Critical Care Practitioner

CCP Podcast 104: Post Intensive Care Syndrome in Critical Care

26 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 103: Acute Right Heart Failure

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The right ventricle is often overlooked in critical care in favour of the attention to the left side of the heart. But acute right heart failure is im...

CCP Podcast 095: More mechanical ventilation with Thomas

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second chat with Thomas Piraino (@respresource) who is a Clinical Specialist in mechanical ventilation at the Centre of Excellence in Mech...

CCP Podcast 051: ICU Follow Up Clinics

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is an episode I recorded with Professor Stephen Brett, outgoing President of the Intensive Care Society at the State of the Art meeting 2016 abou...

CCP Podcast 047: Advanced Critical Care Practitioners

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is in conjunction with my friends over at JICScast Segun Olusanya and James Day. We met with Dr Anna Batchelor, Carole Boulanger and Gavi...

CCP Podcast 010: Cricoid Pressure: Do it? Do it right? Or don’t do it at all?

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cricoid pressure is the application of backwards pressure on the cricoid cartilage to occlude the oesophagus. Originally described by Sellick in 1961,...

CCP Podcast 029: Mechanical Ventilation…Phases of the Breath

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The third in the series with Ollie Poole (@RespReview) on mechanical ventilation. Ollie goes into some more detail on the phases of the breath. This r...

CCP Podcast 011: Social Media…Use it, don’t abuse it!

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Another busy time in the world of the Critical Care Practitioner! This episode focuses on a discussion I had with Kaye Rolls (@Kaye_rolls) Clinical N...

CCP Podcast 079: The Two Jonnys November 2017

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

NOT The Two Ronnies…but The Two Jonnys….and Twitter! This is the another episode of an exciting new podcast project with Jonny Wilkinson (@Wilkins...

CCP Podcast 037: How to Make Ultrasound Easier!

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I talked to Jennifer Cotton (@sonomojo) who runs the website Sonomojo which is a guide to ultrasound education and she talks about he...

CCP Podcast 046: PTSD in Critical Care II

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I have covered some aspects of PTSD already in CCP Podcast 041: PTSD in Critical Care when I chatted with Dorothy Wade about some of her research. Th...

CCP Podcast 036: Head of Bed Elevation and Reflux.

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lynn Schallom is a research scientist at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She published a paper ‘Head of Bed Elevation and Early Outcomes o...

CCP Podcast 093: Recent research with Nicole Kupchik

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nicol (@nicchik90) is an RN and an author over in the US. She also has a website over at nicolekupchikconsulting.com  where she has many other great...

CCP Podcast 043: Why Won’t My Patient Sleep?

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why Won’t My Patient Sleep! The Intensive Care patient will often lie awake at night, eyes wide open, clearly with no intention of sleeping. So why ...

CCP Podcast 102: Dale Needham and Delirium

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I was lucky enough to be able to join Tanj and Dale Needham in this conversation at the ICS State of the Art conference 2018 in London. We discuss so...

CCP Podcast 084: Audits on some ACCPs skills with Gavin Denton.

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

ACCPs skills are many and varied as those of you who do the job will know. My friend Gavin Denton (@DentonGavin) has conducted 3 different audits al...

CCP Podcast 006: Chat with David Barton

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Barton is Head of Department of Nursing at Swansea University and has been very involved in the development of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner r...

CCP Podcast 028: James DuCanto Talks Intubation

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I love the world of social media. It was through the medium of Twitter that I was able to connect with James DuCanto (@jducanto)who is an anesthesiolo...

CCP Podcast 061: Papers of the Month: March 2017

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Three more papers of the month for us to peruse. This time Gavin (@DentonGavin) and I are also joined by Sean Munnelly (@seanmunn). The CLASSIC trial....

CCP Podcast 094: Magnesium for the win.

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Magnesium For the Win!”- with Bryan Boling. Guest: Habib Srour Dr. Srour is an attending in the Anesthesia Critical Care Division at the Universi...

