Emergency Department Management
How can emergency care reflect what matters to a patient before a crisis occurs? This 2017 introduction to ReSPECT explores personalised treatment planning, early conversations with patients and families, and why the discussion matters more than the form alone.
Busy shifts can make eating and drinking feel like an afterthought. Drawing on personal experience, Janos Baombe considers meal preparation, breaks, snacks and hydration, encouraging clinicians to give their own basic needs more attention during the working day.
Emergency Department Management
Could consultants gain more control over their working hours while maintaining department cover? Craig Ferguson explains how annualised hours and self-rostering work together in a shared spreadsheet, describing the flexibility achieved, the safeguards needed and the practical problems encountered.
Does love have a place in critical care? In this companion to her SMACCDub talk, Liz Crowe explores compassion for patients, colleagues and ourselves, arguing that human connection, supportive leadership and psychological safety belong alongside clinical expertise.
What does critical illness feel like to a child? Eimear and her mother Rachel share their experience in a smaccMINI conversation, with written takeaways about fear, clear explanations, the ICU environment and preparing patients and families for recovery and discharge.
Conference ReportsCritical Care
What does an ED handover look like from the other side of the stretcher? Ashley Liebig draws on prehospital experience to discuss respect, a calm reception and uninterrupted communication, then asks teams to agree and practise a shared approach to transferring care.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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