Bugs and Drugs

Join Sally and Dr McCullough as they explore Neuromuscular Blocking Agents 

I am joined in this episode by spinal CNC Matt Malt.  We cover different types of spinal injury, acute management strategies, the multidisciplinary team involved with spinal care and some of the complexities that come with nursing patients with spinal cord injuries. We hope you enjoy 

Sally and I chat to Infectious Diseases consultant Peter Simos and regular, senior pharmacist, Dan Adams about the role of the Infectious diseases team, antibiotic stewardship and the take home key points about the use of antibiotics. We hope you enjoy

Part two identifies the different adjuncts used for intubation, some of the medications used for intubation and reversal, positioning and briefly touches on tracheostomy.

Join myself and Sally as we dive into advanced respiratory management with Dr Neil Greensmith and Dr Ravi Mistry. In Part One we cover who you might need for intubation, the use of checklists, medication, staff and optimal patient positioning. I loved this conversation and we hope you get as mch out of it as we did.

Today we welcome Dr Eve Purdy to talk about teamwork in emergent situations in critical care. Teamwork is an essential aspect of all areas of health care and we loved gaining an understanding about what makes teams function effectively.   Readings as recommended by Eve include The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle https://danielcoyle.com/the-culture-code/ and Teams that Work by Edwardo Salas https://www.teamsthatwork.com/  

Join us as we chat to Dr Liz Crowe about unprofessional behaviour in healthcare. If anyone would like to listen to any further podcasts from Liz, her odcast https://fivethingsnursing.podbean.com/ is available on your streaming platforms.

Whilst not common complications during pregnancy and birth can be quite serious, requiring admission to ICU. Sally Byford (Obstetrician/gynaecologist) joins us today to talk about these complications and how we might manage them. This episode may be triggering for some people as it touches on infant and maternal death.

Simulation refers to an artificial interpretation of real world processess and is used as an educational tool within the healthcare setting. Join Sally and Kahl as we chat to Jack Matulich who works within the simulation team and Angela who is a nurse educator within the ICU. They enlighten us around the process of simulation and how it can be used as a learning tool within the hospital setting.

Whilst we are all familiar with the components of cardiac output. Cardiac output = Heart rate x Stroke volume, in this months podcast Harley and myself chat to Dr Ravi Mistry about how each element of cardiac output is manipulated in the intensive care using drugs and other adjuncts.