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Podcasts from Critical Care Practitioner. This is a series of podcasts which aim to discuss current issues in Critical Care and Social Media. Critical care Practitioner interviews other practitioners and updates on new research and practices within the speciality.

Dec 9, 2019

One of my colleagues, Rachel Williams (@rawbubbles9), and her team are working very hard to get the patients moving and then hopefully home sooner whilst on the wards. This involves a number of methods including reindeer!


Nov 5, 2019

My contacts at the American Association of Critical Care Nurses put me in touch with Jill Guttormson, the author of Nurses’ Attitudes and Practices Related to Sedation: A National Survey It seems we are still not great at doing the sedation hold and this is an attempt to find out why. Some interesting points raised...


Oct 15, 2019

Pressure Injuries at Intensive Care Unit Admission as a Prognostic Indicator of Patient Outcomes 
 
©2019 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses doi:https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2019530
 
This is a chat with the lead author of this paper Dr William McGee.
 
"Pre-existing pressure injuries can serve as a...


Sep 19, 2019

Paul uses this A-Z checklist for every patient on the ward round. Here he takes us through it to add to our understanding of some of the issues we need to consider when assessing our patients.


Aug 31, 2019

In this episode Bryan discusses some of the issues with pain, agitation and delirium with the pharmacist Komal Pandya. 

We all try to understand how to help our patients and sometimes get it wrong, but lets continue to work hard to improve.

 

Jakob SM, Ruokonen E, Grounds RM, et al. Dexmedetomidine vs midazolam or...