We're looking for a colleague interested in #humanfactors and #simulationinhealthcare to join us as a researcher in 2023 Rhys Thomas

Slaying sacred cows with Newcastle ICU 🇦🇺 social work team…not all ICU doctors are experts at breaking bad news…

Be signal and not noise for a family when breaking bad news: great advice from expert ICU social worker Kate Jordison. Silence is your friend.

John Hunter ICU sustainability program champion Lauren Garrity talking about recycling in critical care. Newcastle ICU 🇦🇺

Leaning about the ⁦Newcastle ICU 🇦🇺⁩ mentorship program. “It’s a bit like mentor tinder!”

Dr Sarah Crosby telling us her inspirational and emotional story about returning to practice, not once but multiple times, and the challenge in rebuilding confidence. “Work out how to fill your bucket.” Newcastle ICU 🇦🇺 Newcastle Simulation

Want ICU education and lunch with a view like this? Come work at John Hunter Hospital ICU!

We’re lucky enough to have A/Prof Patsy Tremayne come to talk to our ICU Registrars on succeeding in exams and training #icu

Dr Jeram Hyde interviews critical care legend Dr Ken Havill as he reflects on a career in ICU in NSW after his recent retirement. Fascinating to hear how far ICU has come over the last 25 years…no more routine awake nasal intubations for all ICU patients! Newcastle ICU 🇦🇺

On top of three concurrent directorships, setting up the ECMO service, establishing a local PICU and the overseeing the construction of a massive adult ICU expansion from 6 beds to 28 are a few of the many achievements of Dr Ken Havill’s incredible career. Newcastle ICU 🇦🇺

How does NASA think about decision making? This podcast with Chief Knowledge Officer, Ed Rogers is outstanding. Two themes that resonated 1. Hindsight is 20/20 BUT only for what actually happened 2. Learning occurs thru reflection My thoughts🧵 1/ appel.nasa.gov/podcast/episod…

A difficult story to read ⤵️ Intensive Care is an incredibly rewarding but sometimes gruelling specialty even in ‘normal’ times. The psychological impact of the pandemic on health care professionals must not be underestimated Intensive Care Society 💙 Steve Barclay thetimes.co.uk/article/82cd71…

In resuscitation, both efficiency (doing things right) and effectiveness (doing the right things) are important It’s possible to do the right things wrong and the wrong things right Often in the latter case there’s a lack of insight and inappropriate self congratulation

CPR in space? Fascinating talk from Gordon Cable ⁦ANZICS ACCCN ASM⁩ ⁦ANZICS⁩

So the #NAP7 panel are deep diving into the enormous data on UK perioperative cardiac arrests collected in 2021-2 What would readers of this : patients, doctors, AHPs etc actually like us to include? What questions might we answer that we’ve yet to think of? National Audit Projects

Fatigue severely compromises our ability to make decisions, communicate and work effectively in a team A couple of Core Cognition infographics describing how our cognitive ability is affected and some tools to maintain performance corecognition.co.uk/performance-in…

Junior Medical Officer applications for 2024 are now open. NSW Health JMOs work with some of the most experienced and skilled medical professionals in Australia, across a wide range of specialties. Applications close 8 August 2023: health.nsw.gov.au/jmo-apply

Cliff Reid Great thread Cliff Please allow my minor pedantry & high geekery The tip of the (standard) igel does not reach the top of the oesophagus For most SGAs this is true but not for the igel. If you line up the airway orifices of a series of SGAs you’ll find the igel is shorter

Tim’s top tips for airway management 2013 to 2024 a 🧵 Was asked to discuss some top tips at GAMC 2025 Let’s start in 2013 Was asked to write a paper on this for Anesthesiology News in 2013 I leant heavily on NAP4 Sadly no link to the article but you should be able to

Are you a CICM Trainee or SOT in NSW? John Hunter ICU are presenting our NSW ICU Trainee Education Day: ‘What we do matters’ from 20 - 21 Feb. We will also be hosting a Trainee Formal Project Presentation - with prizes! More info and to register: loom.ly/tOthXi0