Critical Care Practitioner

This is a chat about the ICU patient with problems with their swallow or dysphagia,  I had with Martin Brodsky (@MBBrodskyPhD), who is an Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  He is a clinician, researcher and educator with interests in swallowing and swallowing disorders, head and […] The post CCP Podcast 060: My Critical...

I think this might be one of the most important podcasts I have ever done along with the next in the series. This is the first of two podcasts covering the latest NCEPOD paper on Non-Invasive Ventilation. This can also be found on the NCEPOD web page, but they also kindly agreed to allow me […] The post CCP Podcast 077: NCEPOD 2017 Acute Non-Invasive Ventilation: Inspiring Change. appeared first o...

CCP Podcast 026 was myself and Ken Spearpoint (@K_G_Spearpoint) talking about some of the issues around Crew resource Management. We continue the conversation in this episode and maybe even arrive at some conclusions….maybe!! [table id=1 /] [Stitcher_Radio_Logo] [get_in_touch_with_jonathan]   CCP Podcast 026 was myself and Ken Spearpoint (@K_G_Spearpoint) talking about some of the issues around […...

Dorothy Wade works as a chartered health psychologist in the Critical Care Unit at UCH. She is registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council, and has a PhD in psychology and health care evaluation from University College London. She is available to support patients, families and staff in Critical Care. […] The post CCP Podcast 041: PTSD in Critical Care. ap...

The psychology of our patients, their relatives and the staff we work with is under discussion in this podcast. I managed to get Megan Hosey (@DrMeganHoseyPhD), a psychologist from Johns Hopkins, Dr Julie Highfield (@DrJulie_H), a psychologist from Cardiff and Dorothy Wade (@dwadepsych) a psychologist from London together to discuss these important issues. We talk about […] The post CCP Podcast 08...

Happy Christmas all! A usurper (Jesse Spurr- Injectable Orange) takes the reins in this episode which allows Jonathan to talk about himself. Hope thats not too narcissistic! Some old guests make an appearance as well. Hope you enjoy it and Have a great Christmas. [table id=1 /] [Stitcher_Radio_Logo] [get_in_touch_with_jonathan]   Happy Christmas all! A usurper […] The post CCP Podcast 021: Jesses’...

In this podcast I carry on my conversation with Ollie Poole (@respreview) about some of the issues with mechanical ventilation. We talk about the different types of breath and why we use them. This then helps us identify some of the very confusing terms the ventilator companies use when describing their ventilator modes. We somehow […] The post CCP Podcast 034: Mechanical Ventilation…Types of brea...

This is a discussion I had with Liz Staveacre (@lizzys39) who is Senior Critical Care Outreach Clinical Nurse Specialist at Northwick Park Hospital. Her Masters’ dissertation looked at the factors that influence whether nurses will escalate the patient when it is necessary. From the discussion, it would seem that there is still some work to be done. It […] The post CCP Podcast 062: Escalate the Pa...

Levosimendan for the Prevention of Acute Organ Dysfunction in Sepsis Gavin and I try to peel apart the layers of the LeoPARDS Trial which assesses the benefits of levosimendan for the prevention of organ dysfunction in sepsis. It’s another interesting study which actually asks more questions that it answers, but all questions we may try to answer […] The post CCP Podcast 050: LeoPARDS Trial appear...

The Two Jonnys are back! We have had a break but time we got together again. In this podcast Jonny Wilkinson (@wilkinsonjonny) and I discuss the latest post on his fabulous website breaking down some of the new stuff out there on the internet relevant to our practice. Lots of food for thought. Go and look at […] The post CCP Podcast 100: The Two Jonnys Season Two! appeared first on Critical Care P...

Bethan Bishop is Head of Innovation and Industry Engagement at the Heart of England NHS Trust in Birmingham. In this podcast she discusses how this role came about, having come from a background in the Pharmaceutical industry. She works as part of the MIDRU team which aims to help in the innovation process. She is […] The post CCP Podcast 007: Chat with Bethan Bishop appeared first on Critical Car...

