Great discussion with Dr Emma Ridley a dietitian from Australia about how they planned to look after the nutritional requirements of COVID patients. A lot of pointers about how we care for their needs when they haven't got COVID too.

Vikki has been a clinical lead for Organ Donation in the past so I spent some time picking her brains about the role of the Organ Donation team and how that affects how we look after our patients. Lots of really valuable insights.

This study entitled "Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" was published in 2013 and its aim was to evaluate the effect of early application of prone positioning on outcomes of patients with severe ARDS. It was a multicentre, prospective, randomised controlled trial mainly in French Hospitals.  The primary outcome was 28 day mortality. Recruited patients had […]

Let’s improve our understanding of the capnograph. Very valuable when caring for your patient.

We all go grab the essential equipment when we need to intubate the patient. Buts what’s it all for? In this podcast I cover some of this. If you want to join me on FREE 15 Minute Friday go find the Critical Care Practitioner page on Facebook.

It could be that they have dropped quickly or slowly. Either way its sensible to have a thought process ready so that you might be able to solve it! This is what I cover in this podcast.

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A new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- the basic ventilator screen. Lets go through some of those buttons.

EA new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- Peak and Plateau Pressures. What are they and why does it matter?

A new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- PEEP.