• Defibrillators: From Science to Guidelines

    Author Jerry Nolan FRCA, Co-Chairman, International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath C orrespondence [email protected]   Dr Nolan previews the new European Resuscitation Council guidelines...

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  • Defibrillator/Monitors: Comparison Charts

    C ontact ECRI Europe Weltech Centre Ridgeway Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 2AA, United Kingdom Correspondence Tel. +44 (0)1707 871511 Fax. +44 (0)1707 393138 Email: [email protected] W ebsite www.ecri.org.uk...

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  • Medical Emergency Teams (METS): Let Us be Careful

    A uthor Jean-Louis Vincent Head, Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Correspondence [email protected]   Where Will We Find the Doctors to Fill These Posts? Professor Vincent presents his concerns over MET-type systems and...

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  • Medical Emergency Teams (METS):Preventive Practice

    Author Ken Hillman MBBS, FRCA, FANZCA, FJFICM Professor of Intensive Care, University of New South Wales, Director, The Simpson Centre for health Services Research Co-Director, Division of Critical Care, Liverpool Health Service, Sydney, Australia.   C orrespondence [email protected]...

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  • Interview with Dr. Julian F. Bion, President of ESICM

    Interviewee Julian F. Bion, FRCP, FRCA, MD, Reader in Intensive Care Medicine, University Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK President, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)   In an interview with Kirstie Edwards, Dr Julian Bion...

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  • Healthcare in the Netherlands: Trends

    Author Jan C. F. M. Aghina Director of the National association of healthcare institution directors (NVZD) C orrespondence [email protected] W ebsite www.nvzd.nl   Healthcare in the Netherlands is undergoing considerable changes. Dr Aghina describes some of the current trends and  their implications...

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  • Organisational Aspects of IC in the Netherlands

    Contact Arthur R. H. van Zanten MD, Director of Intensive Care, Gelderse Vallei Hospital, Ede, The Netherlands Chairman of the committee on quality of intensive care medicine Dutch Society of Intensive Care C orrespondence [email protected] W ebsite www.nvic.nl...

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  • National IC Evaluation (NICE): A Dutch Quality Control System

    Authors On behalf of the NICE foundation   Nicolette F. de Keizer Dept. of Medical Informatics,   Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands   Evert de Jonge Dept. of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands   The National Intensive...

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  • Health and IC in Belgium

    A 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...

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  • Organisation of IC in Luxembourg

    Author 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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