Background At the end of December 2019, public health authorities in China noted a cluster […]
Recording your treatment wishes in advance ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) […]
Who’s who in intensive care? Advanced Critical Care Practitioner ACCP’s work alongside the medical team in ICU, […]
Intensive care supports failing organ systems whilst a patient’s underlying illness is diagnosed and treated. Although intensive care […]
HDU vs ICU The main difference between intensive care and high dependency care is the […]
Although the media often talk about ‘being on life support’, this is a slightly misleading phrase. […]
The ICU ventilator If a patient’s illness makes them unable to breath adequately for themselves they may be sedated […]
Low blood pressure can have many causes but one of the commonest is infection and ‘septic shock’. […]
Kidney dialysis Many intensive care patients need treatment with a kidney machine or ‘renal replacement […]