While I wait for the next 6 or so months to pass until I dive into my B.Med I’ve been doing extra reading to somewhat prepare me.
iTunes U was launched recently in Australia so I had a look what was available from both here and overseas and found Surgery ICU Rounds by Jeff Guy, an Associate Prof & Director of the Vanderbilt Regional Burn Centre in Tennessee.
The podcasts are great, particularly as I’m interested in critical care, and have a wide range of topics that are clearly explained. Guy is quite progressive in the way he looks at clinical procedures, questioning why we do things the way we do and putting forward ways to treat patients better.
In particular I really enjoyed his talks on Weaning (Liberating) from the Mechanical Ventilator and Antibiotic Considerations in the ICU, and the short talk on Intraosseous Vascular Access: Not Just for Kids Anymore is a great example of looking at existing equipment and procedures and applying them to new situations. I always assumed itraosseous access wasn’t used in adults simply because it didn’t work, but not only does it work, it works very well and very quickly so maybe this will be something we’ll see more of in adult emergency and critical care medicine.
