Arterial Lines: Do we always need them. A chat with Tom (Duracell Bunny)
Tom, one of my colleagues from the Critical Care Outreach Team and I discuss this paper and its findings reaching our own conclusions. Defer...
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20 of 206 episodesDecompensated Alcohol Related Liver Disease Part 2
We return to our 48-year-old patient: jaundiced, hypotensive, drowsy, and bleeding. In decompensated cirrhosis, every treatment targets a di...
Decompensated Alcohol Related Liver Disease
In this episode, I walk through the real-world critical care management of acute decompensated alcohol-related liver disease, using a high-r...
Non Invasive Ventilation
This episode offers a structured, bedside-focused exploration of Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in...
HHS (Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State)
HHS (Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State) is the quiet counterpart to DKA. It develops slowly in older type 2 diabetics with residual insulin,...
DKA- Fluids, Potassium and Insulin
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Hypophosphatemia in Critical Care
Summary:In this episode, we spotlight a stealthy ICU disruptor — hypophosphataemia. Based on a 2024 narrative review in the Journal of Clini...
DKA in Critical Care
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Mobilisation in Critical Care- Barriers and Culture
Mobilisation in the ICU raises two big questions: is it safe, and will staff embrace it?In this discussion, Jonathan explores both sides of...
Episode 1- Mobilisation in the ICU
SummaryFor much of critical care history, immobility was the norm: patients were sedated, kept still, and “protected.” But decades of resear...
Episode 6: Guidelines and the Future of Sedation in Critical Care
Sedation practices in the ICU have evolved dramatically over the past decade — but are we truly following the evidence?In this episode of Th...
Episode 5 — Sedation Choices: Benzos, Propofol, Dexmedetomidine
OverviewIn this episode we explore the three main sedatives used in critical care and how to choose the right agent for the right patient.Hi...
Episode 4: Sedation Protocols – Turning Knowledge into Practice
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Episode 3: Sedation Depth Why going too deep can hurt.
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CCP Podcast: Episode 2 The sedation hold game changer or risky routine?
In this episode, I explore the origins and evolution of the daily sedation hold — also known as the spontaneous awakening trial (SAT) — one...
CCP Podcast: Episode 1 A short history of sedation in ICU
In this episode, I explore how sedation practices in critical care have evolved over time — from the routine use of deep, continuous sedatio...
CCP Podcast: Whats an ITU stay like for patients families?
This is a conversation I had with Francesca Trotta, a nurse from Rome who is at the last stages in her PhD. This was at the BACCN conference...
CCP Podcast: Working in war zones and Disaster Areas
This is a chat I had with David Wightwick who is the CEO of UK Med a humanitarian medical aid charity. This happened at the BACCN 2024 confe...
Are ACCPs here to stay?
This is a conversation I had with professor Tim Buchman who is Professor of Surgery and founding director at the Emory Centre for Critical C...
CCP Podcast: AI with Aarti Sarwal
AI is here! How will it effect us and how can we use it to make learning fun with AI, or not use it to help with our work? Aarti gives some...