There is no drug to treat or prevent delirium. Instead - Use sedation scores - screen, CAM-ICU - Keep pts comfortable - Stop sedation daily - Physiotherapy - Make a human environment with family contact and visits/videocalls - Natural light - Do not label patients "difficult"

How great leaders inspire action (Simon Sinek | TEDxPuget Sound) ted.com/talks/simon_si… via TED Talks

Meningitis & encephalitis in #ICU: ➡️epidemiology, signs/symptoms, CSF, imaging, EEG ➡️antimicrobials for community‑acquired meningitis, acute viral encephalitis, other involved pathogens, healthcare‑associated ventriculitis/meningitis ➡️adjuvants #FOAMcc rdcu.be/cdu0f

Tales from the floor on Fluid Stewardship by Jonny Wilkinson #IFAD2020 #CCC50 1 out of 5 patients will have significant HARM from inappropriate provision of IV fluids - act now

It is time to implement fluid stewardship in your ICU via @manu_malbrain #CCC50 #IFAD2020

"There is no one size fits all in managing ARDS patients" - Excellent presentation from Prof. Daniel Talmor on Peter Safar Memorial Lecture #CCC50 SCCM

Treatment of Anaphylaxis tamingthesru.com/blog/intern-th…

#ECMO in #COVID19 severe hypoxemic respiratory failure: ➡️190 runs = 3.7% over 5122 critical adults ➡️66.8% survival to discharge/60 days = significantly reduced mortality if early #ECLS vs conventional approach Check visual abstract! results on Intensive Care Medicine rdcu.be/ceKD6

DCD? don't waste time... but avoid undue haste, too! We seek best outcomes for organs recipients: this must be achieved providing solid professional & ethical guidance, without undermining society trust & support. Authors' reply rdcu.be/ch0vG Join discussion on Intensive Care Medicine

Therapeutics: Agitation in the ED tamingthesru.com/blog/diagnosti…

How have I not read this spicy paper before, arguing against ICM as a primary specialty…? journals.lww.com/ejanaesthesiol… David Anderson Nitin Arora Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social @JackParryJones2 Teddy Hla Aoife Abbey

“Go and get it”. The vaccine message this nurse wants you to hear. Please get vaccinated. #vaccineswork #GetVaccinatedNow @LivHospitals

Critical care interview is up! I don’t post all my videos on twitter, but I do post them all on YouTube, so check it out. youtu.be/BNeC3TTTkT8

Mon #WIC spotlight: Dr Peggy Chew, Consultant Cardiologist @ Lancashire Cardiac Centre NHS Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 💙🌈. Special interest in🫀imaging;TTE, TOE & Cardiac MRI. Passionate about improving accuracy of diagnosis & refining management with imaging. Gender regardless, the sky’s the limit!

Well done @Syamlan_ABW_Ali for an excellent presentation about a really thorough quality improvement project to improve sedation practices at Royal Liverpool Critical Care Research Group. 👏 Interested to hear about the outcomes from the next PDSA cycle! Leo Khoo #LIVES2022 @LivHospitals

Today we relaunch our CMCCN QI group@with our fabulous new chair Leo Khoo exciting things to come - if you work in critical care in cmccn and are interested in joining the group please contact us all disciplines of clinical staff welcome especially medical trainees #qi

1930 Sunday. Dinner time for most people. Not for @LivHospitals who continually ignore the welfare/basic nutritional requirements of their staff. Toasties holding strong. FYI that fridge is still broke. Should just stick some shelving in and save lecky. Your staff deserve better.

Looking forward to relaunching our QI group as cmccn QI and innovation group truly multidisciplinary - showcasing all the amazing QI &innovation work that goes on in our units in CMCCN - sharing and adopting best practice for patients, relatives and staff Leo Khoo @cmccnkaren

Lawrence McCrossan with a thought provoking talk around end of life needs and care. #ebme

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