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Burn and Trauma Management - Fellow Conference Series September 17, 2007

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Dr. Douglas Naylor presented an excellent focused review of the basic management of Burn and Trauma patients. Even though this may not address the “run of the mill” ICU patients, it is extremely important for critical care practitioners to understand the basics of acute trauma management. Always remember the BASICS!!! A irway, B reathing, C irculation !!!The rest of the fellow conferences can be reviewed by clicking here.

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Therapy Misalignment: How does this happen? September 5, 2007

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Dr. Tim Sable’s review of a common and recurrent issue in critical care practice: therapy misalignment. Review the presentation to see how current practitioners use randomized controlled trials to manage ICU patients and whether or not these therapies are in line with the results of the studies. Dr. Sable reviews the TRICC and ARMA trials as examples. This presentation is archived in the section of Journal Club Presentations.

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Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Septic Shock August 22, 2007

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Dr. Dana Darwish presents an excellent review of one of the classic papers in critical care literature by Rivers et al. This landmark study looks at Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the treatment of Septic Shock. Do we finally have an answer to the near 40% mortality rate from this morbidity? The review of the stud below may help you figure that out. This presentation is archived in the section of Journal Club Presentations.

 

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PA Catheter Questionnaire now ONLINE! August 1, 2007

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Courtesy of Dr. Shahpour Esfandiari, M.D.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE PAC QUESTIONNAIRE

Please go through the entire set of 29 questions. There will be more added to this list very soon. Once you have gone though all the questions please CONTACT ME via the tab above and I will send you the answer key. The goal here is for this to be educational and NOT A GRADED QUIZ!!! Enjoy! These questions were designed specifically for PA catheter education. Of note, only about 60% of practicing Critical Care Intensivists were able to pass this when it was tested via a survey based system. Hmmm…interesting…

Assessment of Renal Funtion in the ICU August 1, 2007

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Nutrition Service Lecture on Wed Aug 1st, 2007 July 30, 2007

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Please attend the lecture on Nutrition to be given on Wednesday, Aug 1 in the G5’s KIVA conference room at 12 noon. This will be an excellent overview of the TPN service and an introduction to writing TPN orders in the ICU. Metabolic and caloric requirements along with daily electrolyte and mineral supplementation will be discussed. Even if you have heard it before, this should be nice way to refresh your memory. This conference is mandatory for the interns and residents rotating through the SICU rotation. However, all are welcome to attend. Please arrive early as space is limited.

SICU Journal Club Minutes (Part 3) - July 25th July 28, 2007

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Dr. Christofer Utz did an excellent review of the Critical Care Safety Study published in 2005 Critical Care Medicine. The primary objective of this study was to identify the incidence and rates of adverse events in critical care units per 1000 patient days. Dr. Utz reports the study design, methods as well as resuts and finished the presentation with a nice critique on several limitations of this study. The discussion was very engaging and raised several important questions regarding how should we truly define a medical error. The audience also questioned whether we should be reporting some of these errors at all vs. should we be reporting more than we already do today. This presentation is archived in the section of Journal Club Presentations.

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First Podcast is now LIVE! July 24, 2007

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icon for podpress  Our First Podcast!!!!!: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1027)

This first podcast will be an introduction to our website and its features. You will be able to
subscribe to this podcast series very soon using iTunes. The link to subscribe to the podcast
feed is on the right sidebar of the page. Be sure to check out all our future podcasts here and
stay tuned for future updates to the site. ICUniversity is already online and currently being
updated. Get enrolled and stay tuned for more updates coming soon.

SICU Journal Club on July 25th (articles available) July 23, 2007

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The articles for the next journal club are linked for download below:

  1. Boyle et al. Disclosing errors and adverse events in the intensive care unit. CCM 2006
  2. Rothschild et al. The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care. CCM 2005

Top Ten Ways to Succeed In SICU rotation!! July 22, 2007

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***Excerpt taken from SICU Handbook available for viewing and download with CCF SICU Resources.

1. Maintain your availability in the SICU

The nurses and other personnel who work in the unit are seasoned, experienced professionals. Unfortunately, as in other aspects of health care, they are being forced to “do more with less,” which means that frequently there is one nurse to two (or three!) patients; so-called one-on-one nursing assignments are extremely rare. This means that the nurses are busier, and the one thing that they shouldn’t have to do is constantly hunt for you. The usual response to this statement is “I have (more…)