What is pain control for a perioperative patient? What is the ‘subacute period’ and do you incorporate it into your practice? How do we keep patients ‘opioid free’ once they leave our care? Furthermore – is the curriculum for medical professionals changing in light of the ‘opioid epidemic’? The tide is undoubtedly turning, the conversation covers…
Trainees with an Interest in Perioperative Medicine (TRIPOM) is an exciting new collaborative designed to enhance and channel the enthusiasm of its members through various free open access online resources. The aim is to help give trainees a voice in the field of perioperative medicine. Their website is here: www.tripom.org Joff Lacey presenting, with his guests; John…
Key messages and big takeaways from a hugely successful meeting, The Second Annual Prehabilitation World Congress, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. What was the ‘dare to dream’ section? How is the business case for prehabilitation being made? Also – listen out for details of the third World Congress and discover how you can get involved. Mike…
How can we redeploy critical care thinking and perioperative care pathways at scale for the high risk surgical patient? What is the Enhanced Perioperative Care after high-risk Surgery (EPOCH trial)? How has it altered the way people think about their practice? Will there be an EPOCH-2? Presented by Desiree Chappell, Joff Lacey and Mike Grocott with…
The highly anticipated results of the Enhanced Peri-Operative Care for High-risk patients (EPOCH) trial, presented for the first time at EBPOM 2018. Were these results as expected? Can we make large scale quality improvement programmes work? Does this trial put ‘the big questions’ to bed? This piece is introduced by Monty Mythen and presented by Professor…
This is the panel discussion which followed the address at EBPOM 2018 by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Various questions from the audience are considered; where should we be in ten years from now, what are the disruptive forces headed our way? The panel features; Sir…
Cold water adaptation for theraputic purposes. How can you gain the benefits of this unusual but increasingly popular activity? Open water swimming is discussed, how long you need to do it and what the benefits are. It’s suggested that it might work because it is an anti-inflammatory. There’s even the suggestion it can help with issues…
TopMedTalk live is a gathering of Trainees with an interest in Perioperative Medicine (TRIPOM) alongside TopMedTalk listeners and EBPOM 2018 attendees in the IET London, England. This conversation is driven by questions from listeners online and attendees in the audience. What do you do when it comes to ‘screening for frailty? Should it be physical…
TopMedTalk live is a gathering of Trainees with an interest in Perioperative Medicine (TRIPOM) alongside TopMedTalk listeners and EBPOM 2018 attendees in the IET London, England. This conversation is driven by questions from listeners online and attendees in the audience. Two pain management experts alongside the TRIPOM representatives and Desiree and Monty respond in detail…
Back in London for EBPOM 2018! This piece features a quick rundown of some of the things you can expect to hear from www.TopMedTalk.com on our live streaming page. As always highlights of that will feature in the main podcast but, while the conference is on, we’re streaming it live. TO LISTEN CLICK ON THIS…