![]() ![]() He is one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) and is co-creator of , the RAGE podcast, the Resuscitology course, and the SMACC conference. He created the ‘Critically Ill Airway’ course and teaches on numerous courses around the world. He coordinates the Alfred ICU’s education and simulation programmes and runs the unit’s education website, INTENSIVE. He is actively involved in in using translational simulation to improve patient care and the design of processes and systems at Alfred Health. He has completed fellowship training in both intensive care medicine and emergency medicine, as well as post-graduate training in biochemistry, clinical toxicology, clinical epidemiology, and health professional education. He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives.Īfter finishing his medical degree at the University of Auckland, he continued post-graduate training in New Zealand as well as Australia’s Northern Territory, Perth and Melbourne. He is on the Board of Directors for the Intensive Care Foundation and is a First Part Examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine. He is also a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. He is a co-founder of the Australia and New Zealand Clinician Educator Network (ANZCEN) and is the Lead for the ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator programme. Piperacillin-tazobactam 4.5g Q8hrly, second or third generation cephalosporins, fluroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin)Īzithromycin or erythromycin, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacinĬhris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at the Alfred ICU in Melbourne. > resistance to imipenem can develop during treatment (5) fluroquinolones: ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin mild/ moderate: ceftazidine + co-trimoxazole.co-trimoxazole 10mg/kg of sulphamethoxazole, ciprofloxacin.enterocolitica: fluoroquinolone, co-trimoxazole 10mg/kg of sulphamethoxazole.pestis: streptomycin, gentamycin, doxycycline.fluroquinolones: ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin.> only 90% coverage with penicillin & amoxicillin > not as much cover with amoxicillin-clavulnate, trimethoprim and co-trimoxazole > amoxicillin and penicillin = waste of time nitrofurantoin 100mg QID PO (5-7mg/kg/day).tobramycin 3-5mg/kg/day in 3 divided doses -> monitor.gentamicin 3-5mg/kg LD -> titrate to trough.> aminoglycosides are good agents (gentamicin, tobramycin, amikacin, streptomycin) co-trimoxazole 10mg/kg of sulphamethoxazole.second or third generation cephalosporin.gonorrhoea: piperacillin-tazobactam 4.5g Q8hrly, ceftriaxone.meningitides: vaccination, penicillin G or ceftriaxone, rifampicin (prophylaxis).read more, wound or surgical site infections, and meningitis Acute Bacterial Meningitis Acute bacterial meningitis is rapidly developing inflammation of the layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord (meninges) and of the fluid-filled space between the meninges (subarachnoid. Bacteremia may result from ordinary activities (such as vigorous toothbrushing), dental or medical procedures, or from infections. read more, bloodstream infections Bacteremia Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream. The tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body (urethra) contains no bacteria. read more (inflammation of the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity), urinary tract infections Overview of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) In healthy people, urine in the bladder is sterile-no bacteria or other infectious organisms are present. The pain may be the only sign of the need for surgery. Severe abdominal pain that comes on quickly, however, almost always indicates a significant problem. read more, peritonitis Peritonitis Abdominal pain is common and often minor. Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Gram-negative bacteria can cause many serious infections, such as pneumonia Overview of Pneumonia Pneumonia is an infection of the small air sacs of the lungs (alveoli) and the tissues around them. ![]()
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