Coda Change

Imogen Mitchell critiques our relationship with MET. How current medical and nursing education is propagating junior staff reliance.

Steve Smith enthralls the crowd with an eye-opening exploration of subtle ECG changes with potentially catastrophic outcomes

Augmentation by Echo. Deidre Murphy examines advanced aspects of bedside echocardiography, and the immense amount of information it provides in a critical care setting.

Rob Rogers delivers an emotive and inspirational speech on the dying art of bedside teaching. How we can return to our roots

Celia Bradford dissects the fundamentals of renal replacement therapy and examines its niche in the ICU.

A golden mile too far? Lewis Macken dissects evidence suggesting that chasing urine output in burns patients leads to overzealous fluid resuscitation.

Crystal caves in Mexico. David Rosengren's enthralling tales of humidity, hyperthermia and human limits. How does the body cope?

It's not easy bringing a resus room to a cliff-face. Brian Burns illustrates some of the daunting challenges encountered in the pre-hospital environment

Disaster Medicine! Mark Little on strategies for the 'away team'. How the focus of medical teams needs to change when faced with large scale catastrophes.

Geoff Healy rises above traditional views on the use of anaesthesia, highlighting the unique challenges and key role it plays in the pre-hospital environment.