CCP Podcast 101: Palliative Care

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Palliative Care in the ICU All too often, we see critical care and palliative care as opposites, but they really go together nicely. Today on the podc...

CCP Podcast 076: The Two Jonnys September 2017

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

NOT The Two Ronnies…but The Two Jonnys….and Twitter! This is an exciting new podcast project with Jonny Wilkinson (@WilkinsonJonny) who is an anae...

CCP Podcast 060: My Critical Care Patient Can’t Swallow! Why?

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a chat about the ICU patient with problems with their swallow or dysphagia,  I had with Martin Brodsky (@MBBrodskyPhD), who is an Assistant P...

CCP Podcast 077: NCEPOD 2017 Acute Non-Invasive Ventilation: Inspiring Change.

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I think this might be one of the most important podcasts I have ever done along with the next in the series. This is the first of two podcasts coverin...

CCP Podcast 027: Crew Resource Management Continued

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

CCP Podcast 026 was myself and Ken Spearpoint (@K_G_Spearpoint) talking about some of the issues around Crew resource Management. We continue the conv...

CCP Podcast 041: PTSD in Critical Care.

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dorothy Wade works as a chartered health psychologist in the Critical Care Unit at UCH. She is registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Heal...

CCP Podcast 086: Psychology of patients, relatives and staff.

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The psychology of our patients, their relatives and the staff we work with is under discussion in this podcast. I managed to get Megan Hosey (@DrMegan...

CCP Podcast 021: Jesses’ Show!

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Christmas all! A usurper (Jesse Spurr- Injectable Orange) takes the reins in this episode which allows Jonathan to talk about himself. Hope that...

CCP Podcast 034: Mechanical Ventilation…Types of breath.

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast I carry on my conversation with Ollie Poole (@respreview) about some of the issues with mechanical ventilation. We talk about the diff...

CCP Podcast 062: Escalate the Patient!

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a discussion I had with Liz Staveacre (@lizzys39) who is Senior Critical Care Outreach Clinical Nurse Specialist at Northwick Park Hospital....

CCP Podcast 050: LeoPARDS Trial

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Levosimendan for the Prevention of Acute Organ Dysfunction in Sepsis Gavin and I try to peel apart the layers of the LeoPARDS Trial which assesses th...

CCP Podcast 100: The Two Jonnys Season Two!

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Two Jonnys are back! We have had a break but time we got together again. In this podcast Jonny Wilkinson (@wilkinsonjonny) and I discuss the lates...

CCP Podcast 007: Chat with Bethan Bishop

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Bethan Bishop is Head of Innovation and Industry Engagement at the Heart of England NHS Trust in Birmingham. In this podcast she discusses how this ro...

CCP Podcast 039: Early Mobilisation- Get Them Moving!

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

TEAM is a program of research to evaluate the effect of early mobilisation to assess functional recovery and patient-centered outcomes of ICU survivor...

CCP Podcast 083: Guidelines for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults 2017

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Difficult Airway Society and the Royal College of Anaesthetists have combined to provi...

CCP Podcast 038: WeNurses Tweet Chat About Advanced Practitioners

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Myself and Tracey Starkey-Moore (@TraceyStarkeyMo) led a @WeNurses chat on the 1st October about Advanced Practitioners. You can find the Summary on t...

CCP Podcast 099: Segun and Jonathan talk fluids- Part I

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 040: Why Won’t We Change?

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features a chat with Fiona Moffat who is a lecturer in Physiotherapy and practising physiotherapist. She was involved in some LEAN think...

CCP Podcast 045: Simple Things to Help Them Sleep.

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Characterisation of sleep in intensive care using 24-hour polysomnography: an observational study. This was a very enlightening discussion with Rosali...

CCP Podcast 059: Surviving the ICU-The Patient Experience

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is an episode featuring Dr Paul Wischmeyer (@Paul_wischmeyer) who is a doctor at the Department of Anesthesiology and Duke Clinical Research Inst...

