Keryn Davidson on aneurysms, vasospasm, clipping, and the art of watching the patient
Neuro Resus
In this NeuroResus episode, Oli Flower speaks with Keryn Davidson, vascular neurosurgeon at Royal North Shore Hospital, about aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, open cerebrovascular surgery, ICU-neurosurgery collaboration, and why the bedside exam still matters in an era obsessed with scans, monitors, and numbers. Keryn trained across Queensland and New South Wales before completing fellowship training at Royal North Shore with a focus on open cerebrovascular surgery. She is the first female neurosurgeon in the department’s history, a fellowship examiner with the Royal Australasian...
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The 10 p.m. SAH Call: Neuroanaesthesia for Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
Neuro Resus
In this episode of the Neuro Resus Podcast, Oli Flower speaks with Dr Andy Lindberg, neuroanaesthetist at Royal North Shore Hospital, about the anaesthetic management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. The conversation follows a high-grade SAH patient from emergency airway management through EVD insertion, aneurysm securing, clipping, coiling, intraoperative rupture, vasospasm management, and postoperative wake-up. Andy discusses the practical physiology that matters most: avoiding re-rupture, defending cerebral perfusion pressure, managing ICP, preventing major blood pressure swings, and...
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SAH AI Pre-hospital ED Chaos Podcast
Neuro Resus
Subarachnoid haemorrhage is one of the most time-critical and high-stakes emergencies in medicine. But in the real world, it rarely presents neatly. In this episode, Oli Flower is joined by two AI co-hosts — Simon (GPT-5.3) and Claude (Sonnet 4.6) — to work through the pre-hospital and emergency department management of SAH using a real-world scenario: a 42-year-old woman with a thunderclap headache, collapse, and reduced GCS. What follows is a mix of clinical reasoning, practical decision-making, and occasional AI overconfidence getting corrected in real time. What we cover: Airway...
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Vasospasm in aSAH - A Conversation with AI
Neuro Resus
This podcast episode features a conversation between Dr Oli Flower and his AI co-host, Simon (ChatGPT 4o), focusing on vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH). The discussion covers: The distinction between radiological vasospasm (imaging finding) and DCI (clinical syndrome). The evolution of understanding DCI’s multifactorial causes, beyond just vasospasm. Evidence and controversies around ICU management, including blood pressure targets, nimodipine use, and the role of other interventions. Screening and monitoring strategies:...
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EVD tips and tricks
Neuro Resus
Catherine Bell takes us through how to troubleshoot problems commonly encountered when looking after patients who have an external ventricular drain (EVD) in situ. Issues with using brain tissue oxygen monitors are also discussed. A highly practical session aimed at bedside clinicians. This presentation was delivered by Catherine Bell at . Want more content about EVD? Visit or to be notified of new podcast releases via email. To express your interest in attending the 2024 Neuroresus live course, .
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aSAH: Dilating the Dogma of Vasospasm
Neuro Resus
Angiographic vasospasm and more accurately, delayed cerebral ischemia, continue to contribute to morbidity and mortality in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). It is known that angiographic vasospasm is common after SAH, occurring in two-thirds of patients. This presentation was delivered by Rob Loch MacDonald at . Want more content about aSAH? Visit or to be notified of new podcast releases via email. To express your interest in attending the 2024 Neuroresus live course, .
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Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: a patient and family experience
Neuro Resus
Lizzy suffered a substantial aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage that left her critically unwell, requiring a long stay in intensive care recovering from the consequences and complications of this devastating form of stroke. Now a couple of years after her haemorrhage, Lizzy has come so far. She and her husband Gordon describe their experiences, right from the day it all began and through those tumultuous first few weeks, to where she is today. This open and honest account gives us all invaluable insight into what it’s like to go through the subarachnoid haemorrhage journey from a patient...
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Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring - The Bonanza Trial (It’s Not What You’ve Got It’s What You Do With It)
Neuro Resus
Andrew Udy talks about the ongoing which is assessing whether an algorithm that incorporates both ICP and brain tissue oxygen (PbTO2) can improve outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Like with all monitoring, how the PbTO2 is interpreted and managed is critical and the devil is in the detail! This presentation was delivered by Andrew Udy at . Want more content about The Bonanza Trial? Visit or to be notified of new podcast releases via email. To express your interest in attending the 2024 Neuroresus live course, .
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Ketamine for Brain Injury
Neuro Resus
Historically, when it came to brain injury, ketamine had a bad rap. Much of that dogma was dispelled in the last 20 years, and ketamine is now frequently used as an induction agent in acute brain injury, especially traumatic brain injury, partially due to the favorable effects on haemodynamics. However a new application of ketamine is now being explored - whether ketamine may be able to reduce secondary brain injury. In this talk Toby Jeffcote initially takes us through all the sedatives currently used in brain injury and the evidence to support their use. He then covers the history of...
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Cortical Spreading Depolarisation in Neurological Disease - An Introduction
Neuro Resus
Cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) is a spreading loss of ion homeostasis, altered vascular response, change in synaptic architecture, and subsequent depression in electrical activity following an inciting neurological injury. This presentation was delivered by Toby Jeffcote at . Want more content about CSD? Visit or to be notified of new podcast releases via email. To express your interest in attending the 2024 Neuroresus live course, .
info_outlineTania Farrar is a neurologist and epileptologist with expertise in continuous EEG (cEEG) and status epilepticus (SE). This talk covers what a seizure is, what status is, including focal and generalised status epilepticus.
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