Search Tag: critical care
Six-icu-patient-and-family-info-resources
2015 09 Jun
Information in plain language at a confusing and stressful time can be of great help to patients and their friends and families both during and after a stay in the ICU. Here are ICU Management’s selection: My ICU care - Society for Critical Care Medicine Includes information on decision making, participating in care, what questions to ask, why...Read more
Sepsis-2016-paris
2016 06 Dec
The International Sepsis Forum (ISF) is a non-profit organization, focused on improving the management of sepsis through educational efforts. A council of international experts and opinion leaders heads the ISF and drives all its activities. The ISF provides international consensus on the latest understanding of key scientific and clinical issues through...Read more
Swedish-society-for-emergency-medicine-2017-sweets-2017
2017 22 Mar
SWESEM is the Swedish Society for Emergency Medicine, the national association for Swedish Emergency Physicians. We are happy to see Emergency Medicine become a primary specialty in Sweden 2015. Find SWESEM on Social Media Read more
Bedside-ultrasonography-6-success-factors-for-implementation
2017 27 Jan
Nidhi Nikhani, MD, shares 6 steps to implement ultrasonography in critical care, based on implementing ultrasound-guided central venous catheterisation (CVC) at Banner Health. 1. Define clinical challenges to be solved by implementing bedside ultrasound Banner Health faced the challenge of placing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)...Read more
5-strategies-to-ensure-gender-parity-in-critical-care-medicine
2017 08 Mar
Intensive care clinicians and researchers from around the world have published recommendations to improve the acknowledged gender inequity in the discipline, making a strong call to action “to better leverage our collective talent to the benefit of our profession and critically ill patients worldwide”. The article is available ahead of print in the...Read more
What-does-it-mean-to-be-an-intensivist-a-philosophical-view-of-intensive-care
2017 27 Apr
Wikipedia defines intensive care medicine as a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions requiring sophisticated organ support and invasive monitoring . 1 To this, I would add the line ‘for the patient’s benefit’ since this alters the above definition fundamentally. ...Read more
Point-of-care-ultrasound-is-a-hit-in-paediatric-intensive-care
2017 09 Sep
Dr Akash Deep (right) and Vanessa Wickens, UK education manager and clinical lead at SonoSite, with the ultrasound system Ultrasound technology is helping the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at King’s College Hospital to rapidly obtain vascular access in critically ill patients. Dr Akash Deep, Director of PICU, explained: “PICU treats...Read more
9th-congress-of-the-world-federation-of-pediatric-intensive-critical-care-societies
2018 09 Jun
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Adult-education-for-icu-management-a-better-way
2017 22 Nov
Frequently, formal education sessions crafted for medical professionals fall short in their ability to advance the competency of providers. There is a better way! It involves utilising knowledge from the adult education world and applying it to our critical care domain. A move to active teaching and learning strategies improves outcomes from the education....Read more
British-association-of-critical-care-nurses-baccn-conference-2020
2020 14 Sep
NOW A VIRTUAL MEETING DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find BACCN on Social Media Read more
Mitigating-the-risk-of-harm-during-the-transition-from-controlled-to-assisted-mechanical-ventilation-1
2021 30 Sep
Monitoring the strength of the patient´s breathing effort, titrating the sedation, and selecting the correct mode of ventilation is vital when transitioning from controlled to assisted ventilation. Assessing The Transition From Fully Controlled to Assisted Ventilation One of the key issues with mechanical ventilation is the transition...Read more
Blood-diseases-in-the-icu-advance-training-2022
2022 03 Jan
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33o-smart-2022-smart-meeting-anaesthesia-resuscitation-intensive-care-2022
2022 04 May
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Improving-clinical-outcomes-with-early-enteral-nutrition
2022 14 Oct
An overview of the benefits of early enteral nutrition, clinical evidence and recommendations, reasons for delayed enteral feeding in critically ill patients and optimal solutions. Early enteral nutrition is proven to improve clinical outcomes and reduce acute care costs. Nutrition clinicians support the belief that enteral nutrition is...Read more
Wicc-2023-16th-world-intensive-and-critical-care-congress
2023 26 Aug
<marquee behavior="slide" direction="left" scrollamount="30"><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Find WICC2023 on Social Media <h2 style="text-align: center;"> </marquee> Read more