CCP Podcast 090: Mechanical Ventilation with Thomas

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I thought it was time we explored the subject of mechanical ventilation again and so I reached out on Twitter and am now joined by Thomas Piraino (@re...

CCP Podcast 072: The Two Jonnys Do Twitter July 2017

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

NOT The Two Ronnies…but The Two Jonnys….and Twitter! This is the fourth episode of an exciting new podcast project with Jonny Wilkinson (@Wilkinso...

CCP Podcast 018: Mechanical Ventilation….

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode I was lucky enough to have a discussion with Ollie Poole who is a respiratory therapist in Canada. I came across Ollies’ You...

CCP Podcast 023: Wash Your Mouth Out!!

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Reducing ventilator associated pneumonia in adult patients through high standards of oral care: A historical control study Lee Cutler, Paula Sluman. I...

CCP Podcast: Happy Christmas 2015

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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CCP Podcast 048:RSI- Which Drug?

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RSI My good friend Dr. Nitin Arora and I had a discussion about the various combinations of drugs which can be used during a rapid sequence induction ...

CCP Podcast 082: FICE…Just Do It!

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a conversation I had with Marcus Peck (@ICUltrasonica) who is the chair of the FICE committee (Focussed Intensive Care Echocardiography) and ...

CCP Podcast 055: Papers of the Month

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, Gavin Denton and I look at three recent papers, breaking them down to try to help us and you understand some of their conclus...

CCP Podcast 016: The Strong Arm of Eric…YouTube Learning

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I have been an advocate of using YouTube for many years now and one of the YouTube resources I have used for a while now is that created by Dr Eric St...

CCP Podcast 085: Papers of the Month March 2018

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Gavin Denton and I get together again to review a couple of recent papers that have some bearing on our practice. Welcome to the Papers of the month. ...

CCP Podcast 075: ACP Conference 6th October 2017

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a conversation I had with Martin Horton (@chuckyhorton), Aimee Wright (@AimsleyW) and Ashleigh Lowther (@ashleighlowther) about an ACP confere...

CCP Podcast 053: Nutrition Guidelines

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)...

CCP Podcast 002: Twitter, Google Hang Outs and Speakpipe!

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In my second podcast I think I set the scene for one of the tools I am going to use the most for the rest of the series, and in the podcast I explain ...

CCP Podcast 098: Bryan talks AKI

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

AKI: Acute Kidney Injury is a common complication in the ICU. Today we discuss it with Dr. Juan-Carlos Aycinena, a critical care nephrologist at the U...

CCP Podcast 022: ACP’s Education, Education, Education.

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Shiela Pantrini has been developing the educational route for the Advanced Clinical Practitioners along side Garry Swann at the Heart of England NHS T...

CCP Podcast 026: Crew Resource Management…What?

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Spearpoint and I talk about Crew resource management as it relates to the cardiac arrest scenario. I love talking with Ken as he is so knowledgeab...

CCP Podcast 089: Cath and Jonathan chat about BTS2018

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I was lucky enough to be joined by Cath Edwards (@cathedwards_1), a physio up in Lancashire. She attended this years British Thoracic Society 2018 Su...

CCP Podcast 013: Mind and Body

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Psychological well being, health related quality of life and memories of intensive care and a specialised weaning centre reported by survivors of prol...

CCP Podcast 078: NCEPOD 2017 Acute Non-Invasive Ventilation: Further Discussion.

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a discussion which follows on from CCP Podcast 077: NCEPOD 2017 Acute Non-Invasive Ventilation: Inspiring Change. In this episode, I have a c...

CCP Podcast 014: How Much Fluid?

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I made contact with Dr Segun Olunsanya via Twitter to discuss some of the issues around the fluid management of the sick patient. He in turn persuaded...

CCP Podcast 087: ECMO- How can I make the best referral?

