Shay McGuinness talks about what ECMO is, the history of its use in New Zealand and how their ECMO retrieval system works there. This was recorded live at the inaugural ICN NZ meeting, with support from ANZICS NZ.

Hussain (@HussainKadim ) takes us through what trauma is and means today, and how the network of trauma services becomes more than a sum of its parts. An interesting perspective on the big picture which is so easy to loose sight of.

This is in the Pecha Kucha format so if your life only has a 6.40 hole, plug it!

This was also recorded live in a sushi bar in Erskineville for an ICN NSW night powered by Pecha Kucha in the PK format of 20 slides, 20 s per slide.

Whilst faeces may not be the most glamorous of topics, the bowel habits of the critically ill matter. In Code Brown: Poo in the ICU, Claire takes us through the nuts and bolts of what faeces are, what to do if the consistency is wrong, the pitfalls of faecal management systems and why Bowels deserve their place in the ABC of resuscitation.

Sumesh Arora goes through the key intensive care aspects of managing the patient who's just had an oesophagectomy.

These patients can test the best of us and when it all goes wrong it's not pretty. This is in the Pecha Kucha format so if your life only has a 6.40 hole, plug it!

This was recorded at the ICN night powered by PK last December.

Go to www.intensivecarenetwork.com for more.

This podcast was recorded backstage at the Critical Care Reviews Meeting in January 2015 at the Galgorm Resort in Northern Ireland.

The meeting is hosted annually by Rob Mac Sweeney, the creator and curator of the awesome Critical Care Reviews website.

The intro and outro track is from Spiedkiks "Take off your make up", a creative commons free music download.

Danielle discusses the intensive care management of acute liver failure, including future directions for treating this devastating condition.

This was also recorded at the ICN NSW meeting in the Pecha Kucha format of 20 slides, 20 s per slide, so it's waffle-free and well rehearsed!

Go to www.intensivecarenetwork.com for more!

Recorded live in a Sushi Bar in Erskineville for an ICN NSW night powered by Pecha Kucha, this is a succinct presentation on Ventilation in acute severe asthma.

With 20 slides and exactly 20 seconds per slide, Jude summarises the priciples behind ventilating one of the most terrifying types of patient we encouter: the acute severe asthmatic.

Recorded live in a Sushi Bar in Erskineville for an ICN NSW night powered by Pecha Kucha, this is a succinct presentation on Ebola.

20 slides, exactly 20 seconds per slides and in 6 min 40s, Sara has encapsulated where we're up to with Ebola.

Day and Olusanya present many interesting articles from the Journal of the Intensive Care Society. They discuss a case of coagulopathy on novel anticoagulants, riginal research on use of automatic acceptance criteria to improve patient transfers. and intensive care follow up of UK military casualties.

All the articles are #FOAMed and can be accessed from: http://inc.sagepub.com/content/15/2.toc

Want to know how you can be useful when the call goes out to join the "other" Mile-High Club?

Dr Ian Hosegood is the medical director for a major international airline, and has extensive experience with pre-hospital care.

In part two of this entertaining talk, he discusses the policies and training of airline staff, how medically qualified volunteers can be useful, and might even touch on how to get an upgrade...