Critical Care Practitioner

Non Invasive Ventilation

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode offers a structured, bedside-focused exploration of Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in COPD, ali...

HHS (Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State)

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HHS (Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State) is the quiet counterpart to DKA. It develops slowly in older type 2 diabetics with residual insulin, leading t...

DKA- Fluids, Potassium and Insulin

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Hypophosphatemia in Critical Care

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Summary:In this episode, we spotlight a stealthy ICU disruptor — hypophosphataemia. Based on a 2024 narrative review in the Journal of Clinical Medi...

DKA in Critical Care

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Mobilisation in Critical Care- Barriers and Culture

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mobilisation in the ICU raises two big questions: is it safe, and will staff embrace it?In this discussion, Jonathan explores both sides of the story...

Episode 1- Mobilisation in the ICU

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

SummaryFor much of critical care history, immobility was the norm: patients were sedated, kept still, and “protected.” But decades of research hav...

Episode 6: Guidelines and the Future of Sedation in Critical Care

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sedation practices in the ICU have evolved dramatically over the past decade — but are we truly following the evidence?In this episode of The Critic...

Episode 5 — Sedation Choices: Benzos, Propofol, Dexmedetomidine

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OverviewIn this episode we explore the three main sedatives used in critical care and how to choose the right agent for the right patient.HighlightsBe...

Episode 4: Sedation Protocols – Turning Knowledge into Practice

27 Aug 2025

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Episode 3: Sedation Depth Why going too deep can hurt.

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast: Episode 2 The sedation hold game changer or risky routine?

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I explore the origins and evolution of the daily sedation hold — also known as the spontaneous awakening trial (SAT) — one of...

CCP Podcast: Episode 1 A short history of sedation in ICU

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I explore how sedation practices in critical care have evolved over time — from the routine use of deep, continuous sedation to the...

CCP Podcast: Whats an ITU stay like for patients families?

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a conversation I had with Francesca Trotta, a nurse from Rome who is at the last stages in her PhD. This was at the BACCN conference in Aberde...

CCP Podcast: Working in war zones and Disaster Areas

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a chat I had with David Wightwick who is the CEO of UK Med a humanitarian medical aid charity. This happened at the BACCN 2024 conference in A...

Are ACCPs here to stay?

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a conversation I had with professor Tim Buchman who is Professor of Surgery and founding director at the Emory Centre for Critical Care in the...

CCP Podcast: AI with Aarti Sarwal

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AI is here! How will it effect us and how can we use it to make learning fun with AI, or not use it to help with our work? Aarti gives some easy to un...

CCP Podcast: So you want to be an ACCP?

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a chat with Rowan Grieves, who works in Belfast, about her journey to become an ACCP and the hurdles she had to overcome when starting this ne...

CCP Podcast- Patient Diaries

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This was originally a Facebook livestream with an ex patient- Carol Billian, Christine representing ICU Steps, a group helping support ICU survivors a...

CCP Podcast- Lung Protective Ventilation- How to improve our practice.

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a chat I had with Dr Daniel Watkin about his QI project to assess compliance with the guidelines and how they went about improving it.  You ...

CCP Podcast: When to do the tracheostomy

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a chat with Tamas Szakmany about the paper 'Impact of early tracheostomy versus late or no tracheostomy in nonneurologically injured adult pat...

CCP Podcast- Weaning our patients.

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a chat with Professor John Laffey about the WEAN_SAFE study.  Weaning from mechanical ventilation in intensive care units across 50 countrie...

CCP Podcast: Do Not Resuscitate- the conversations we have.

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion with Michelle about the recent paper she played a part in discussing the conversation s we have, or don't about Do No Resuscitate orders....

ICU Acquired Weakness and Muscle Wasting

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brigitta and colleagues have just published 'The rate and assessment of muscle wasting during critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis....

Podcast- Nutrition management for critically and acutely unwell hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Australia and New Zealand

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Great discussion with Dr Emma Ridley a dietitian from Australia about how they planned to look after the nutritional requirements of COVID patients. A...

Organ Donation from the Frontline- with Vikki Howarth

29 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Vikki has been a clinical lead for Organ Donation in the past so I spent some time picking her brains about the role of the Organ Donation team and ho...

Proning- The PROSEVA Trial

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This study entitled "Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" was published in 2013 and its aim was to evaluate the effect of ...

CCP Podcast- End Tidal CO2

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s improve our understanding of the capnograph. Very valuable when caring for your patient. The post CCP Podcast- End Tidal CO2 appeared first on...

FREE 15 Minute Friday- Intubation- whats all that equipment?

