Crystal caves in Mexico. David Rosengren's enthralling tales of humidity, hyperthermia and human limits. How does the body cope?

It's not easy bringing a resus room to a cliff-face. Brian Burns illustrates some of the daunting challenges encountered in the pre-hospital environment

Disaster Medicine! Mark Little on strategies for the 'away team'. How the focus of medical teams needs to change when faced with large scale catastrophes.

Geoff Healy rises above traditional views on the use of anaesthesia, highlighting the unique challenges and key role it plays in the pre-hospital environment.

Is mum always right ? Roger Harris' evolutionary approach to feeding in the ICU. Are we fighting mother nature?

Evolution and inflammation. Karim Brohi critiques our approach to sepsis and how we should consider more judicious, multi-directional approach.

The 1%. Jeremy Cohen examines what makes us unique. Are there observable genetic traits that will determine how we respond to severe illness and can we measure them?

Exploration medicine. Glenn Singleman enthralls the crowd with tales of the deep, his experiences following James Cameron into the Mariana trench.

Rob mac Sweeney dissects the current evidence base that governs our diagnosis and management of ARDS. Distressing results.

Jeff Lipman explores how our conventional regimes for drug administration may be drastically underperforming when treating our critically ill patients