Coda Change

Marek Nalos gives us the finer details of using ultrasound as a diagnostic tool for respiratory illness.

Bowra examines the possibility of 'turning off the machine' and behaving like a doctor versus a detailed examination of the IVC.

Brian Burns on managing trauma patients in extremis and extreme conditions.

Michael Parr's 'how-to' for maximising hospital care: systematic, protocol driven, and technology intense.

Anthony Holley brings a military perspective to advances made in trauma management on and off the battlefield.

Cath Hurn chews through some data and gives us some of the finer points of fluid resuscitation.

Michelle Johnston gets past the numbers and puts gestalt back into managing a shocked patient.

The erudite John Myburgh condenses fluid resuscitation data down to a palatable brew.

Anthony Delaney examines the evidence for usefulness of goal directed therapy in the septic patient.

The lowdown on getting your priorities straight and your doses optimised when tubing a shocked patient.