Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: describe moral identity understand moral distress and situations where it can be experienced discuss ways to mitigate moral distress understand why moral distress is important

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: 1. describe the SIBICC management algorithm for patients with ICP monitoring 2. appreciate the impact of ICP monitoring on outcomes 3. discuss the merits of aggressive interventions (craniectomy, hypothermia) after TBI 4. describe the various methods to monitor brain health

After completing this lecture you will be able to: 1. Explain the importance of deceased organ donation and the reasons why strategies are needed in ICUs to optimise the number of deceased donors 2. Describe the pathways to deceased organ donation and criteria that must be satisfied for donation to occur 3. List the principles that underpin best practice regarding the family approach to request organ donation.

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After watching the lecture you should be able to: 1. Understand the nomenclature of various techniques of renal replacement therapy (RRT) 2. Understand various aspects of RRT including the timing of initiation, modality, dose and termination 3. Apply current existing evidence to the clinical practice of RRT

At the end of this lecture, you should be able to: 1. describe the burden and aetiology of diarrhoea in children in LMICs 2. discuss the challenges in defining severe dehydration and the implications for management 3. describe the evidence base for rehydration recommendations

On completion of this lecture, you will be able to: 1. To describe the most commonly used non-invasive oxygenation strategies for adult patients 2. To describe the potential role of non-invasive oxygenation strategies for adult patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure 3. To describe the potential role of non-invasive oxygenation strategies for the prevention of extubation failure in critically ill adult patients

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: 1. define the concepts critical illness and critical care 2. describe the approach of EECC 3. outline the components of EECC

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: 1. Distinguish the different types of end of life practices 2. Describe the importance of culture/region and religion on end of life practices 3. Recognize the importance of communication, shared decision making and empathy in end of life practices

On completion of this activity you should be able to: 1. To describe a range of novel trial designs being used in the field of critical care medicine 2. To give examples of clinical trials with novel methods that have been published in critical care 3. To understand the key principles of Bayesian analysis

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: 1. Describe the concept of base-rate neglect 2. Understand the difference between correlation and causation 3. Understand what is meant by power and what a P value of less than 0.05 means within a frequentist statistical paradigm

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: 1. Interpret the difference between signal-to-noise ratio and auditory perception 2. Realize the different acoustic features carried in a sound signal 3. Understand the benefits of multisensory integration 4. Describe the auspices of device design and international standards

By the end of this lecture you should be able to: 1. Describe the evidence relating perioperative handoffs to patient outcomes 2. Describe the use of implementation science to address use of evidence-based handoff approaches in perioperative care 3. List three barriers to the adoption and use of structured postoperative handoffs

By the end of this presentation, the learner will demonstrate the ability to: 1. Recognize existing clinical practice guidelines relevant to early rehabilitation in critically ill patients 2. Appraise recent studies evaluating physical rehabilitation interventions in critically ill patients 3. Describe upcoming randomized trials evaluating early rehabilitation interventions in critically ill patients

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Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: 1. Understand ICU acquired weakness and the impact on patient outcomes 2. Describe the benefits of early mobilisation 3. Acknowledge the limitations in the current research about the timing, type and dose of early mobilisation

After watching the lecture, the learner will be able to: 1. Recognise moral panic, drawbridge ethics and magic number ethics 2. Take a balanced and structured approach to resource management 3. Understand the place of frameworks in ethical decision making 4. Know how to use one ethical decision-making framework: MORAL Balance

After watching the lecture, the learner will be able to: 1. Review the natural history of lung impairment in previous viral pandemics 2. Understand the spectrum of lung diseases after moderate to severe COVID 19 3. Review the latest evidence on the long-term outcomes after moderate to severe COVID19 infection 4. Understand the rationale and the lack of evidence on antifibrotic treatment 5. Know the importance of pulmonary follow-up and post covid clinics

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: 1. Describe the communication myths we have all been taught 2. Implement technical skills needed for better communication 3. Describe a structured approach for breaking bad news 4. Avoid common pitfalls to good communication 5. Teach and debrief communication

By the end of this lecture the attendee will be able to: 1. Understand the definition of Acute-on-chronic liver failure and how it differs from decompensated cirrhosis. 2. Review the management of sepsis/shock in ACLF and why these patients are prone to infections 3. Review current management of acute kidney injury and hepatorenal syndrome in ACLF 4. Review the challenges with determining futility in ACLF regarding ‘too sick to transplant’

By the end of this lecture the attendee will be able to: 1. Appreciate the role of palliative care throughout the continuum of critical illness 2. Describe the role of the rapid response team in discussing goals of care and providing symptom control for acutely deteriorating patients 3. Identify the importance of bereavement support for family members at risk of complicated grief

By the end of this lecture the attendee will be able to: 1. Understand the classification and phenotypes of malnutrition in children 2. Understand the effects of severe acute malnutrition on cardiac function in children 3. Appreciate the challenges of managing critical illness (shock) in severely malnourished children 4. Appraise the current research and evidence on cardiac function and volume expansion therapy for critical illness (shock) in severely malnourished children

By the end of this lecture the attendee will be able to: 1. Understand the physiology underpinning acute muscle wasting 2. Understand the modulators of muscle protein homeostasis 3. Interpret future trials of exercise and nutrition to treat functional disability 4. Describe ongoing clinical trials in the field