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We all go grab the essential equipment when we need to intubate the patient. Buts what’s it all for? In this podcast I cover some of this. If you w...

Free 15 Minute Friday- Why have my patients sats dropped?

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It could be that they have dropped quickly or slowly. Either way its sensible to have a thought process ready so that you might be able to solve it! T...

Why do we intubate

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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FREE 15 Minute Friday- Basic Ventilator Screen

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- the basic ventilator ...

FREE 15 Minute Friday- Peak and Plateau Pressures

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

EA new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- Peak and Plateau Pre...

FREE Friday 15 Minutes- PEEP

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A new series which I am hoping to provide weekly taken from the live streams I am running across social media- this weeks topic- PEEP. The post FREE F...

Why do we Intubate?

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Believe it or not we don't intubate people to put them on a ventilator. Rather we put them on the ventilator because we have had to intubate them.  ...

CCP Podcast 166: Practitioners on Fire- Ashleigh Lowther

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 165: Catherine White and ICUSteps

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 164: Practitioners on Fire – Nathan Griffiths

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 163: Practitioners on Fire – Kay Murphy

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 162: Practitioners on Fire – Gareth Ward

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 161: Practitioners on Fire – Jamie Hyde-Watt

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 160: Practitioners on Fire – Julie Harper

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 159: What Matters to Patients and Their Families During and After Critical Illness

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 158: Practitioners on Fire- Sarah Shipley

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 157- Michael Rosen- COVID and ICU Survivor

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 156: Practitioners on Fire- Brigitta Fazzini

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 155: Registered nurses’ experiences of working in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 154: Practitioners on Fire- Pete Chessum

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 153: Surviving ICU with Lou Gallie

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 152: Practitioners on Fire- Joanne Fisher

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 151:Critically ill patients’ experience of agitation with Samantha Freeman”

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 150: Practitioners on Fire – Martin Horton

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 149: Practitioners on Fire – Joanne Brown

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 148: Practitioners on Fire – Matt Fowler

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 147: Practitioners on Fire – Rachael Moses

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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My Experience of ICU with Carol Billian

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCC Podcast 146: Practitioners on Fire – Sally Squires

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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From the Vault- Mechanical Ventilation with Ollie Poole

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCp Podcast 145: Practitioners on Fire- Sean Munnelly

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 144: Suicide and self-harm in adult survivors of critical illness

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 143: Practitioners on Fire- Robin and Lee

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 142: Advanced Practice Proving its Worth

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 141: ARDS- how we treat it.

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 140: Proning from bench to bedside

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 139: ICU Follow Up Clinics

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 138: In Situ Simulation

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 137: VR and Critical Care. Really?!

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 136: Delirium with David Aaronovitch

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 135:COVID-19 and Ethics

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 134- CCP Podcast 134- COVID 19- When to do that tracheostomy?

18 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 133: Ollie Poole and SCCM Guidelines on Mechanical Ventilation in COVID-19

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 132: COVID- Early Days?

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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Preparing to Prone- Courtesy of the BACCN

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 131: The Rose Trial

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 130: Twitter Chats

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 129: APRV- Why you shouldn’t

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 128: PJ Paralysis!

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 127: Sedation Hold

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 125: Another way to assess patient outcomes?

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 125: A to Z Checklist with Dr Paul Hughes-Webb

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 124: Pain, Agitation and Delirium in the ICU

01 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 123: The PERFECT protocol and how we feed our patients.

10 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 122: Aneamia and how we deal with it.

04 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 121: How we use Social Media and Goodbye NTI2019

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 120: Sepsis Studies and Proning

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 119: Sepsis management- has anything changed?

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 118: QR codes and Just in Time Learning

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 117: Eugene Mondor and Heamodynamics

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 116: An ITU survivor and now an ITU nurse- Jason Kirchick

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 115: @OnlyintheICU- How we can better manage our own mental health.

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 114: Sean Sent and Barbara Maclean discuss nurse communication

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 113: Sean Dent and Sarah with the newthingnurse.com

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 112: Nicole Kupchik

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 111: Expanding Roles for APRNs in Telehealth

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 110: Nicole Frederick and Anna Rodriguez talk genetics and meds NTI2019

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 109: Nancy Blake and Gayle Lukar #NTI2019

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 108: Liver problems in the ICU

20 May 2019

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CCP Podcast 107: Megan Brunson talks with Jon White

20 May 2019

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CCP Podcast 106: Enough with the noise already!

01 May 2019

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CCP POdcast 105: Advanced Practice Across the World

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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