Category Archives: All Podcasts

EBPOM 2019 | Multimodal prehabilitation to prevent postoperative delerium and other complications in elderly patients after elective major abdominal surgery.

Can delirium, the most frequent complication in an elderly patient, be tackled with multimodal prehabilitation? This piece explains how that challenge is being investigated at the moment. It was originally one of the EBPOM 2019 Free Papers. A link to the paper is here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6564537/ Presented by Ties Lukas Janssen, General Surgery Resident at Amphia…

Periop SIG18 | Management of anti-thrombotics: Fast-track warfarin reversal

This piece gives you information that will empower you when using Warfarin in the perioperative period. How should you sensibly balance bleeding and thrombotic risk? Anti-coagulants are increasing in number, what are the principles behind them which we should learn? An understanding of patient, procedure and type of drug being used is essential, are there…

EBPOM 2019 | The INSPIRE trial; reducing post-op pulmonary complications

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of INSPIRatory musclE training (IMT) for reducing postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC): a sham-controlled randomised controlled trial (RCT) (INSPIRE). This piece is a concise guide to the method and thinking behind the trial. Presented by Denny Levett, Professor in Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care at the University of Southampton, Consultant in Perioperative…

EBPOM 2019 | Delaying surgery to adequately prepare?

A quick surprising poll of perioperative practitioners sets the tone for a robust advocation of the responsibility of surgeons and practitioners to do surgery right; as opposed to being inclined to feeling it must be done “right now!”. A data driven approach combined with a patient focused attitude are at the centre of the argument.…

EBPOM 2019 | Alcohol Matters

The healthcare profession has a mixed history when it comes to messaging around alcohol. Nowadays, from a public health perspective, it is clear that overall it is not helpful for our physiology and well being. How often do you have alcohol? How many units do you drink? How often do you have a binge? What…

EBPOM Highlight | Academic Health Science Networks – opportunity knocks

Formed five years ago, the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) in England are driving innovation and speeding up the process of implimenting and discovering improvement in institutions. This piece explains how that occured and what we can all learn from it. Presented by Natasha Curran, pain medicine University College London Hospital (UCLH) and Medical Director…

TopMedTalks to … | Lynn Reede

How is the AANA facilitating the care of patients? How can you make a patient a ‘partner in safety’? How do we coordinate so many disaparate systems of information and care? Patient records and data ownership is discussed, as is Paul Upton’s excellent interview on TopMedTalk regarding “My Preop”. The original piece is here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/my-pre-op-empowering-patients-before-surgery/…

POET 4.11 | Stop squeezing my bundle!

What’s the alternative to “value based care” – that’s surely what healthcare should be about, isn’t it? This piece is a fascinating conversation that gets into the detail as regards the problem of the care bundle which everyone wants to squeeze. Monty Mythen and Desiree Chappell speak with their guests Jan Vest, C.E.O of Signature…

TopMedTalk | How to get people to get things done; The Michigan Project

Learn how to inspire a team to act, create change and get things done. How important are financial incentives, emotional connection and the relative ease of change? Originally streamed live from the hugely successful EBPOM USA Dallas Master’s course. Presented by Michael Englesbe, Darling Sr. & Cyrenus G. Darling Jr. Professor of Surgery, Michigan.

EBPOM Highlight | Optimising healthcare delivery, panel discussion

This panel discussion tackles, amongst others, the following questions: How can knowledge and health innovation be moved from the theoretical world and turned into practice? How do we overcome ego in the profession? How do efficient systems improve the experience of staff as well as patients? How can perioperative practitioners truly embed ideas into devolved…