Critical Conversations

Welcome back to our podcast. We took a little break for a few months but we are back with more exciting episodes coming your way. August is ICU Liberation as part of the Themed Education months in Critical Care St James's Hospital and today we are joined by Consultant Intensivist Dr Orsolya Miskolci from St James's Hospital to talk to us about what PICS is and how we can spot it and try prevent it for our patients. Please leave us a comment or review and send on any episode suggestions to [email protected]

Introducing our new 'Research Mini-Series' hosted in partnership with our colleagues in the Clinical Research Facility (CRF) at St James's Hospital. We will bring you a series of topics related to clinical research, trials and the work that goes on behind the scenes in research. In our first episode today we have a guest host 'Ed Smyth' DJ with Today FM who in conjunction with Ciara interviews Professor Martina Hennessy Director of the Clinical Research Facility in St James's Hospital and Assistant Director of Nursing (ADoN) Derval Reidy from the CRF.

Please reach out to us with any feedback and like/subscribe to our podcast 'Critical Conversations'

Julie McCabe is the Haemovigilance officer for St James's Hospital Dublin. Please like and subscribe to our podcast 'Critical Conversations'.

You can send any feedback to [email protected]

In anticipation of Advanced Practice week 2023 we are joined today by two of our own Critical Care ANPs from St James's Hospital Rachel Egan & Emma Morrissey. We are very lucky to have a team of 7, soon to become 8 ANPs in our Critical Care.

Zoe and her new husband Brian were caught up in the deadly wildfires in 2018 in Greece ultimately claiming the life of her new husband. Zoe and Brian were on honeymoon in Greece when elation turned to devastation and despair. Today, Zoe bravely talks us through her journey from the initial fire, her injuries, coming back to Ireland from Greece and the wonderful care she received in the National Burns Unit St James's Hospital. Zoe also talks about where she is now in terms of her recovery. Zoe is joined on the episode today with Patricia, Clinical Facilitator in Burns unit St James's Hospital. NOTE: This episode was recorded in June 2023 and the British Burns Association annual conference took place in Dublin in June 2023.

Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any feedback for us. Thanks for listening

Dr Arnaud-Felix Miailhe Consultant Intensivist at St James's Hospital Dublin joins our podcast today to talk about all things ICU Delirium. During the podcast he talks about resources such as CAM-ICU and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) resources on delirium. Check out the following links: https://www.sccm.org/iculiberation/guidelines

CAM- ICU: https://www.sccm.org/getattachment/a32976ed-af4c-4cc5-a984-513e9472c5b3/CAM-ICU-Assessment-Tool

Thanks to all our listeners. Please check out, like and subscribe to our podcast Critical Conversations.

Critical Care Nurse Education Team St James's Hospital

Today we are joined by Siobhan Part Falls Management Co-ordinator St James's Hospital. We talk all things falls including prevention and management and the simple things we can all do in our everyday lives to be more aware.

Today we are delighted to be joined by Sharon Slattery Director of Nursing in St James's Hospital. She talks to us today about where we are in terms of nursing, where we are striving to get to and she speaks a little bit about the unique experience & great opportunities of working as a nurse in St James's Hospital. Please leave us any feedback to [email protected]

Today we are joined by Joy Norton Tracheostomy Clinical Nurse Specialist St James's Hospital. Joy talks us through her role, how it has evolved over the years and gives us some background on the Trachy CNS role in St James's Hospital. She also details the plans for the future of the Tracheostomy CNS team. Please like and subscribe our podcast wherever you listen. Any feedback or future podcast suggestions, please email [email protected]

Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr Aoife De Brun Assistant Professor, Head of Subject Health Systems, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems about psychological safety and its place in Irish healthcare.  National Quality & Patient Safety Directorate link available here www2.healthservice.hse.ie/organisation/nqpsd/    and  Dr De Brun has recommended some online resources available though the UCD Collective Leadership resource hub on how to initiate and focus on a safety culture in your organisation. Available  at: https://www.ucd.ie/collectiveleadership/resourcehub/toolkit/