Hello, RAGErs! This is a quick update about a new project from the RAGE team and friends… The Resuscitology Course. This is a two-day residential course for resuscitationists in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia on May 9-10th 2018. The faculty are  Brian Burns, Karel Habig, Geoff Healy, Nat May, Chris Nickson, and Cliff Reid. Find out more by listening to the podcast and visiting Resuscitology.com. Thanks again for listening to the RAGE!

We’re ready to RAGE again! This one is 85:26 min long and includes: * Introduction… kind of (starts 00:00 min) * ‘What’s bubbling up?’ (starts 02:08 min) — Dr Smith’s ECG blog, DAS Guidelines for tracheal intubation of the critically ill, “The Human Factor” and trauma team performance. *  ‘DNR’ (starts 14:58 min) — the RAGE team discuss the concept of ‘do not resuscitate’ and consensus resuscitation plans, challenges and tips for family discussions and decision-making, and a host of tricky...

Happy New Year! The next ‘proper’ RAGE session is on track for recording in about a week or so. In the meantime, here is a talk on ‘Simulation for Elite Performers’ by Chris Nickson from last year’s Performance Psychology in Medicine Conference run by the Institute of Prehospital Care in London. The podcast is 34 min 38 sec duration. Thanks to Tom Evens and the conference organisers for such a great event, as well as Mads Astvad (ScanFOAM) for managing to rescue the audio! Mads also put...

It is time to RAGE again! This one is 61:38 min long and includes: * Introduction… kind of (starts 00:00 min) * ‘What’s bubbling up?’ (starts 04:48 min) — an ED checklist for cognitive debiasing, are ‘cold’ platelets ready for primetime, the ART trial and the open lung approach to ventilation using recruitment manoeuvres *  ‘What’s The Sats Target?’ (starts 22:55 min) — the RAGE team discuss what SpO2 targets to aim for, in which patients and diseases, and the tricks and traps of...

The next RAGE session is here! (we’re no longer numbering them as the low numbers are depressing…) This one is 95 min long and includes: * Introduction and ‘What’s bubbling up?’ (starts 00:00 min) — head rotation for effective ventilation, The Procedures Course, FOAM social capital and wellness, Tips for New Doctors.. *  ‘Optimizing Crisis Resource Management’ (starts   14.29 min) — an interview with Peter Brindley followed by thoughts from Karel Habig * ‘dasSMACC reflections’ (starts  67.09...

‘Three Men and a Microphone’ is a special edition of the RAGE podcast (let’s face it, RAGE podcasts are so infrequent they’re all special!) featuring RAGE Resusciteer Cliff Reid in conversation with these special guest RAGErs: * Geoff Healy (prehospitalist/ retrievalist/ anaesthetist) * Brian Burns (prehospitalist/ retrievalist/ emergency physician) This one is a monster – it is 2h 48 min 59 sec long!!!  It is NSFW (contains some profane verbiage) so don’t let your kids listen in… Here is...

On August 17th 2016, Associate Professor Vincent Pellegrino, Head of the ECMO service at The Alfred ICU, discussed ECPR during an in-house education session. His discussion included: * the difficulties with ECPR definitions and selection criteria * Approaches to ECPR, ranging from cannulation techniques and types of cannula, to role cards and the importance of teamwork * Outcomes for ECPR and the evidence for the technique Listen to the talk to find out more – the podcast is 37...

Here is the ‘bootlegged’ video footage of John Hinds’ defense of direct laryngoscopy in the prehospital setting. John brings all his usual wit and mischievousness to the defence of the tried and true way of getting a tube between the cords anywhere and at anytime. The audio has been released on the RAGE podcast, and is 7 minutes 30 seconds long. For more John Hinds, go to RAGE’s John Hinds tribute page. The RAGE podcast is on  iTunes here and the RAGE podcast audio feed is...

On November 11th 2015, Professor Steve Bernard (@AmbVicMedic), Medical Advisor to Ambulance Victoria, presented a smorgasbord of ‘Updates in Resuscitation‘ at The Alfred ICU junior medical staff teaching session. He discussed: * Recent data from registries on in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), particularly from Victoria, and the reasons why OHCA results may be improving * Options for treatment of refractory VT/VF, including the CHEER2 trial * The RINSE trial: is...

RAGE will be coming out hibernation post-SMACC and the first signs of reanimation come in the form of this ‘preSMACC miniRAGE’ featuring Cliff, John and Karel. Register for SMACC Chicago 2015 now and come up and say ‘Hi’ to the RAGE team!  FIRST HALF The first half of this miniRAGE is a preview of what the RAGE gang are doing at SMACC Chicago 2015… Including “IT’S A KNOCKOUT”: SECOND HALF The second part of the podcast is all substance, with discussions of the following: * our...