to high profile media stories from military conflict and professional sports. Also known as "mild" TBI, concussion affects millions of patients worldwide, many never seeking formal medical care. Concussion remains a unique injury, in that no one medical speciality "owns" the disease, leaving treatment variable across the world. Concussion is not a mild injury, resulting in a spectrum of sequelae that plague patients for weeks and even longer in a minority of cases. We will explore the downstream implications of concussion on families, employers, patients and finances, tying in clinical outcomes to social impact. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

Mark Wilson and John Myburgh discuss intracranial pressure. Some fundamentals, some history to put it all in perspective and all the issues with focusing on just one number. Fascinating insights from two true experts.  For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

Creativity is a highly valued and sought after skill; we all need to solve problems, think in novel ways, and generate ideas, but can creativity be learned? This talk provides a practical framework to help you improve your creative thinking, enhance your problem solving and get greater access to your naturally creative brain. You discover how creativity follows a process that can be developed at every stage. You learn how to challenge your assumptions and reframe problems. You discover techniques to help you generate more ideas and think more laterally. You even learn why you have ideas in the shower and how to access more creative brain states. The talk will cover the following: Creativity as a process, and how to build the creative habit How questions help reframe problems and challenge your assumptions How to promote more lateral thinking using divergent thinking strategies Understanding convergent thinking The neuroscience of 'A-ha moments and how to access creative brain states The implications for improving creativity and problem solving The speaker is Phil Dobson, author of The Brain Book and Founder of BrainWorkshops. Phil turns insights from neuroscience and cognitive and behavioural psychology into applicable skills for the modern workplace. His learning programmes provide brain-based toolkits of practical skills, backed by scientific research, helping people apply what we know about the brain to improve their performance and creativity at work. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

High quality Virtual Reality (VR) gaming is not a thing of the (dystopian) future; the technology is here and showing promising therapeutic benefits for patients. Consumer VR is projected to be a $21Billion global industry by 2020. Home grade systems are available providing deep sensory immersion including touch sensors (haptics). Healthcare has a poor track record of adopting new technologies. We need to understand our work better to forecast where emerging technologies may do a better job for patients and systems. This presentation steps away from VR as an increasingly explored and popular training tool for healthcare workers, and instead looks at the growing evidence of therapeutic benefits of some VR applications. We need to go into our workplaces and hunt for problems we have not yet found good solutions for the answer may just be VR. You are Player One - be ready. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

Treatment of cardiac arrest requiring CPR has been transformed by the use of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation. Patient stabilised on this innovative therapy can be transferred for coronary angiography and possible stent intervention. Time is critical, time is muscle! However when the muscle is gone but the other organs still work what options do we now have? For the patient in sustained unrecoverable cardiogenic shock with neurology intact where should we go? What therapies are appropriate and possible? For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts.