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COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath

Introduction to a series of posts titled "COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath", focusing on the need to build on existing knowledge in critical care and the appropriate testing of new therapies and innovations.

Chris Nickson, Jack Iwashyna, MD and Paul Young
May 3, 2020

ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator EOIs close soon!

The ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator will launch in April 2020. If this is your thing, you need to get your EOI in by February 15th 2020!

Chris Nickson
February 3, 2020

Medicine, mindfulness, movement, mental (ill)health and creativity

Medicine, mindfulness, movement, mental (ill)health and creativity. Guest post: Dr Elizabeth Winson (@DrLemmingo). Liz is a intensive care doctor in Melbourne, Australia.

Chris Nickson
June 24, 2019

A New Threat Tied in to Intensive Care

Environmental selection pressures are a driving force behind adaptive processes in organisms. For instance, drug misuse is commonly blamed for the rise of multi-resistant drugs and the disposal of large amounts of nylon in India giving rise to nylonase enzymes.…

Jarrad Hall
April 9, 2019

Mastering Intensive Care 041 with Rana Awdish

Mastering Intensive Care with Andrew Davies: Episode 41: Rana Awdish - From In Shock to true connection with our patients

Andrew Davies
April 3, 2019

ICU Ward Round

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward round consists of scheduled discussions in which healthcare providers review clinical information and develop care plans for critically ill patients

Chris Nickson
January 7, 2019

ICU after Cardiac Surgery

Intensive care unit (ICU) after Cardiac Surgery; 3% risk of death

Chris Nickson
January 7, 2019

Pregnancy and Intensive Care

Pregnancy and Intensive Care: Common reasons for admission include hypertensive disorders; haemorrhage; respiratory failure; sepsis; trauma

Chris Nickson
January 5, 2019

American ER doc walkabout Rick Abbott LITFL 340

How much is that doggie in the ICU?

Rick Abbott has seriously gone walkabout this time... He's crossed the species barrier to see what emergency physicians can learn from our veterinary colleagues.