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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Friday, February 19, 2021 - 07:30
JAMA RCT does not support use of single high dose oral vitamin D3 for treatment of moderate to severe COVID-19 in hospitalized patients. Limitations in design, however, confirms lack of benefit reported in multiple large non-COVID trials in hospital or ICU patients (VIOLET, VITdAL-ICU)
Sunday, February 14, 2021 - 09:30NEJM DePPaRT: 1% of patients with loss of cardiac activity after planned withdrawal of life sustaining therapy have transient resumption of cardiac activity observable by bedside reports and corroborated by ECG and IABP waveform activity. Retrospective waveform review showed resumption of cardiac activity in 14% of patients. The longest period of pulselessness that was followed by resumption of cardiac activity was 4 minutes 20 seconds.
Sunday, February 14, 2021 - 08:42JAMA OHCA sodium nitrite: Paramedic administration of 45mg or 60 mg sodium nitrite to patients with OHCA, vs placebo, did not improve survival to hospital admission, or secondary outcomes including survival or neurological recovery in 1502 adults in Seattle.King County. These findings do not support the use of sodium nitrite during resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 18:10NEJM: Dexmedetomidine vs Propofol for light-sedation in mechanically ventilated adults with sepsis, outcomes did not differ between.
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 18:50NEJM HOT-ICU Trial 2928 adults in ICU with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (mean P:F 118), an oxygen target of PaO2 60 mmHg vs 90 mmHg did not result in lower 90-d mortality, or secondary outcomes including mesenteric ischaemia and HIE