The Medical Take

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/
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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://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/scottish-palliative-care-guidelines/
Guidance At End Of Life (GAEL) for Health Care Professionals:
https://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/ggc-clinical-guidelines/
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel and Arrianne are joined by Kirsty Crowe to talk about care of the renal transplant patient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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