The Critical Care Practitioner

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.

Direct download: Rowan_final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:59am EDT

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.

Direct download: Pt_Diaries.output.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:24am EDT

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'

Direct download: Tamas.final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:26am EDT

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

Direct download: John_Laffey_final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:49am EDT

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.

 

Direct download: Michelle-HartantoV1.0final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:13am EDT

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.

Direct download: Brigitta_ICUAW_final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:34am EDT

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