Catherine presented recently at the BACCN conference discussing some of the issues our patients have when they leave the intensive care and how we might help.

Tell me who you are and where you work- Paediatric Nurse Consultant
What is your background- Paediatirc nurse
Why did you decide to go into advanced practice- Career options limited, spotted job opportunity
What was your biggest struggle during your training- academia and developing clinical knowledge
What was the part you found less difficult than you thought you would- Adapting into the clinical role
Give one question you would ask at interview- What is their enthusiasm for advanced practice.
Name one resource you have found most useful- Don't forget the bubbles website
Who do you admire most professionally.- Katie Barnes- developed advanced practice framework

Tell me who you are and where you work- Medicine/renal
What is your background- Paramedic
Why did you decide to go into advanced practice- Longevity for career. Opportunities limited in para medicine
What was your biggest struggle during your training- Belief and role transition. Dis jointed learning

What was the part you found less difficult than you thought you would- clinical examination and procedures
Give one question you would ask at interview- would ask the interviewers how they were going support the 4 pillars
Name one resource you have found most useful- social media/podcasts/journal
Who do you admire most professionally.- Jerry Mortimer, now a lecturer, but always very inspirational

What Matters to Patients and Their Families During and After Critical Illness: A Qualitative Study

'Critically ill patients' experience of agitation: A qualitative meta-synthesis' Nursing in Critical Care 2021

A revisit of one of my most popular episodes- mechanical ventilation with respiratory therapist Ollie Poole.

Sean and I chat about his experiences as an ACCP and he tells us of his struggles and those things that were not as difficult as he expected.

This is a discussion with Shannon Fernando on his recent paper in the BMJ about some of the mental health issues survivors of Critical care may have. 

Suicide and self harm in adult survivors of critical Illness: a population based cohort study.

Robin and Lee both joined me to talk about their journey on the advanced practice route and to share their advice.

My good friend and colleague Rob Fenwick (@robfenwick) and I chatted about the article he was involved in "Productivity of Advanced Clinical Practitioners in Emergency Medicine: A 1-year dual-centre retrospective analysis" 

Rob is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the West Midlands in the Emergency Medicine department. He is also one of the members of the fabulous podcast The Resus Room (@TheResusRoom) which I highly recommend!

This is a discussion with Dr Mark Ramzy, an EM and Critical Care Doctor in Pittsburgh. 

His infographic on the various options open to us in the treatment of the patient with ARDS caught my eye on twitter so I managed to chat to him about it.

I am joined by Yogesh Apte, a doctor based in Australia, who recently went through a plan, do, study, act cycle with his team in critical care to ensure they prone well and safely. The article this is based on is below.

Prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, translating research and implementing practice change from bench to bedside in the era of coronavirus disease 2019