John Hunter Hospital
ICU Teaching Program

Presentations are in RNC Resource Room 2 (behind the coffee shop in the airport lounge) on Wednesday mornings at 7:00am (note another recent change). All welcome. If you wish to be added to the mailing list just let me know.

All Dates (19th October 2009 - 20th January 2013)

October 2009
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Understanding the Maths behind PiCCO

27 October 2009
Philippe Le Fevre

November 2009
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Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines for Head Injury

3 November 2009
Chris Dugan

CRRT: Modes, Indications, Timing and Dosing

10 November 2009
Adele Loo

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Brain Trauma - Part 2

17 November 2009
Chris Dugan

Common Poisonings, Clinical Features & Treatment

24 November 2009
Michael Davoran

December 2009
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Burns Including Airway Burns

1 December 2009
Torgeir Westerlund

Liver Failure - Aetiology, Diagnosis, Prognosis & Treatment

8 December 2009
Eduardo Martinez

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The Deadly Triad of Bleeding, Hypothermia & Acidosis (probably in the Setting of Massive Transfusion)

15 December 2009
Georgia Stefanko

January 2010
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Modes of Ventilation Including High Flow Oxygen Therapy/ Jet Ventilation

5 January 2010
Adrian Boyn

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Meningococcal Disease

12 January 2010
Kumar Pooranalingam

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Organ Donation

19 January 2010
Jorge Brieva

February 2010
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Fungal Infections in ICU

2 February 2010
Chris Dugan

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Difficult Airway Management

9 February 2010
Torgeir Westerlund

Haematology

16 February 2010
Bryony Ross

March 2010
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Fluid Resuscitation in Trauma

10 March 2010
Neelam Bhala

Cures for a Broken Heart - Cardiogenic Shock, IABP and Vasopressors/inotropes

17 March 2010
Daniel Orr

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Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

24 March 2010
Ameet Parekh

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis

31 March 2010
Nanki Singh

April 2010
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Drowning - Pathophysiology, Prognosis and Treatment. Why Aren't You Dead till You're Warm & Dead?

7 April 2010
Amanda Diaz

Acute Kidney Injury

14 April 2010
Eva Harizaj

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Organ Donation (part 2)

21 April 2010
Jorge Brieva

Modes of Ventilation

28 April 2010
Babatunde Ajayi

May 2010
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Necrotising Fasciitis

5 May 2010
Chris Dugan

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Sedation in ICU (incl. Dexmedetomidine)

12 May 2010
Paul Healey

High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation

19 May 2010
Ken Havil

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Obesity in ICU

26 May 2010
Kim Rackemann

June 2010
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Bacteraemia in the ICU - It's a Bugger!

2 June 2010
Paul Healey

Spinal Cord Injury

9 June 2010
Sarah Crosby

ARDS

16 June 2010
Jorge Brieva

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Salt Wasting and Diabetes Insipidus

23 June 2010
Yasir Khattak

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Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

30 June 2010
Hans Johannessen

July 2010
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Pancreatitis

14 July 2010
Desiree Jongco

Renal Replacement Therapy

21 July 2010
Jorge Brieva

Cardiothoracics for the Intensivist

28 July 2010
Michael O'Keefe

August 2010
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Obstetric Emergencies

4 August 2010
Emma Rosenfeld

Haematology for the Intensivist

11 August 2010
Bryony Ross

Hypothermia/Hyperthermia/Exposure

18 August 2010
John-Paul Smiles

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Ultrasound for Fluid Monitoring

25 August 2010
Scott Flannagan

September 2010
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TPN and Refeeding Syndrome

1 September 2010
Sharon McGregor

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Head Injuries

8 September 2010
Hans Johannessen

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Paediatric Respiratory Problems

15 September 2010
Amy Stokoe

Hypertensive Emergencies

29 September 2010
Igrid Berling

October 2010
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The Highs and Lows of Endocrinology

6 October 2010
Daniel Orr

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Electrolyte Disturbances

13 October 2010
Michael Davoran

Acid-Base: Byond the Basics

20 October 2010
Philippe Le Fevre

How to Be an ICU Doctor

27 October 2010
Eduardo Martinez

November 2010
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Inotropes

3 November 2010
Don Mclachlan

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Atrial Fibrillation

10 November 2010
John-Paul Smiles

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Organophosphate and Chemical (not Pharmaceutical) Ingestions

17 November 2010
Pragya Ajitsaria

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Cardiac Output Monitoring

24 November 2010
Julia Kuchinsky

December 2010
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Pre Hospital Trauma Management

8 December 2010
Andrew Donohue

Managing Burns

15 December 2010
Fiona Reardon

January 2011
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To Be Arranged

5 January 2011
Yasir Khattak

Cell Based Theory of Coagulation
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12 January 2011
David Fyfe

February 2011
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The Right Ventricle

2 February 2011
Ben Moran

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Unexplained Coma

16 February 2011
Sven Speich

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Haematology for the Anaesthetist

23 February 2011
Bryony Ross

March 2011
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Ethics of When to Plug on or Pull Out

2 March 2011
Yollander Coleman

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Asthma

9 March 2011
Sandra Derry

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Inotropes

16 March 2011
Desiree Jongco

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Toxicology

23 March 2011
Igrid Berling

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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

30 March 2011
Jamieson Pip

April 2011
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Guillain Barre Syndrome

