ICS Cast
Episodes
Unpacking Oedema
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny talks to Dr Justin Kirk-Bayley, Dr Ross Prager, and Dr Ashley Miller all about the myths behind IV fluid resuscitation, what cardiac output rea...
Unpacking Oedema
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny talks to Dr Justin Kirk-Bayley, Dr Ross Prager, and Dr Ashley Miller all about the myths behind IV fluid resuscitation, what cardiac output real...
Meningtitis B: the implications for intensive care
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meningitis has been in the news in recent weeks, as an unprecedented cluster of infections and, sadly, several deaths have taken place in the Kent are...
Meningtitis B: the implications for intensive care
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meningitis has been in the news in recent weeks with an unprecedented cluster of infections and, sadly, several deaths have taken place in the Kent ar...
Beyond the Scale: The impact of frailty in clinical practice
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This powerful podcast episode covers an in-depth discussion about the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale and its use in intensive care settings, featurin...
Beyond the Scale: The impact of frailty in clinical practice
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This powerful podcast episode covers an in-depth discussion about the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale and its use in intensive care settings, featurin...
Lessons from Animal Critical Care
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this lively episode recorded at SOA25, Jonny sits down with Prof Matt Morgan and Dr Hannah Matson for a hilarious and insightful chat about what an...
Lessons from Animal Critical Care
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this lively episode recorded at SOA25, Jonny sits down with Prof Matt Morgan and Dr Hannah Matson for a hilarious and insightful chat about what an...
Clinical Research Trials with Professor Luigi Camporota, Professor Dan Martin and Professor Louise Rose
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode, Jonny Wilkinson talks to some leading voices in critical care research. He sits down with Prof Dan Martin, Prof Luigi Camporota...
Clinical Research Trials with Professor Luigi Camporota, Professor Dan Martin and Professor Louise Rose
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode, Jonny Wilkinson talks to some leading voices in critical care research. He sits down with Prof Dan Martin, Prof Luigi Camporota...
SOA26 Chats and Abstracts
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Get an exclusive insider's look at the Intensive Care Society's highly anticipated State of the Art Congress 2026 (#SOA26), taking place 30 June – 2...
SOA26 Chats and Abstracts
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Get an exclusive insider's look at the Intensive Care Society's highly anticipated State of the Art Congress 2026 (#SOA26), taking place 30 Ju...
Care of the Dying - Where Palliative Care Meets ITU
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of ICSCast, host Jonny Wilkinson sits down with three leading palliative care specialists, Dr Steph Meddick-Dyson, Dr Sarah Grov...
Care of the Dying - Where Palliative Care Meets ITU
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of ICSCast, host Jonny Wilkinson sits down with three leading palliative care specialists, Dr Steph Meddick-Dyson, Dr Sarah Grov...
Winter Pressures - Frontline Readiness and Response
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We dive deep into the UK's sharpest early H3N2 flu wave in years, with host Dr Jonny Wilkinson, and an outstanding expert panel: • Prof Shondip...
Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Critical Care with Dr. Jenny Ferry
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jonny sits down with Dr. Jenny Ferry, a leading figure in regional anaesthesia who shares her expertise in enhancing ICU pain managem...
40 Years on the Frontline of Intensive Care with Professor Mervyn Singer
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
n this podcast episode, our host Jonny Wilkinson interviews Professor Mervyn Singer on his 40-year career in intensive care. This entertaining and eng...
Faith, Ethics, and the ICU: A Conversation with Imam Yunus Dudhwala
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this reflective and insightful first episode, our host Jonny Wilkinson sits down with Imam Yunus Dudhwala, Head of Chaplaincy at Barts Health NHS T...
Winter Pressures - Frontline Readiness and Response
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We dive deep into the UK’s sharpest early H3N2 flu wave in years, with host Dr Jonny Wilkinson, and an outstanding expert panel:• Prof Shondipon...
Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Critical Care with Dr. Jenny Ferry
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jonny sits down with Dr. Jenny Ferry, a leading figure in regional anaesthesia who shares her expertise in enhancing ICU pain managem...
40 Years on the Frontline of Intensive Care with Professor Mervyn Singer
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, our host Jonny Wilkinson interviews Professor Mervyn Singer on his 40-year career in intensive care. This entertaining and en...
Faith, Ethics, and the ICU: A Conversation with Imam Yunus Dudhwala
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this reflective and insightful first episode, our host Jonny Wilkinson sits down with Imam Yunus Dudhwala, Head of Chaplaincy at Barts Health NHS T...
Meet our Pharmacy PAG
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Members of our Pharmacy Professional Advisory Group got together to chat about their experience of working in ICU, the future of their profession, and...
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Dan Martin
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Dan Martin on being editor of JICS, oxygen therapy and pulse oximetry at State of the Art 2023.
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Dale Gardiner
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Dale Gardiner at State of the Art 2023 about his Breaking Bad News session.
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Jonny Wilkinson and Marcus Peck
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Jonny Wilkinson and Marcus Peck at State of the Art 2023 about FUSIC.
