The Social Media and Critical Care conference is the most exciting innovation in the critical care education calendar, bringing together all the Critical Care Specialties on a modern stage.

See your on-line web-ed heros in the flesh.

LITFL. EMCRIT. St Emlyns. Broomdocs. PHARM. ICN.

An all-star cast of speakers including Weingart. Cadogan. Finfer. Myburgh. Nickson. Carley. Brazil. Lex. Holley. Reid.

11.03.13 - 13.03.13 Sydney Conference & Entertainment Centre

"If you like #FOAM, then you'll love SMACC"

Be part of the phenomenon and submit your:

• • • scientific abstract
    • medical education initiative
    • social media/on-line resource

to showcase your idea and have a chance of winning a SMACC award... 

World Sepsis Day happens tomorrow.

Their catch-cry is "Stop Sepsis, Save Lives" and it has attracted support from people like Jean-Louis Vincent, Didier Pittet and Phil Dellinger, along with a number of sports and political personalities.

Events are being held around the world. What's happening in your area?

Here are the World Sepsis Day goals.

Anyone for tennis?

The Victorian Intensive Care Network is pleased to announce another great meeting:

Dr Antony Tobin

"Difficult ventilation and HFOV"

7pm

17.09.12

The Kooyong Lawn Tenis Club

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The Brisbane Intensive Care Network is pleased to announce another great meeting:

Dr Peter Kruger

"Air goes in and out"

Ventilation & Weaning in 2012

7pm

11.09.12

The Green Papaya 

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Bedside Critical Care 2012:

The Whitsundays

Additional accommodation has just been released at Daydream Island but is limited and selling fast – Don’t delay!!

24 – 28 September 2012

Daydream Resort and Spa, The Whitsundays, QLD Australia

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Trials in the Palm of Your Hand 

There seem to be a million different apps available nowdays, and keeping up with the ones that are actually useful on the ward round is hard work. Here's a review of one that might make a difference...

Vin at VIN

At the inaugural Victorian Intensive Care Network (VIN) meeting, Vin Pellegrino gave an outstanding talk. Vin Pellegrino is renouned and popular Senior Intensive Care Specialist at The Alfred Hospital and head of the ECMO Clinical Service.

He has had a lead role in the development of the world leading ECMO service at The Alfred since 2003. His other interests are in circulatory physiology and control of the circulation. Vin gives a fascinating and original insight into haemodynamic physiology relevant to critical care.

Click below for more the podcast and slides...

So, you've come up against an intervention for which you're a bit shaky on the evidence supporting it. What do you do? Why, jump on to PubMed or Medline of course and do a search.

You're in luck, there's an RCT. Ooh, and there's another one. And lookie here, some thoughtful soul has performed a metanalysis. You can just read this and go with the recommendations. Sorted!

But then an annoying little voice in your head says "It might not be that simple. What about heterogeneity?"

I've put together a short Prezi on Ultrasound guided vascular access, which you can find here.

The anatomy portion is currently devoid of images as there is probably a bit of an issue with just cropping images from Fank Netter's beautiful compliation. I'll put in images of my own, unless any of you out there have some non-copyrighted originals that you would be prepared to allow me to use; with full credit of course.

The "How to" section is a series of You Tube videos that I found useful. I'm kind of surprised there aren't more. (Come on Ultrasound Podcast!!). Some of the videos wouldn't embed so I've provided the URLs.

Anyone who wants to, can use this Prezi for talks at their own institutions.

Have fun.

 If you struggle to remember the vast pharmacopeia that sloshes about your ICU and the ring-structure reconstructing part of your brain is less well developed than the average anaesthetic trainee - fear not! In 2010 Kiwi intensivist, Dr Paul Young, put together a Frank Shan-esque book of spells that targeted commonly encountered potions for his unit and then released it as a literary gem.

And instead of waiting for the royalty dollars to come rolling in (Anyone who has published a medical book knows this is a markedly unsuccessful retirement strategy), he let the guys on Life In The Fast Lane publish the entire thing for free.

So the next time you want to refresh a detail on a particular ICU medication, follow this link for almost everything you need to know and nothing that you don't.