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO is one of those treatments we sometimes need to think about with our very sick patients. I recently had to...

CCP Podcast 008: Chat with Claire Flatt

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Claire is a staff nurse at the Heart of England NHS Trust and is very passionate about her job. She has only been qualified for about 6 months at the ...

CCP Podcast 003 : Interview with Robin Davies, Lead Resuscitation Officer.

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode number three features a discussion with Robin a colleague and friend in the trust I work in. We discuss the varied elements to his job which i...

CCP Podcast 056: Got to help them cough! With Rachael Moses

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Selecting the intervention in Intubated patients: Evidence, Guidelines and Clinical Application This is a chat with Rachael Moses (@rachaelmoses) who ...

CCP Podcast 017: Simon is one of the First 2 Act.

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Cooper is an Associate Professor at Monash University in Australia and developed the First2Act website which looks at the management of the dete...

CCP Podcast 081:The Two Jonnys at ICSSOA 2017 (and Dave).

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny Wilkinson (@wilkinsonjonny) and Dave Lyness (@Gas_Craic) were not at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art in person but both followed ver...

CCP Podcast- Summer Break

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Very short episode…listen and you will hear why. See you in September 2015!! [table id=1 /] [Stitcher_Radio_Logo] [get_in_touch_with_jonathan]   ht...

CCP Podcast 066: The Two Jonnys Do Twitter May 2017 (2)

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

NOT The Two Ronnies…but The Two Jonnys….and Twitter! This is the second episode of an exciting new podcast project with Jonny Wilkinson (@Wilkinso...

CCP Podcast 052: Chronic Critical Illness

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Desarmenien. The chronic critical illness: a new disease in intensive care. Swiss Med Wkly 2016;146:w14336 This paper is one from the Swiss Medical We...

CCP Podcast 058: Early Mobilisation. Do we know it works?

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a very interesting chat I had with Dr Bronwen Connolly who is a Consultant Clinical research Physiotherapist and an NIHR post-doctoral resear...

CCP Podcast 057: Papers of the Month

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, Gavin Denton and I look at three recent papers, breaking them down to try to help us and you understand some of their conclus...

CCP Podcast 049: Central Venous Catheter- Which Needle?

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A prospective randomised trial comparing insertion success rate and incidence of catheterisation-related complications for subclavian venous catheteri...

CCP Podcast 064: Papers of the Month May 2017

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Another look at some of the recent Papers of the Month to catch our eyes. This time Gavin (@DentonGavin) and I look at two papers, one focussing on t...

CCP Podcast 097: Cath and Rachael tell us about the ERS conference 2018

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a discussion I had with Cath and Rachael, both senior physios about the European Respiratory Society 2018. We also talk about how they finan...

CCP Podcast 068: The Two Jonnys Do Twitter June 2017

23 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

NOT The Two Ronnies…but The Two Jonnys….and Twitter! This is the third episode of an exciting new podcast project with Jonny Wilkinson (@Wilkinson...

CCP Podcast 063: The Two Jonnys Do Twitter: May 2017

23 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

NOT The Two Ronnies…but The Two Jonnys….and Twitter! This is an exciting new podcast project with Jonny Wilkinson (@WilkinsonJonny) who is an anae...

CCP Podcast 096: Hyponatremia

23 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hyponatremia: Continuing with our mini-series on electrolyte disturbances, today we talk with Aaron Cook about hyponatremia in the ICU. Aaron is a cli...

CCP Podcast 065: ACCP Presentation at Critical Care Symposium 2017

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

  I was lucky to be asked to give a presentation about the role and the training of the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner at the 14th Critical Car...

CCP Podcast 015: The Power of Practitioners?

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a discussion with Garry Swann. Garry is the Consultant nurse lead in the Emergency Department at the Heart of England NHS Trust and is one of...

CCP Podcast 088: Chat about NTI2018

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In May of this year, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses held their National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition.  NTI2018. ...

