MB BCh BAO, FCICM, MD, FFA RCSI, MSc (Anaes), DIBICM, PG Dip Echo
Martina graduated from the National University of Ireland, Galway in 1997. She was admitted by Fellowship to the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland in 2001 and completed her specialist training in Anaesthesia in Ireland in 2007. During this time she completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anaesthesia. She was awarded a Doctor of Medicine Degree in 2009 for her thesis based on research carried out at NUI Galway from 2004-2006. She moved to Australia in 2008 and was admitted as a Fellow to the College of Intensive Care Medicine in 2009. She has been working as a staff specialist in Intensive Care at Geelong since 2010.
Her areas of interest include Safety and Quality of care delivery, Rapid Response Systems and the Deteriorating Patient, ECMO and Echocardiography. She is a member of the Deteriorating Patient Committee, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and Central Venous Catheter Working Group.
Head of ECMO
Martina is the Head of the UHG ICU ECMO service, the 2nd largest adult ECMO program in Victoria.
Latest news:
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Monday, May 16, 2022 - 15:59
JAMA COVI-PRONE no difference in endotracheal intubation or secondary outcomes in 400 patients who were not intubated and had confirmed or suspected COVID-19, when randomised to awake prone positioning compared with usual care. Posthoc analysis raised the possibility that patients with a PF ratio greater than 150 may benefit from prone ventilation.
Monday, May 16, 2022 - 14:42JC: JAMA FIRST-ABC Step-Down RCT critically ill children requiring noninvasive respiratory support following extubation, HFNC compared to CPAP post extubation failed to meet noninferiority criterion for time to liberation from respiratory support ( 50.5 hours HFNC vs 42.9 hours CPAP. 1-sided 97.5% CI for HR was 0.70, failed to meet the noninferiority margin of 0.75)
Monday, May 16, 2022 - 13:26JC: JAMA early tracheostomy (median D4 MV) vs standard (D11) in 382 adults receiving MV after acute, severe stroke, not associated improved outcomes, specifically favourable mRS (adj OR favourable outcome 0.93 95% CI 0.6-1.42, p=0.73)
Monday, May 16, 2022 - 11:59NEJM- The opportunities to become proficient at neonatal intubation are decreasing. Does peri-intubation high flow nasal oxygen decrease hypoxia and increase first-pass success? In 202 neonates, successful 1st attempt intubation without physiological instability occurred in 50% (HF) vs 31.5% (SC), RD 17.6%, 95% cI 6.0-29.2, NNT 6.
Monday, May 16, 2022 - 10:52JC: No diff 90-day neurological outcomes between patients transported to a local stroke center first vs directly to a thrombectomy-capable referral center in patients with suspected large-vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke