The Basics of Critical Care with Stian Mohrsen

In this episode, we speak with Stian Mohrsen about the basics of critical care. Stian is a retrieval practitioner working in Scotland with particular clinical interests in pre-hospital emergency and critical care, major and complex trauma, resuscitation, paediatrics and human factors. He is also a part-time lecturer at Sterling university on the paramedic science degree program.   In the episode he speaks with Eoin Walker (WEM pre-hospital lead) about why this topic is important and how the basics can sometimes be overlooked in the trauma and medical patient. Stian also goes on to discuss the fundamentals of patient assessment in the critical care patient together with the airway, breathing and circulation aspects that should be attended to. Stian goes on to bring out the non-technical aspects of critical care that are important to exhibit. He also mentions the attention to detail that is required and how small well informed decisions can aggregate and contribute to performance and outcome. Stian finishes by talking about the importance of kit husbandry and how to steward kit around the patient, he also mentions the key attribute of 360 access to patients to facilitate assessment and intervention.