CCP Podcast 001: Introduction and Interview with Teresa Chinn from @WeNurses

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first ever podcast from Critical Care Practitioner. This is an exciting project for me and I hope one that will continue to develop and...

CCP Podcast 031: From Lifesaver to LightSabre!!

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

PLEASE go to www.life-saver.org.uk to see the fantastic job this podcasts interviewee has done of making the teaching of basic life support so much e...

CCP Podcast 012: Get my feet to the floor…please!

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

ICU acquired weakness or polyneuropathy An interview with Dr John Kress, an ITU physician from the University of Chicago. Dr Kress is a highly respect...

CCP Podcast 042: What angle should I sit my patient at?

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How high should I sit my patient? Should we measure the angle of the bed? I was lucky enough to be able to chat to Louise Rose again. She and I first ...

CCP Podcast 024: Mechanical Ventilation….the basics.

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second of a series of podcasts with Ollie Poole who was a respiratory therapist in Canada and is now doing his medical training. You can l...

CCP Podcast 033: Calling all students….

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Wendy Sinclair (@wlasinclair) is a lecturer in childrens nursing at Salford University and has been there for the last eight years. She started using ...

CCP Podcast 032: Hello South Africa!

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Kirsten Kingma (@surferkirst) is currently a medical student, traning to be one of the Doctors in South Africa who started her health care career as a...

CCP Podcast 025: Teresa Gets A Gong!

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I am lucky enough to get to chat to Teresa Chinn from @WeNurses. I first spoke with Teresa on my very first podcast and since then we have both grown ...

CCP Podcast 009: SMACC me hard!

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s no secret that I love a good SMACC. For those that don’t know this stands for social media and critical care and has been a conference in Aus...

CCP Podcast 074: Lung Ultrasound with Sonophysio

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Hayward (aka @sonophysio) is a great advocate of lung ultrasound in the critical care patient. He currently is running a very popular course wit...

CCP Podcast 044: Helping The ITU Patient Sleep.

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Non-pharmacological interventions for sleep promotion in the intensive care unit Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Oct It is well-known that patients i...

CCP Podcast 004 : Great Medical Podcasts to Listen To.

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Critical Care Practitioner is going to focus on some of the other podcasts I listen to which influence my practice as a critical c...

CCP Podcast 080: Nitin does FICE….quickly!

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My friend and colleague Dr Nitin Arora (@aroradrn) has just completed his Focussed Intensive Care Echocardiography (FICE) course and has managed to c...

CCP Podcast 030: SMACC it!

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast is a discussion with one of the main organisers of the SMACC event later this year, Oli Flower (@OliFlower). The conference is looming fa...

CCP Podcast 092: Practicing Critical Care Like An Adult

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“Practicing Critical Care Like an Adult” This is the first podcast with my new co-host Bryan Boling without me! He has chosen to have a discussion...

CCP Podcast 035: 5 Tips for Better Presentations.

25 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“Have you ever wanted the speaker to fail?” In this episode of the podcast I speak with Dr Ross Fisher (@ffolliet) about presentation skills. Many...

CCP Podcast 091: Practitioners Across the Pond

25 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I would like to introduce you all to Bryan Boling (@bryanboling) who is a critical care nurse practitioner over in the States. He is going to be a reg...

CCP Podcast 005 : Chat with Ken Spearpoint.

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features Ken Spearpoint. Ken is Consultant Nurse, Resuscitation, Hammersmith Hospital & Principal Lecturer, Medical Simulation, Universi...

CCP Podcast 054: Nutrition Guidelines at ICSSOA2016

02 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I was fortunate to be able to have a good chat at the ICS State of the Art 2016 conference with Roger Harris (@RogerrdHarris), Danni Bear (@Danni_Diet...

CCP Podcast 020: More Power to Practitioners!

02 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A follow up discussion from my chat with Garry Swann in episode 15 of CCP Podcast. Garry is the Consultant nurse lead in the Emergency Department at ...