The Medical Take Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Dr Pauline Grose (Lead Consultant for Medical HDU at Glasgow Royal Infirmary) joins us to talk about the exciting and intimidating topic of HDU. What makes a unit an HDU? How can we best decide which patients will benefit from transfer to HDU? And what are the challenges?

The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine website
https://www.ficm.ac.uk/ 

Intensive Care Society website
https://ics.ac.uk/ 

Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group
https://www.sicsag.scot.nhs.uk/index.html

The Society for Acute Medicine
https://www.acutemedicine.org.uk/

Dr David Gray (Consultant in Palliative Care) chats to us about his approach to palliative care, and gives tips and tricks on best management for patients who might be nearing the end of life.

Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
https://www.palliativecareguidelines.scot.nhs.uk/
Guidance At End Of Life (GAEL) for Health Care Professionals
https://clinicalguidelines.nhsggc.org.uk/palliative-care/guidance-at-end-of-life-gael-for-health-care-professionals-543/
Macmillan Cancer Support – Difficult conversations (including REDMAP)
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/coronavirus/healthcare-professionals/difficult-conversations
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Arrianne and Daniel discuss pulmonary embolism.

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Daniel and Arrianne are joined by  Kirsty Crowe  to talk about care of the renal transplant patient.

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Dr Robert Docking (Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia) in conversation with Arrianne about difficult conversations: what are they and how can we make them less difficult for all involved.
NHS GG&C Guidance At End Of Life (GAEL) for Health Care Professionals
https://www.palliativecareggc.org.uk/?page_id=66
Macmillan Difficult conversations
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/coronavirus/healthcare-professionals/difficult-conversations
 Cruse Scotland
https://www.crusescotland.org.uk/
 Difficult Conversations: We need to talk about dying
https://www.hazelwhitedesign.co.uk/videos/v/difficult-conversations-why-we-need-to-talk-about-dying
 With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well - Kathryn Mannix
Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations - Kathryn Mannix
The Way We Die Now - Seamus O'Mahony

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Nicola Cooper Consultant Physician & Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Education at Nottingham University joins the team to talk about how we make decisions and how we can make better ones. ABC of Clinical Reasoning (2nd edition), edited Nicola Cooper and John Frain.

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