Coda Change

This talk provides an approach to life-threatening upper GI bleeding, including management of the grossly contaminated airway, the impact of hypothermia on bleeding, and balloon tamponade insertion. Knowing which balloon tamponade device you stock (is it a Minnesota or a Blakemore?), and where to find it, are just as important as knowing how to insert it. Refining your approach to variceal bleeding can help you optimize your resuscitation of these challenging cases. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts.

Unprofessional behaviours by health professionals, in hospitals, are associated with a significantly increased risk of preventable patient complications. Such behaviours result in an environment that results in increased, and unnecessary psychological stress of health professionals and resulting in teams not working to the best of their ability. Flattening the hospital hierarchy creates an environment where team members feel safe to speak up, without fear of reprisal and knowing their opinion will be given appropriate consideration. Speaking up and calling out inappropriate behaviours, in a respectful, non judgmental manner will result in the majority of people modifying their behaviour. Improving the culture of our workplaces will result in people wanting to go to work, improved team communication and performance, and ultimately better patient outcomes. For more: codachange.org/podcasts.

You are a member of the resuscitation team looking after a shocked blunt polytrauma patient. The patient is intubated and ventilated, splinted, and is receiving a massive intravenous blood product transfusion. To your surprise, Whole Body CT scan fails to show any active haemorrhage. This talk describes the common and rarer causes of hypotension following trauma and highlights how a meticulous history and primary survey examination may often reveal the cause before imaging. For more: codachange.org/podcasts.

What's next after RESCUEicp? -The results of this study may have been disappointing, but there are some questions about the trial itself which we review. Irrespective, study into how to improve outcome for TBI patients marches on, with a look at goal directed therapy and multi-modal monitoring as a couple of examples of the future in TBI research. Prognosis in TBI - What tools do we have to help patients and families faced with the question of "what next?" after TBI? We will look at some of the available tools and discuss the dilemmas in reconciling what we know and more importantly what we don't know with what the patient and families are seeking.  For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts.

I review multiple papers that cover the merits of ultrasound use in the prehospital field. From identification of CHF, to IV starts, to a possible treatment modality for strokes. For more head over to codachange.org/podcasts

Inequity within the healthcare profession harms both providers and patients. Diverse teams have been shown to offer better care and improved productivity. The Coda community has the goal of developing achievable, sustainable and measurable actions (within the Ethics pillar) to tackle inequity within healthcare and disseminating these in 2022. In order to take action we need to develop plans through a five-stage process. Stage One is to Identify: This preliminary stage, which is where the Ethics domain is currently, seeks to identify possible actions. Once identified these actions enter stage Two where they are examined by a global team of experts for the feasibility of application. The expert recommendations then return to the community in stage three where they are proposed for modification and acceptance. Once accepted these expert designed but community modified actions enter the Fourth Stage of Sharing or implementation. Finally the outcomes from implementing the actions must be measured. Coda.Zero provides the perfect platform for the early stages of developing our action plans. In this episode we explore what does gender inequity and racism look like within healthcare today. The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated many inequalities. What are the challenges? In the final conversation the panel proposes some powerful advice for our community action: · Speak up / don’t be a bystander: Become an activist · Human rights start at home: Educate our children · Read literature from authors with diverse experiences / cultures: We need insights into these lived experiences · Have tough conversations – discussions not debates We have brought together a dynamic and diverse group of opinion leaders to launch this topic. Each conversation is both informative and highly engaging. Welcome to Coda Zero. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts.

In this conversation Lauren challenges us to consider: "What does hate look like in the world today?" The conclusion she draws is that hate looks like pain. Pain as a result of the pandemic, the marginalisation of women and girls, colonisation and the exploitation of people. And who does hate hurt? It hurts the individuals, whether they be practitioners or vulnerable patients. It hurts the broader community through inequitable distribution of services, wealth and opportunities. Finally, hate hurts you, it hurts all of us! What puts me at risk, puts you at risk, because we all need to live in this world together. So how can we cure this ‘hate virus’? Don't miss this compelling conversation and the conclusions from the incredible panel. For more head over to codachange.org/podcasts

The podcast delves into the impact of gender equity on healthcare systems and the legacy of white supremacy. It explores the inequalities faced by Indigenous and Black women in healthcare, challenges Eurocentric systems, and advocates for amplifying voices of color.

Not all women experience discrimination to the same extent or in the same ways. The pandemic has resulted in a dramatic increase in women's caregiving responsibilities to both children and the elderly. Additionally everyone is in the home so the domestic load has increased. Prior to the pandemic women in Australia were spending on average 1.7 hours more per day on care and domestic duties than men and now in the pandemic this has increased by a staggering 50% to mean women are providing 2.5 more hours of care than men! We need to disrupt.... so that both men and women can both work in high value roles from caring through to strong technical roles as well. We need to redistribute paid work and domestic work more evenly between men and women. For more head over to codachange.org/podcasts

Is sexism in healthcare subtle or overt? - The answer is both! .Dr Kate Ahmad shares her experiences training in medicine. Women are frequently not recognised as doctors because of their gender and they are more likely to have comments made about their appearance or questions about their relationship status....these examples are subtle, undermining the position of a woman as a doctor. At the same time there are often far more confronting examples of overt sexism. We need better systems for calling this out and we need to protect the women who come forward. We also need to ensure that bystanders come forward and don't keep their mouths shut. This needs to be called out in public. Women enter medicine at the same rate as men but their ascension up the career ladder is far from equal. This is because of sexism, a system set up by men for men and unequal family responsibilities which is a societal problem. Female patients often chose a female specialist and there is some evidence that female patients have better outcomes when treated by a female doctor. For more head over to codachange.org/podcasts