Live to the MAX!

Live to the MAX!

Live to the MAX! is an initiative by Dr. Ben and Tamara McKenzie dedicated to reducing and preventing unnecessary deaths related to anaphylaxis and asthma. The initiative was launched in 2023, following the tragic death Ben and Tamara's son, Max, who died at the age of 15, from hypoxic brain injury sustained during food anaphylaxis related bronchospasm.

Live to the MAX! aims to raise awareness about anaphylaxis and asthma, as well as provide an educational platform for critical care clinicians in best-practice resuscitation techniques when treating patients with anaphylaxis and ashtma.

The implementation of the AMAX4 algorithm in an unconscious anaphylaxis/ asthma patient in medical care should largely prevent unnecessary deaths.

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  • @user-vx9fm7gn4t
    @user-vx9fm7gn4t3 ай бұрын

    Hi Ben and Tamara, thank you for sharing Max's story. I am sorry and feel very touched. God bless you both.

  • @nurmohd9475
    @nurmohd94757 ай бұрын

    I like how you say 'You have my permission'. As a trainee, in an absolutely scary situation like this, a lot of the time we know what to do, but just the 'nod' from the consultant gives the boost of confidence that we need.

  • @ha5mth
    @ha5mth9 ай бұрын

    Wishing you all the best in your efforts to get this included in als protocol’s.

  • @Tagmose89
    @Tagmose8910 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this ! I’m part of a group running Scandinavian and European courses in emergency medicine (EMCC / LUCEM), and we’re looking into incorporating many of these vital take home points into the curriculum for hypoxic cardiac arrests , specifically in asthma and anaphylaxis. Thanks to Max and your courage , hopefully we’ll improve the care given in these cases. I thank you and wish you and your family all the best despite your horrible loss.

  • @thisgirlripslips
    @thisgirlripslips10 ай бұрын

    Dr. Ben Thank you for this presentation. I am a paramedic from the western United States; my father is Australian as well. I am glad some Critical Care Paramedics here in the USA are finding your work and beginning to share it through podcasts and social media. I take anaphylaxis very seriously having my own experiences prior to starting prehospital emergency medicine. But I learned so much more from your presentation. Especially the criticality of approaching hypoxic arrests differently from a standard cardiac arrest. And yes as a paramedic one of the hardest lessons learned are that one must build and enforce “hard decks” I refer to them as “points of no return” I look to now implement the AMAX4 model in my toolbox and algorithms. Once again, thank you for this education. Your vulnerability and rawness I do appreciate as it illustrates the importance of why we do what we do. God Bless

  • @hjfahn
    @hjfahn11 ай бұрын

    Ben, I couldn't hold back my emotion watching the last session of your son Max's story. We are going to hold a simulation and training session to practice the AMAX4 algorithm here in country hospital Victoria next week as a group of rural GP anaesthetists. Thanks for sharing your own tragic loss that we can all learn and prevent loss of life because of anaphylaxis and severe asthma presenting to our Urgent Care Centre because we AMAX4 is delivered efficiently.

  • @user-ip8jd8nj7c
    @user-ip8jd8nj7c Жыл бұрын

    Ben, I'm an ED nurse with ICU, CCU, Paeds and trauma experience. I cannot imagine how devastating this must have been for you, and still is. You are honouring Max and changing lives with your courage and willingness to share this. I have been in many hypoxic arrests and I can immediately relate to your description of the agonising downtime, time wasted while everyone tries to bag and do CPR on someone with de=oxygenated blood only being circulated, all the while resisting the obvious choice of ETT or surgical airway. Our EDs in which I work, now embrace the VORTEX model and we do SIMS on CICO scenarios..... but probably not enough. I will loudly be advocating to our FACEMs that we roll out this AMAX4 structured approach..... thank you so much for sharing this with us...

  • @user-yy8zl8du2l
    @user-yy8zl8du2l Жыл бұрын

    thank you so much Ben for doing this for us young emergency doctors! will share this to my team in Germany!

  • @jordankennedy9074
    @jordankennedy9074 Жыл бұрын

    ☀️ P R O M O S M

  • @amberoduane1648
    @amberoduane1648 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your story and this very important education. I am a flight nurse in Oregon and this information will definitely impact my future care of patients.

  • @kaneguthrie
    @kaneguthrie Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ben for sharing Max's story and education around asthma and anaphylaxis. Will be sure to share this with as many colleagues as possible.