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Oct 08 2024 32 ep. 54 mins 11
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Pod Four is a podcast dedicated to nursing education within the intensive care unit. We want to provide education on a range of topics that are relevant to the critical care environment, however this also transcends throughout the wider nursing community.

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Teamwork in Critical Care

Oct 08 2024 61 mins  
Today we welcome Dr Eve Purdy to talk about teamwork in emergent situations in critical care. Teamwork is an essential aspect of all areas of health care and we loved gaining an understanding about what makes teams function effectively. Readings as recommended by Eve include The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle https://danielcoyle.com/the-culture-code/ and Teams that Work by Edwardo

Unprofessional Behaviour in Healthcare

Aug 31 2024 53 mins  
Join us as we chat to Dr Liz Crowe about unprofessional behaviour in healthcare. If anyone would like to listen to any further podcasts from Liz, her odcast https://fivethingsnursing.podbean.com/ is available on your streaming platforms.

Pregnancy complications in critical care

Jun 04 2024 56 mins  
Whilst not common complications during pregnancy and birth can be quite serious, requiring admission to ICU. Sally Byford (Obstetrician/gynaecologist) joins us today to talk about these complications and how we might manage them. This episode may be triggering for some people as it touches on infant and maternal death.

Simulation

May 25 2023 53 mins  
Simulation refers to an artificial interpretation of real world processess and is used as an educational tool within the healthcare setting. Join Sally and Kahl as we chat to Jack Matulich who works within the simulation team and Angela who is a nurse educator within the ICU. They enlighten us around the process of simulation and how it can be used as a learning tool within the hos

Cardiac output in the ICU

Feb 19 2023 57 mins  
Whilst we are all familiar with the components of cardiac output. Cardiac output = Heart rate x Stroke volume, in this months podcast Harley and myself chat to Dr Ravi Mistry about how each element of cardiac output is manipulated in the intensive care using drugs and other adjuncts.

Liver Failure in ICU

Jan 13 2023 44 mins  
Approximately 1-5% of patients are admitted to ICU for liver failure. The liver can be the initiator of remote organ damage and the development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome during liver injury, therefore requiring the support of multiple organs in the intensive care unit. Join Kahli and Sally as we talk to Jack Simpson, ICU intensivist, about all things liver failure an

Renal Replacement Therapy

Sep 27 2022 67 mins  
Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) is a complex treatment for patients both in and out of the ICU environment. There are multiple different modes, machines and functions and this episode is about addressing the confusion and answering all your questions in relation to RRT. Below are the links to articles referred to throughout the podcast Systematic review and meta-analysis of renal

Diabetes

Apr 03 2022 57 mins  
Diabetes has a prevalence of 1.2million people in Australia and places a massive burden on the healthcare system. Today we have Daniel Jones who is a resident at Tweed Heads hospital in to talk about diabetes, from diagnosis through to management. Hope you enjoy

Ventilation weaning

Dec 29 2021 42 mins  
Ventilation is the bread and butter of Intensive Care but how do we liberate a patient from the ventilator? Join us for a discussion where we identify how to wean a patient from the ventilator, the role of physiotherapists in assisting with this weaning and tackling some basic ventilation questions.

Arrhythmias and anti-arrhythmic medications

Nov 21 2021 42 mins  
Yes i know this sounds niche, but anti-arrythmics are commonly used within the hospital and Intensive care setting and come in a multitude of different classes. Senior pharmacist Dan Adams and Senior ICU registrar Jay Mahendra Ray join us to talk about different arrhythmias and the different classes of anti-arrythmics we use in ICU.