Coda Change

Why are we all so tired and hungry? Mary Freer, Jesse Spurr and Fiona Kerr talk about the value of human connection, and the effects of communication technology has on human brain. As many people are currently working from home, not sharing the same space and touch has a roll on effect on our mood and energy levels. We find ourselves going into inertia, getting tired easily, different parts of our brains are trying to look for information as we live in the emerging environment and don't know what is going to happen week on week. And this makes you very fatigued. The good news is that what if going to come out of this is our choice.

Today Roger and Liz invite Angela Tonge, the Intensive Care and Trauma Social Worker, to talk about how distressing it is to not be able to have the families visit patients in the ICU. With the focus on treatment, family distress has been out of sight, out of mind. And the distress of someone dying in the ICU is immense. 

The muscle whisperer Kym Siddons, talks with Mary Freer, Roger Harris and Oli Flower about sprinkling self care into your day. How important it is to be checking in with your body, and incorporating movement into your routine. Little movements can make a lot of difference, like shifting up your body weight may provide a welcome relief, or a covert stretch alleviate lower back pain. Great tips that are easy to implement.

If you're finding yourself reaching for a bowl of cereal late at night after a long and stressful shift at work, you're not alone. Roger Harris, Mary Freer and Emma Strutt talk diet, and what to do when your body is craving quick release carbs.

Jane Munro takes us through the Pandemic Kindness project, and the way the Maslow's hierarchy of needs is applied in the current times of the COVID-19. We have to get the basics right, psychological safety at work is important. To learn more about Jane's Pandemic Kindness fundraiser follow the link.

Human factors are affecting our performance day to day. How do we make it easy for other people to work with us? Covering a wide array of issues, from PPE to simulation, Martin Bromiley, Liz Crowe and Oli Flower share valuable communications tactics, and the ways human factors affect teams and safety during the COVID-19 crisis.

Many of us are having troubles sleeping. The levels of stress have impacted sleep. Are you waking up multiple times a night, not feeling rested? In this podcast Roger, Mary, Liz and Andrew Davies tackle the issue.

Frightened, anxious, unsure, overwhelmed- just a few of the emotions we are experiencing at the moment as the front line of the global public health crisis. Could it be that all the surrounding noise is provoking the fear? Roger, Mary, Liz and Jesse are discussing possible strategies on breaking free from the grips of the ever escalating anxiety during COVID-19 times. Podcast by Roger Harris, Liz Crowe, Mary Freer, Jesse Spurr.

Laura Rock and Jenny Rudolph give strategies for managing interprofessional conflict at the bedside in a critical care setting.

Since 1991-1992, competing for sepsis definitions have--with varying degrees of success--attempted to capture the difference between normal and abnormal host responses in order to help researchers and clinicians improve care. The most crucial basis of "usual care" in sepsis treatment is, simply, who is deemed fit to receive it.