In this podcast I carry on my conversation with Ollie Poole (@respreview) about some of the issues with mechanical ventilation. We talk about the different types of breath and why we use them. This then helps us identify some of the very confusing terms the ventilator companies use when describing their ventilator modes.

We somehow manage to bring some puppies into the conversation too!! If you want more from Ollie then go to his fantastic YouTube site where he covers other subjects too.

Thyroid Storm Chapter: Review of Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Storm - emcrit http://t.co/v8qQMMZh35 #FOAMed

— foambase (@foambase) May 17, 2015

Thyroid Storm

Dr Scott Weingart (@emcrit) does his usual brilliant job over at EMCRIT explaining some of the issues in this condition. This is one I have encountered in ITU so I found particularly interesting.

Are you an Advanced Practitioner in any specialty? Then you need to come to this meeting. This is the 3rd year this has been held in Coventry and gives us all a chance to network. Also priced very reasonably so you have no excuses. 

Some good speakers lined up talking about:

An Analysis of UK wide advanced practice programmes.

Advancing Nursing in gerontology.

Challenges of Advanced Practice across primary and secondary care.

In the afternoon there are going to be chances to have a chance to review your anatomy of various systems using the state of the the art Surgical Training centre, followed by workshops in writing a publication, presenting a business case and undertaking research.

Come along and help mold the changes we are all making.

Wendy Sinclair (@wlasinclair) is a lecturer in childrens nursing at Salford University and has been there for the last eight years. She started using Twitter about a year ago as a way of engaging the Salford Nursing Students. Also to see how they could use social media in both a professional and social capacity. She is also working towards a PhD in Social Media and Professional Conduct.

We are also joined by Neil Withnell (@neilwithnell) is a senior lecturer in mental health nursing and Moira McCoughlin (@levylass) who is a childrens nurse and senior lecturer.

An interesting discussion is had by us all about the benefits of social media when used well and the empowering of their students. This is a model that others should follow.

I also want to point out a conference which is happening in Coventry in July. This is the 3rd National Advanced Practitioner conference. You can click on the image below for a link to the application form.

This is not an expensive day and it would be great to be able to network with other practitioners. I am pushing people to go from my trust, so lets all the do the same. See if we can overwhelm them with interest. I am hoping that I will be able to let you all know the format of the day by the 11th May. So watch out for my tweets!

#FOAMed has been helpful as always. Salim Rezaie has put together a great post about Seepsis and some of the current practices, along with a podcast and his slides which he used at a recent conference. Click on the copy of the tweet below from @drwillangus.

ICYMI: Sepsis Care in 2015 -> Sepsis Trilogy, Goal MAP, Hb transfusion, & more http://t.co/KQoni3s8Iu #FOAMed #FOAMcc pic.twitter.com/0zZNPi1pJS

— Salim R. Rezaie (@srrezaie) May 6, 2015

I am also tweeting like fury about this years Intensive Care State of the Art meeting in December of this year. Its going to be a good one I think and I hope to be well involved on the social media side of things via @ganesh_ICM who is doing a fabulous job of putting things together.  Click on the tweet below to see what he is up to, and please retweet if when you see it! 

Go to http://t.co/KrRBCgdWtL live now! To register for this years ICS State of the Art conference. #icssoa2015 pic.twitter.com/U8kc4lQbnd — Jonathan Downham (@ccpractitioner) May 6, 2015

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