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Where now for MET?

Todd Fraser on 10-10-2010

I don't know about your place, but we run the Medical Emergency Team at our hospital. The concept intrigues me. We all know stories of patients in whom we wished we'd been invo...

Kingscliff conference

Todd Fraser on 06-10-2010

Categories: General Discussion

Recently I was asked to present at the Critical Care 2010 conference at Kingscliff in NSW. The conference was put together by Roger Harris, Carol Foote, Liz Steele and a few other...

Why don't we SDD?

Todd Fraser on 28-08-2010

Categories: Controversies in ICU

Its been a rotten couple of years for evidence based ICU medicine. It seems that we've systematically knocked down the pillars that support our practice. Just think - tight glyca...

CPR - to breathe or not to breathe, that is the question

Todd Fraser on 25-08-2010

Categories: Controversies in ICU

Recently 2 further studies have been released which appear to justify adopting Compression only CPR. Current guidelines however are yet to be modified in accordance with these fin...

Competency to make decisions

Todd Fraser on 18-08-2010

Categories: Controversies in ICU

The issue of consent is a regular bugbear for many of us in ICU. The concept seems pretty clear - patients should have a right to refuse health care interventions, though there ...