This is a chat with Rowan Grieves, who works in Belfast, about her journey to become an ACCP and the hurdles she had to overcome when starting this new role.

This was originally a Facebook livestream with an ex patient- Carol Billian, Christine representing ICU Steps, a group helping support ICU survivors and Peter Nydahl from Germany who also aims to support the same group.

This is a chat I had with Dr Daniel Watkin about his QI project to assess compliance with the guidelines and how they went about improving it.  You can find the paper here- 'Beyond Audit: Embracing QI methodology to drive improvements in lung-protective ventilation'

This is a chat with Tamas Szakmany about the paper 'Impact of early tracheostomy versus late or no tracheostomy in nonneurologically injured adult patients: a systematic review and meta analysis' and his editorial 'When more could mean less intervention: the tale of tracheostomy timing in critical illness'

This is a chat with Professor John Laffey about the WEAN_SAFE study.  Weaning from mechanical ventilation in intensive care units across 50 countries (WEAN SAFE): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study

A discussion with Michelle about the recent paper she played a part in discussing the conversation s we have, or don't about Do No Resuscitate orders. The experiences of adult patients, families, and healthcare professionals of CPR decision-making conversations in the United Kingdom: A qualitative systematic review.

Brigitta and colleagues have just published 'The rate and assessment of muscle wasting during critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.' Some important and interesting discussion points.

Great discussion with Dr Emma Ridley a dietitian from Australia about how they planned to look after the nutritional requirements of COVID patients. A lot of pointers about how we care for their needs when they haven't got COVID too. 

Vikki has been a clinical lead for Organ Donation in the past so I spent some time picking her brains about the role of the Organ Donation team and how that affects how we look after our patients. Lots of really valuable insights.

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Let’s improve our understanding of the capnograph. Very valuable when caring for your patient.

We all go grab the essential equipment when we need to intubate the patient. Buts what’s it all for? In this podcast I cover some of this. If you want to join me on FREE 15 Minute Friday go find the Critical Care Practitioner page on Facebook.

It could be that they have dropped quickly or slowly. Either way its sensible to have a thought process ready so that you might be able to solve it! This is what I cover in this podcast.

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A new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- the basic ventilator screen. Lets go through some of those buttons.

EA new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- Peak and Plateau Pressures. What are they and why does it matter?

A new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- PEEP.

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