Understanding Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: A Comprehensive Overview

The journey through intensive care can be a harrowing experience for patients and their families. While the primary focus of intensive care units is to address life-threatening illnesses and stabilise patients, a significant and sometimes overlooked aspect is the aftermath of that care. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) refers to the range of physical, cognitive, and... Continue Reading →

Integrating multi-modal imaging into critical care: ORACLE Education

For our next @ICS_updates session, we look at the work of the ORACLE group who explain how to integrate multi-modal imaging into critical care

Serve or Swerve – what will Mervyn say?!

What does Mervyn Singer think of the last 40 years of ICU? We take a guess.....

CCN VLOG 2 – June 24!

Aaaaand....here's episode 2! Loads to talk about, loads to laugh about...chomping through some of my favorite stuff in the world of critical care and social media! Get your CPD here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gTAN9TvrJw Download all of the links, so you can browse everything in your own time here:

CCN VLOG 1 – May 2024

Here it is folks....the long-awaited first VLOG / Podcast from us here at CCN! Crunching all things critical care into one byte-sized session.....added humour mandated! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGUA3oDIlik Link to the entire signposting file here:

Cardiopulmonary Point of Care Ultrasound – Book Review

Many thanks to Dr Manoj Wickramsinghe for his review of this fabulous POCUS textbook. He is a trainee in Anaesthesia and ICM, based in Leeds, and one of the CCN editorial team. About the book authors Editors; Hatem Soliman-Aboumarie, Marcelo Haertel Miglioranza, Luna Gargani, Giovanni Volpicelli.  The authors and editors of this book include some... Continue Reading →

Battle of the Portables – VScan SL by GE Healthcare

We've been busy again to bring you the fastest review of GE's new offering. The VScan SL probe is due to be released and we were lucky enough to get our hands on this fab device. Was it as good as its sister device, the VSCan Air? Take a look at our 3-person review. Dr... Continue Reading →

Will A.I take over the World?!

In this video, my great friend and fellow editor Dr Marcus Peck, talks us through the world of A.I in POCUS! Let's face it, our kids are using it to write essays, the military uses it and you can't seem to be able to speak to a human being on the phone as companies are... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed Finds Feb 2023 (2)!

The last for Feb! All sifted to keep you up to date! Follow us if you aren't already. Jonny - @wilkinsonjonny Ashley - @ICMteaching Marcus - @ICUltrasonica Jump Menu JAM pick of the papers! Best POCUS Best FOAM History! Podcasts! Best websites! Best Videos Best Meetings! JAM's Pick of the Papers As ever, we recommend... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed Finds Feb 2023!

More to wet your appetite...loads of fab resources, Tweets and more to see. Follow us if you aren't already. Jonny - @wilkinsonjonny Ashley - @ICMteaching Marcus - @ICUltrasonica Jump Menu JAM pick of the papers! Best POCUS Best FOAM History! Podcasts! Best websites! Best Meetings! JAM's Pick of the Papers As ever, we recommend you... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed Finds Jan 2023!

We are back...missed us? So, here is a trawl of all that's hot....nothing that's not! Enjoy, and follow us if you aren't already. Jonny - @wilkinsonjonny Ashley - @ICMteaching Marcus - @ICUltrasonica Jump Menu JAM pick of the papers! Best POCUS Best FOAM History! Podcasts! Best websites! Best Meetings! JAM's Pick of the Papers Some... Continue Reading →

Point-of-care ultrasound in critical care

Edited by Luke Flower and Pradeep Madhivthanan  I am at the beginning of my critical care POCUS journey, but I am starting to think about all the applications of POCUS I may need to be fluent in during my career in ICM. How can I integrate it into my ward rounds when I am a... Continue Reading →

The POCUS Manifesto

About the author Follow him here: So, a book lands on POCUS! Of course, I'm interested! But, we've seen them all before....the 'how to' guides, the instructional references. There are plenty of them out there now. So, what's special about this book then.....and it is very special, I hasten to add. Take a look below... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed August 2021

It's been a year since the last collection! But dip in and see what we have chosen as the top topics recently within ICU and Critical care. Headliners FUSIC-HD is out! Get yourself accredited within one of the most comprehensive ultrasound training schemes out there! Now in HD!! CPAP saves lives? TTM might be the... Continue Reading →

The Battle of the Portables – the Vscan Air!

Here, we are excited to bring you our 4 person review of GE's new wireless portable ultrasound device. I would like to thank wholeheartedly, some of my great friends and colleagues for taking all of their precious time out to review this device for us all. And what an experience base we have! Dr Ashley... Continue Reading →

Book review – SCAN-IT: A Primer for Emergency Point of Care Ultrasound

Here we bring you another review of a text on POCUS....of course! This comes from the delightful POCUS ninja, Dr Manoj Wickramasinghe. Thanks to him, so what is out and what did he think?    About the authors: Muhammad Akbar Baig is an Assistant Professor and consultant in Emergency medicine with specific interests in research,... Continue Reading →

The Battle of the Portables – The Butterfly iQ+ Reviewed!

So....we put the new iQ+ through its paces and I am very privileged to have Dr Russ Horowitz take us through a paediatric review using the device as well. Russ is the Director of Emergency and Critical Care ultrasound Lurie Children's Hospital - Chicago What did we think then...... The perspective from Adult Anaesthesia and... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed Finds September 2020!

Welcome in! We are back again....take a look at what we dug up for you! NewsMatt's paper compendiumBlogsTop POCUSIntriguing!Top TweetsTop InfographicsTop resource News Our education portal moves from strength to strength. We talk IV fluid safety with Dr Ashley Miller ICYMI! NW-POCUS returns! Yes, our FUSIC course is back and we will announce dates soon.... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed finds August 2020

It's hot, COVID is beginning to tickle the belly of the NHS again.....but what else is going on in Critical Care?? Best PapersBest BlogsBest TweetorialsBest SitesBest Infographics and POCUSBest Videos Best Papers! Matt's Top Picks! Matt Bigwood takes us through his top picks of Critical Care Reviews papers. Cheers buddy.... Other papers! Just get on... Continue Reading →

Best #FOAMed Finds July 2020

We hope you are all well? Check out our picks of the best out there in the world of FOAM! Top BlogsTop PapersBest InfographicsPodcastsTweetorialsPOCUS Top Blogs! See the latest from TBL!! My favourites below! The trial we all talked about! Clinical Question In hospitalised patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection does dexamethasone in additional to usual care,... Continue Reading →

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