At the inaugural Victorian Intensive Care Network (VIN) meeting, Vin Pellegrino gave and outstanding talk. Vin is a renounded and popular Senior Intensive Care Specialist at The Alfred Hospital and head of the ECMO Clinical Service. He has had a lead role in the development of the world leading ECMO service at The Alfred since 2003. His other interests are in circulatory physiology and control of the circulation. Vin gives a fascinating and original insight into haemodynamic physiology relevant to critical care. Listen to it here and go to www.intensivecarenetwork.com to get the slides.