TEAM is a program of research to evaluate the effect of early mobilisation to assess functional recovery and patient-centered outcomes of ICU survivors. Carol Hodgson is one of the lead clinicians in this project, She will be presenting at the 2015 Intensive Care Society State of the Art conference, so this is an opportunity to […] The post CCP Podcast 039: Early Mobilisation- Get Them Moving! app...

The Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Difficult Airway Society and the Royal College of Anaesthetists have combined to provide the ‘Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults‘. The main part of the document covers Plan A to Plan D when performing this procedure. This is well worth a read […] The post CCP Podcast 083: Guidelines for Trach...

Myself and Tracey Starkey-Moore (@TraceyStarkeyMo) led a @WeNurses chat on the 1st October about Advanced Practitioners. You can find the Summary on the discussion on the WeCommunities website with the relevant key word clouds. Tracey and I then got together with Gavin Denton (@DentonGavin) and Jemma Owen (@JemmaOwen1) to discuss some of the key issues […] The post CCP Podcast 038: WeNurses Tweet...

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This episode features a chat with Fiona Moffat who is a lecturer in Physiotherapy and practising physiotherapist. She was involved in some LEAN thinking and is now interested in early mobilisation in the critical care world. As a social scientist she is also interested in how we get to normalise new technologies or interventions in health […] The post CCP Podcast 040: Why Won’t We Change? appeared...

Characterisation of sleep in intensive care using 24-hour polysomnography: an observational study. This was a very enlightening discussion with Rosalind Elliott from Sydney about her study. Our poor ITU patients are struggling to get any decent sleep- what can we do to help them? Rosalind Elliott qualified as a nurse in London, England in the […] The post CCP Podcast 045: Simple Things to Help The...

This is an episode featuring Dr Paul Wischmeyer (@Paul_wischmeyer) who is a doctor at the Department of Anesthesiology and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center. I noticed he had tweeted about a presentation (Surviving the ICU-The Patient Experience: What Patients Need Their Doctors to Know) he gave which was available on YouTube and […] The post CCP Podcast 059: Survivi...

I thought it was time we explored the subject of mechanical ventilation again and so I reached out on Twitter and am now joined by Thomas Piraino (@respresource) who is a Clinical Specialist in mechanical ventilation at the Centre of Excellence in Mechanical Ventilation, St. Michael’s Hospital. We start with the basic modes and what is […] The post CCP Podcast 090: Mechanical Ventilation with Thom...

NOT The Two Ronnies…but The Two Jonnys….and Twitter! This is the fourth episode of an exciting new podcast project with Jonny Wilkinson (@WilkinsonJonny) who is an anaesthetist and Intensive Care Consultant at Northampton hospital He has a website, Critical Care Northampton, from where he does regular reviews of some of the many issues one can find […] The post CCP Podcast 072: The Two Jonnys Do T...

In this podcast episode I was lucky enough to have a discussion with Ollie Poole who is a respiratory therapist in Canada. I came across Ollies’ YouTube site Respiratory Review and was very impressed with his series on mechanical ventilation helping to explain some of the terminology and reasoning behind how we ventilate patients. He […] The post CCP Podcast 018: Mechanical Ventilation…. appeared...

Reducing ventilator associated pneumonia in adult patients through high standards of oral care: A historical control study Lee Cutler, Paula Sluman. Intensive and Critical care Nursing. 2014 Consultant Nurse Lee Cutler discusses the study he was involved in with his colleague Paula Sluman. Ventilator associated pneumonia is a big problem in the critical care environment so […] The post CCP Podcast...

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RSI My good friend Dr. Nitin Arora and I had a discussion about the various combinations of drugs which can be used during a rapid sequence induction or RSI and the reasons for giving them. Sometimes its not always evident why the doctor wants the drugs he asks for. Hopefully, in this podcast, some of […] The post CCP Podcast 048:RSI- Which Drug? appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner .

This is a conversation I had with Marcus Peck (@ICUltrasonica) who is the chair of the FICE committee (Focussed Intensive Care Echocardiography) and Hannah Conway who is an ACCP at Glenfield Hospital and is VERY qualified when it comes to ultrasound and echocardiography. It would seem that Marcus and colleagues are very keen for us to do echo! […] The post CCP Podcast 082: FICE…Just Do It! appeare...