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 […]
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’. […]
Sedation is frequently used in intensive care to minimise distress and pain from invasive therapies […]
Background At the end of December 2019, public health authorities in China noted a cluster […]
These conditions are not the same but occasionally can occur together. A heart attack occurs […]
If a person’s heart is restarted after a cardiac arrest (heart stoppage) it is common […]
Recording your treatment wishes in advance ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) […]
Each morning an intensivist (consultant in intensive care medicine) will review each of the patients […]
This assessment is done on ICU by the Speech and Language Therapist (SLT). It involves […]
VFSS is a video x-ray of swallowing. Patients go to the radiology department for this […]