Critical Care Practitioner

By Jonathan Downham: Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, Teaching, Sharing and Interviewing.

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Critical Care Practitioner episodes:

10.10.2023
CCP Podcast: So you want to be an ACCP?
This is a chat with Rowan Grieves, who works in Belfast, about her journey to become an ACCP and the hurdles she had to overcome when starting this new role.
03.28.2023
CCP Podcast- Patient Diaries
This was originally a Facebook livestream with an ex patient- Carol Billian, Christine representing ICU Steps, a group helping support ICU survivors and Peter Nydahl from Germany who also aims to support the same group.
03.22.2023
CCP Podcast- Lung Protective Ventilation- How to improve our practice.
This is a chat I had with Dr Daniel Watkin about his QI project to assess compliance with the guidelines and how they went about improving it. You can find the paper here- 'Beyond Audit: Embracing QI methodology to drive improvements...
02.10.2023
CCP Podcast: When to do the tracheostomy
This is a chat with Tamas Szakmany about the paper 'Impact of early tracheostomy versus late or no tracheostomy in nonneurologically injured adult patients: a systematic review and meta analysis' and his editorial 'When more could mean less intervention: the...
02.02.2023
CCP Podcast- Weaning our patients.
This is a chat with Professor John Laffey about the WEAN_SAFE study. Weaning from mechanical ventilation in intensive care units across 50 countries (WEAN SAFE): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study
01.27.2023
CCP Podcast: Do Not Resuscitate- the conversations we have.
A discussion with Michelle about the recent paper she played a part in discussing the conversation s we have, or don't about Do No Resuscitate orders. The experiences of adult patients, families, and healthcare professionals of CPR decision-making conversations in the...
01.13.2023
ICU Acquired Weakness and Muscle Wasting
Brigitta and colleagues have just published 'The rate and assessment of muscle wasting during critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.' Some important and interesting discussion points.
05.30.2022
Podcast- Nutrition management for critically and acutely unwell hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Australia and New Zealand
Great discussion with Dr Emma Ridley a dietitian from Australia about how they planned to look after the nutritional requirements of COVID patients. A lot of pointers about how we care for their needs when they haven't got COVID too.
05.29.2022
Organ Donation from the Frontline- with Vikki Howarth
Vikki has been a clinical lead for Organ Donation in the past so I spent some time picking her brains about the role of the Organ Donation team and how that affects how we look after our patients. Lots of...
03.21.2022
Proning- The PROSEVA Trial
This study entitled "Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" was published in 2013 and its aim was to evaluate the effect of early application of prone positioning on outcomes of patients with severe ARDS. It was a multicentre, prospective,...
03.13.2022
CCP Podcast- End Tidal CO2
Let’s improve our understanding of the capnograph. Very valuable when caring for your patient.
03.06.2022
FREE 15 Minute Friday- Intubation- whats all that equipment?
We all go grab the essential equipment when we need to intubate the patient. Buts what’s it all for? In this podcast I cover some of this. If you want to join me on FREE 15 Minute Friday go find the...
02.25.2022
Free 15 Minute Friday- Why have my patients sats dropped?
It could be that they have dropped quickly or slowly. Either way its sensible to have a thought process ready so that you might be able to solve it! This is what I cover in this podcast.
02.22.2022
Why do we intubate
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02.10.2022
FREE 15 Minute Friday- Basic Ventilator Screen
A new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- the basic ventilator screen. Lets go through some of those buttons.
02.09.2022
FREE 15 Minute Friday- Peak and Plateau Pressures
EA new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- Peak and Plateau Pressures. What are they and why does it matter?
02.09.2022
FREE Friday 15 Minutes- PEEP
A new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- PEEP.
01.13.2022
Why do we Intubate?
Believe it or not we don't intubate people to put them on a ventilator. Rather we put them on the ventilator because we have had to intubate them. So why do we need to intubate them? Let's work our way through using...
10.15.2021
CCP Podcast 166: Practitioners on Fire- Ashleigh Lowther
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10.06.2021
CCP Podcast 165: Catherine White and ICUSteps
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09.14.2021
CCP Podcast 164: Practitioners on Fire – Nathan Griffiths
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09.07.2021
CCP Podcast 163: Practitioners on Fire – Kay Murphy
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08.31.2021
CCP Podcast 162: Practitioners on Fire – Gareth Ward
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08.24.2021
CCP Podcast 161: Practitioners on Fire – Jamie Hyde-Watt
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08.17.2021
CCP Podcast 160: Practitioners on Fire – Julie Harper
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08.12.2021
CCP Podcast 159: What Matters to Patients and Their Families During and After Critical Illness
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08.10.2021
CCP Podcast 158: Practitioners on Fire- Sarah Shipley
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08.05.2021
CCP Podcast 157- Michael Rosen- COVID and ICU Survivor
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08.03.2021
CCP Podcast 156: Practitioners on Fire- Brigitta Fazzini
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07.29.2021
CCP Podcast 155: Registered nurses’ experiences of working in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic
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07.27.2021
CCP Podcast 154: Practitioners on Fire- Pete Chessum
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07.22.2021
CCP Podcast 153: Surviving ICU with Lou Gallie
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07.20.2021
CCP Podcast 152: Practitioners on Fire- Joanne Fisher
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07.15.2021
CCP Podcast 151:Critically ill patients’ experience of agitation with Samantha Freeman”
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07.13.2021
CCP Podcast 150: Practitioners on Fire – Martin Horton
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07.06.2021
CCP Podcast 149: Practitioners on Fire – Joanne Brown
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06.29.2021
CCP Podcast 148: Practitioners on Fire – Matt Fowler
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06.22.2021
CCP Podcast 147: Practitioners on Fire – Rachael Moses
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06.17.2021
My Experience of ICU with Carol Billian
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06.15.2021
CCC Podcast 146: Practitioners on Fire – Sally Squires
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06.10.2021
From the Vault- Mechanical Ventilation with Ollie Poole
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06.08.2021
CCp Podcast 145: Practitioners on Fire- Sean Munnelly
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06.04.2021
CCP Podcast 144: Suicide and self-harm in adult survivors of critical illness
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06.02.2021
CCP Podcast 143: Practitioners on Fire- Robin and Lee
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03.02.2021
CCP Podcast 142: Advanced Practice Proving its Worth
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02.23.2021
CCP Podcast 141: ARDS- how we treat it.
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02.17.2021
CCP Podcast 140: Proning from bench to bedside
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11.16.2020
CCP Podcast 139: ICU Follow Up Clinics
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10.21.2020
CCP Podcast 138: In Situ Simulation
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07.02.2020
CCP Podcast 137: VR and Critical Care. Really?!
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What's Critical Care Practitioner about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Critical Care Practitioner episodes:

CCP Podcast: So you want to be an ACCP?

CCP Podcast- Patient Diaries

CCP Podcast- Lung Protective Ventilation- How to improve our practice.

CCP Podcast: When to do the tracheostomy

CCP Podcast- Weaning our patients.

CCP Podcast: Do Not Resuscitate- the conversations we have.

ICU Acquired Weakness and Muscle Wasting

Podcast- Nutrition management for critically and acutely unwell hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Australia and New Zealand

Organ Donation from the Frontline- with Vikki Howarth

Proning- The PROSEVA Trial

CCP Podcast- End Tidal CO2

FREE 15 Minute Friday- Intubation- whats all that equipment?

Free 15 Minute Friday- Why have my patients sats dropped?

Why do we intubate

FREE 15 Minute Friday- Basic Ventilator Screen

FREE 15 Minute Friday- Peak and Plateau Pressures

FREE Friday 15 Minutes- PEEP

Why do we Intubate?

CCP Podcast 166: Practitioners on Fire- Ashleigh Lowther

CCP Podcast 165: Catherine White and ICUSteps

CCP Podcast 164: Practitioners on Fire – Nathan Griffiths

CCP Podcast 163: Practitioners on Fire – Kay Murphy

CCP Podcast 162: Practitioners on Fire – Gareth Ward

CCP Podcast 161: Practitioners on Fire – Jamie Hyde-Watt

CCP Podcast 160: Practitioners on Fire – Julie Harper

CCP Podcast 159: What Matters to Patients and Their Families During and After Critical Illness

CCP Podcast 158: Practitioners on Fire- Sarah Shipley

CCP Podcast 157- Michael Rosen- COVID and ICU Survivor

CCP Podcast 156: Practitioners on Fire- Brigitta Fazzini

CCP Podcast 155: Registered nurses’ experiences of working in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic

CCP Podcast 154: Practitioners on Fire- Pete Chessum

CCP Podcast 153: Surviving ICU with Lou Gallie

CCP Podcast 152: Practitioners on Fire- Joanne Fisher

CCP Podcast 151:Critically ill patients’ experience of agitation with Samantha Freeman”

CCP Podcast 150: Practitioners on Fire – Martin Horton

CCP Podcast 149: Practitioners on Fire – Joanne Brown

CCP Podcast 148: Practitioners on Fire – Matt Fowler

CCP Podcast 147: Practitioners on Fire – Rachael Moses

My Experience of ICU with Carol Billian

CCC Podcast 146: Practitioners on Fire – Sally Squires

From the Vault- Mechanical Ventilation with Ollie Poole

CCp Podcast 145: Practitioners on Fire- Sean Munnelly

CCP Podcast 144: Suicide and self-harm in adult survivors of critical illness

CCP Podcast 143: Practitioners on Fire- Robin and Lee

CCP Podcast 142: Advanced Practice Proving its Worth

CCP Podcast 141: ARDS- how we treat it.

CCP Podcast 140: Proning from bench to bedside

CCP Podcast 139: ICU Follow Up Clinics

CCP Podcast 138: In Situ Simulation

CCP Podcast 137: VR and Critical Care. Really?!