Crit Care Resusc
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Observational Study
A randomised study of the effect of external distractors on the quality of ventilation in a simulated adult cardiac arrest.
To establish the role of distraction in learner performance and workload when ventilating a mannequin during a simulated cardiac arrest. ⋯ Our study suggests that simple distractors have a potent effect on perceived clinician workload, even when performing the most simple of tasks, but may not strongly influence the objective performance of the task.
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Patients with haematological malignancies are at risk of concomitant critical neurological events warranting intensive care unit admission. We aimed to examine the characteristics and outcomes of this patient population, as more knowledge could facilitate decision making on ICU admission and treatment. ⋯ Patients with a history of haematological malignancy presenting with a critical neurological event have comparable survival rates with other patients with a haematologic malignancy admitted to the ICU. Our findings suggest that restrictions in ICU care are not justified for this patient population.
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Observational Study
Towards a national model for organ donation requests in Australia: evaluation of a pilot model.
To evaluate whether structural elements of a collaborative requesting model were observed in practice, and explore the impact of specialised communications training and elements of the model on consent rates. ⋯ Structural elements of the model were observed in most cases, indicating that the model is feasible and acceptable. We showed that the highest consent rates were achieved when FDCs were led by professionals who had completed the specialised communications training and were not part of the treating clinical team for that patient.