A uthor Kathryn Rowan Ph.D, Director, ICNARC, London, UK C orrespondence [email protected] W ebsite www.icnarc.org A cknowledgements ICNARC is an independent, charitable company. Established in 1994, through an initial two-year grant from the UK government,...
READ MOREA uthor Dr Peter Royle, MBBS FRCA MBA Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Anaesthetic Department, University Hospital of North Tees, UK C orrespondence [email protected] Dr Peter Royle explains the activities of the Adult Critical Care Stakeholder Forum in the...
READ MOREA uthor Christine Bates, MBChB MRCPath Department of Microbiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield, UK C orrespondence [email protected] This article outlines the current UK strategy for combating MRSA at a...
READ MOREA uthor Sarah Bateman RGN, Dip(HE)MNS, Senior Sister, Critical Care Outreach Team, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, UK C orrespondence [email protected] A cknowledgements Thank you to the Critical Care Outreach Team at SUHT for...
READ MOREA uthors Antonio Artigas Critical Care Centre, Sabadell Hospital University Institute Parc Taulí Sabadell Spain Jean Carlet Intensive Care Department Hôpital St. Joseph, Paris France Michael Niederman Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Winthrop University...
READ MOREA uthor Jean-Louis Vincent Head, Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium. Professor Jean-Louis Vincent presents a flavour of the programme for the 26th International Symposium of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. The 26th International Symposium of Intensive...
READ MORESkill in conflict resolution and management is an important tool for those involved in any aspect of critical care medicine, but especially for those in leadership positions. Failure to accurately assess and manage conflict can result in a number of deleterious effects with important implications for patient care. Introduction Conflict...
READ MORETeam management is important in running an ICU. Team members have little faith that conflicts can be dealt with effect. In this article indicators of (impending) conflicts are provided. Patient-centred team meetings are powerful tool to deal with these conflicts, for which a model is presented. Introduction There is general awareness...
READ MOREA uthors On behalf of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine Koenraad Hendrik D.K. Vandewoude Dept.of Intensive Care, Centre for Solid Organ Transplantation Ghent University Hospital Patrick Ferdinande MD, PhD, Department of Intensive Care, Universitaire...
READ MOREAuthor Margaret Hemmer MD, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg C orrespondence [email protected] FTE = Full time equivalent nurses budgeted for each ICU Source: UCM with the agreement of the Directorate of Health. Dr Hemmer describes the organisation of health- and intensive care in...
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