Gareth (@garemlyn) speak with Dr Alicia Waite (@_aacw) about her journey as a trainee involved in research. They discuss the challenges and barriers to research and those specific to being a trainee focussed and acadaemia.   The TRIC network is a collective of trainees with a passion for research in ICM. They are interested in hearing from any trainee who wishes to be involved in research at any level. So far they have conducted the PIM-COVID study and are collaborating on more. Follow them on Twitter @tricnetwork or check out their website https://tricnetwork.co.uk/ Would you like to be ..read more

Gareth Thomas speaks with Dr Michael Slattery (@mkyslattery), the Clinical Lead of the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service Cymru (@CritCareCymru), on the topic of Critical Care transfers. They discuss how a service can be established to meet the needs of a geographically challenging systems, the challenges faced and how they can be overcome. An essential highlight is the important role undertaken by Retrieval & Transfer Practitioners and the potential to alter the landscape of transfer medicine. #processnotlocation Would you like to be involved in FICMlearning? Whether it is a blog post ..read more

Title – The Surgical Viewpoint on ICU   Intro text – Gareth Thomas @garemlyn speaks with Mr Peter Coyne @petercoyne1982, a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon in Newcastle with a special interest in advanced cancer and robotic surgery. This first part of the discussion homes in on the viewpoint of the surgeon regarding patients on ICU. Areas of particular focus are who has ownership of their care? Who should know if there is a deterioration? How are decisions made when more than one specialty has a vested interest?   Part 2 will cover common and serious complications affecting the general ..read more

This podcast is a two part interview with Dr Caroline Sampson, ECMO and intensive care consultant, on the topic of the clinical management of ARDS . This first part discusses some aspects of who benefits from escalation to intensive care, as well as strategies to avoid intubation, and how the decision to intubate is made.  ..read more

This episode we are taking a different slant than previous ones and turning more clinical. Gareth (@garemlyn) speaks with fellow podcast lead, Dr Ricky Bell, a consultant in Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine, on the subject of Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury. The discussion is designed to be practical in nature and as such does not constitute guidance from FICM and the views expressed are those of Gareth and Ricky only.  We would really appreaciate your feedback on these clincal segments so please do get in touch via the FICM website, the FICM twitter feed or by any ..read more

Gareth Thomas speaks with Dr Carol Davies (Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Southampton), Dr David Harvie (Higher Trainee in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care in Wessex) and Dr Rob Chambers (Consultant in Intensive Care in Southampton). In this two-part series, we discuss the role that palliative medicine can play within the ICU both for patients and staff, the surprising impact when dealing with referrals. Part two focusses more on the future of palliative medicine within ICU and where development of closer working can lead the two services ..read more

Intro text – Gareth Thomas speaks with Dr Carol Davies (Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Southampton), Dr David Harvie (Higher Trainee in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care in Wessex) and Dr Rob Chambers (Consultant in Intensive Care in Southampton). In this two-part series, we discuss the role that palliative medicine can play within the ICU both for patients and staff, the surprising impact when dealing with referrals. Part two focusses more on the future of palliative medicine within ICU and where development of closer working can lead the two services ..read more

In this podcast James Sira talks to Hugh Montgomery about the application of Artificial Intelligence in critical care and the wider healthcare environment ..read more

Matt Morgan, Segun Olusanya, Alex Scott, Ben Jones and Ben Ivory deliver some interesting and useful thoughts and reflections from their own experiences of pursuing a career in Intensive Care Medicine. Whilst these aren’t the things that you would read in evidence-based journals and they may not necessarily help you pass the FFICM exams, they do provide some useful insights into the art of being an effective clinician and leader in Intensive Care Medicine ..read more

In this podcast Gareth Thomas talks to Alex Scott and John Cully about the relatively new role of the ACCP and their experiences of training and working as an ACCP at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ..read more