Most patients in intensive care will have an arterial line – a thin tube placed […]
Non-invasive breathing therapies are used to assist the breathing of awake patients via a tight fitting mask […]
A patient’s vital signs are continuously monitored in the intensive care unit. Their pulse rate, […]
Sedation is frequently used in intensive care to minimise distress and pain from invasive therapies […]
  More than 20 million people in the UK have signed the organ donor register, […]
A tracheostomy is a breathing tube placed directly into the windpipe through the front of […]
A nasogastric tube or NG tube passes through the nose, down the back of the […]
A lumbar puncture, often referred to as an ‘LP’, describes using a thin needle to sample […]