6 April 2011
Catherine Maw

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Modes of Ventilation

13 April 2011
Simon Gomes-Vieira

Fluid Responsiveness in the Critically Ill

20 April 2011
Ben Moran

Arrhythmias

27 April 2011
Keith Tiong

May 2011
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Detection and Management of Delirium

4 May 2011
Lynn Choo

June 2011
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Fever in the ICU

1 June 2011
Soo-Ming Phang

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Metabolism and Nutrition in the Critically Ill

8 June 2011
Torgeir Westerlund

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The Child Relative

15 June 2011
Janice

Clinical Chemistry for the Intensivist

22 June 2011
Geoffrey Kellerman

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Ultrasound in the ED

29 June 2011
Nick Dafters

July 2011
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Gunshot Wounds and Other Projectile Trauma

13 July 2011
Rob Bishop

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Haematology for the Intensivist

20 July 2011
Bryony Ross

Diabetic Ketoacidosis

27 July 2011
Philippe Le Fevre

August 2011
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Clinical Chemistry for the Intensivist (part 2)

3 August 2011
Geoffrey Kellerman

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Adrenal Dysfunction in ICU

10 August 2011
Vinay Rao

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Spinal Injuries

17 August 2011
Eduardo Martinez

Pneumonia

24 August 2011
Yong Lee

Respiritory Failure

31 August 2011
Vivian Ho

September 2011
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Intesnisvely Ultrasonic

7 September 2011
Daniel Rankmore

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Renal Replacement Therapy

21 September 2011
Ayyalil Fathima

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Prolonged QT Syndrome

28 September 2011
Simon McLaughlin

October 2011
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ECMO

5 October 2011
Julian Baldwin

Anticholinergic Delerium

12 October 2011
Anjeannette Reece

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ECMO in Practice

19 October 2011
Jorge Brieva

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Portal Hypertension and GI Heamorage

26 October 2011
Magnus Halland

November 2011
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Not Admitting Patients to the ICU

2 November 2011
Peter Saul

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Sodium and the Adrenals

9 November 2011
Geoffrey Kellerman

Traumatic Brain Injury

16 November 2011
Tim Cowan

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No Session

23 November 2011

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ICU Care Post Cardiac Surgery

30 November 2011
Chris Dugan

December 2011
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Intra Aortic Ballon Pump

7 December 2011
Sabine Boes

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Blunt Cardiac Injury

14 December 2011
Hugh Reid

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No Session

21 December 2011

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No Session

28 December 2011

January 2012
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No Session

4 January 2012

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No Session

11 January 2012

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Chest Drains

18 January 2012
Devesh Kaushal

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Hitchikers Guide to Electrical Safety

25 January 2012
Steven Threlfo

February 2012
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Intensive Care at the End of Life

1 February 2012
Jorge Brieva

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Understanding Acid Base

8 February 2012
Philippe Le Fevre

ICU Delerium

15 February 2012
Lynn Choo

The Lund Concept

22 February 2012
Bruce Seidel

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ECMO

29 February 2012
Jorge Brieva

March 2012
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Fluid Volume Assessment and Choice of Bolus Fluids

7 March 2012
Daniel Rankmore

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Valvular Heart Disease

14 March 2012
Katie King

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Open Feedback

21 March 2012
Raymond Asimus

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Renal Replacement Therapy in ICU

28 March 2012
Sabine Boes

April 2012
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Clinical Chemistry for the Intensivist

4 April 2012
Geoffrey Kellerman

The Role for Sodium Bicarbonate

11 April 2012
Mathew Van-Zetten

Digoxin Toxicity

18 April 2012
Alex Battistini

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No Session (public Holiday)

25 April 2012

May 2012
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A Beginner's Guide to Mechanical Ventilation

2 May 2012
Philippe Le Fevre

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Burns

16 May 2012
Sebastian Chang

Equipment

23 May 2012
Andrew Hooper

Complete Heart Block and Temporary Pacemakers

30 May 2012
Cynthia Bierl

June 2012
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Atrial Fibrillation

6 June 2012
Sebastiaan Blank

Ischaemic Gut

13 June 2012
Vivian Ho

To Be Arranged

20 June 2012
Scott Jones

To Be Arranged

27 June 2012
Rebecca Scott

July 2012
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To Be Arranged

4 July 2012
Briony Thom

Malignant Hypertension

11 July 2012
Bernard Frost

To Be Arranged

18 July 2012
Tim Arnold

To Be Arranged

25 July 2012
Torgeir Westerlund

August 2012
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November 2012
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Suggested Topics

  • Brain death causes and diagnosis
  • How do I support an donor prior to organ retrieval?
  • How does a PAC differ from PiCCO?
  • Pericardidtis can kill!
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • SIADH / Diabetes Insipidis / Cerebral salt wasting
  • Intrabdominal hypertension
  • IV Fluids - distribution and pH effects
  • Non invasive venilation - the risks and benefits
  • Paediatric Neurology
  • Critical illness myo-neuropathy
  • Ischemic gut
  • burns
  • How do troubleshoot a non-functioning temporary pacemaker?
  • Intensive Care After Cardiac Surgery
  • Malignant hypertension, causes and treatment
  • Infection Control
  • The Long Term Prognosis
  • An Understanding and Approach to Fever in ICU
  • Meningitis and Encephalomyelitis
  • Principals of Antibiotic Treatment
  • Autonomic Dysreflexia
  • Near Drowning
  • Therapeutic Plasma Exchange and Intravenous Immunoglobulin Immunomodulatory Therapy
  • Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy
  • Paediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation