#SMACC HEADLINES 2016
www.propofology.com
Dr. David Lyness
@Gas_Craic
"Most people who die from sepsis are already in the hospital. The majority dont come through ED."
- Finfer
- Finfer
"There is a randomised trial on the Impact of Rudeness" -Peter Brindle
"Aggressive Analgesia, Gentle Sedation"
@emcrit
"The treatment for dying is probably NOT CPR."
-@Psirides
Routine platelet transfusion for ICH: Worse function and higher mortality
@emlitofnote
72% of IHCA arrhythmias are non shockable
@Psirides
Routine platelet transfusion for ICH: Worse function and higher mortality
@emlitofnote
1yr after hip #, 30% in a nursing home, 20% are dead
#smaccDUB
"Attribution bias, intuitive risk taking, heuristic activity when you judge people on how they look" @rallydoc
[OBESITY] "No matter how good your oxygenation, you'll have very little oxygen reserve..."
@rallydoc"You MUST put into context not just statistics, but what is important to your patient..." John Carlisle
"If you have the weight of presence that u are 'calm', the weight of more difficult members of the team become less."
@karimbrohi
"UK Small Aneurysm Trial- there actually IS a difference -
we could have been operating on smaller aneurysms earlier."
- John Carlisle
Best drug in a bad agitated delirium? KETAMINE 4-6mg/kg IM.
- Strayer
"iNO = not a magic bullet, bt is mobile, quick and is a bridge.. and could prevent an ECMO run - likely underused." @VikingOne_
"Not all that looks dead is dead" @pchgerritsen
You’ll never 100% exclude something. Context=everything. Understand your test - signal vs noise and lies! Premeditate thresholds. @Broomedocs
"Patients coming in with DNAR's should not be in the resus room" - Suzanne Mason
Some of the MANY highlights and quotes during the sessions of #smaccDUB 2016
"We overtreat positive urine dipsticks in the elderly" - Mason
"The road to self-insight runs through other people" - Brazil
"Always think about biological plausibility" @DogICUma
PART ONE