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Anne Bachelor
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Anne Bachelor at State of the Art 2023 about Getting it Right the First Time.
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Laura Vincent
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Laura Vincent at State of the Art 2023 about what a good day on the ICU looks like for her.
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Nandan Gautam
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Nandan Gautam at State of the Art 2023 about his COVID experience in Birmingham and the post COVID synd...
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Hugh Montgomery
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Hugh Montgomery at State of the Art 2023 about sustainability.
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Matt Morgan
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Matt Morgan at State of the Art 2023 about Comparative Physiology and the ICU.
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Jerry Nolan
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Jerry Nolan at State of the Art 2023 about ACLS.
Black History Month - Saluting our Sisters
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this podcast episode we were joined by Mariam Amoran, Sekina Bakare, Ronke Salawudeen and Abibat Gbadamosi, to talk about the intersection of race...
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Danny McAuley
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Danny McAuley at State of the Art 2023 about ARDS.
Critical Care Commute Podcast - Hugh Montgomery and Jessica Sullivan
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Critical Care Commute Podcast team chat to Hugh Montgomery and Jessica Sullivan at State of the Art 2023 about their plenary session on hypoxemia....
Our intensive care nursing workforce
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our Nursing Professional Advisory Group were joined by Alison Leary to discuss our intensive care nursing workforce and the challenges we face.
Meet our AHP Professional Advisory Group
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from our AHP Professional Advisory Group about the challenges facing their ICU professions, how they chose to work in ICU, and why there's power ...
Care of transgender patients in intensive care
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Flower, Stuart Edwardson, Alice Humphreys and Kamilla Kamaruddin joined us to discuss their recent article in the Journal of the Intensive Care S...
Meet our Physiotherapists Professional
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from our Physiotherapists Professional Advisory Group about patient experience, the challenges facing their profession, and why they love being p...
Meet our Trainee Advisory Group
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from our Trainee Advisory Group (TAG) about the challenges facing intensive care trainees, what they'll be up to in 2023, and how you can join th...
Meet our Trainee Advisory Group
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from our Trainee Advisory Group (TAG) about the challenges facing intensive care trainees, what they'll be up to in 2023, and how you can join th...
Black History Month: Intensive care promoting change and facing up to issues
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to our Black History Month Podcast Chaired by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group Member, Dr Sekina Bakare, as she talks to colleagues abou...
#ICUWeek2022 with the ICS Nurses PAG
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This #ICUWeek2022 four members of the Intensive Care Society Nurses Professional Advisory Group sat down to chat about their career journeys as ICU nu...
LGBT+ History Month
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In recognition of LGBTQ+ History Month, Dr Luke Flower and Dr Stuart Connal sat down with Dr Andrew Hartle, Dr Stuart Edwardson and Dr Leyla Turkoglu ...
Journey to Work: Episode 10
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julie speaks to Matt Morgan, a consultant in intensive care from Wales, about his reflections on being a doctor during the pandemic.
Journey to Work: Episode 9
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julie speaks to Sarah Gilbert-Kerr, an ICU Nurse from the North of England about her experiences during the pandemic.
Journey to Work: Episode 8
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julie speaks to Amy and Mary, two advanced practitioners in critical care about their experience working in outreach during the pandemic, and the impa...
Journey to Work: Episode 7
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julie interviews sister Mo Maddock, an ICU Nurse and Wellbeing lead from the South of England, about her experiences during the pandemic.
Journey to Work: Episode 6
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Jenkins, Clinical Psychologist, joins Dr Julie Highfield to talk about parallels between the Novichok Crisis and the pandemic, and the impa...
Journey to Work: Episode 5
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Debbie Forde, Pamela Page and Una St Ledger talk to Dr Julie Highfield about dehumanising the ICU, and the impact of the absence of families during th...
Journey to Work: Episode 4
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Talbot Bowen joins Dr Julie Highfield to discuss the wellbeing of healthcare staff, feeling frazzled, and accessing creativity.
Journey to Work: Episode 3
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Julie Highfield is joined by Una St Ledger to discuss the concept of Moral Distress in intensive care.
Journey to Work: Episode 2
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Julie Highfield talks to intensive care nurse and researcher Andrew Bates about his recent paper in JICS, and the impact of the pandemic on nur...
Journey to Work: Episode 1
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Julie Highfield is joined in conversation by ICU Doctors Segun Olusnaya and Adrian Wong, about the impact of COVID-19 on intensive care and their...
Patient Safety and a Just Culture 2019: Session 32
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Patient Safety and a Just Culture – Extended Panel Conversation and Q&As- David Sellu, Stephen Drage, Jenny Vaughan, Scott Morrish, Matthew McClella...
Oral Platform Prize Presentations SOA 2019: Session 30
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A Qualitative Exploration of Staff Perceptions of Safety and Missed Care in Adult Intensive Care (ICU)- Clare Leon-Villapalos Impact of ACCP-Led Rib F...
Case Discussion JICS Nov 2020. LVAD
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"JICS Case Discussion: Ventricular Assist Devices https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1751143720930583 Getting your left and right mixed up with ventricu...
Technology and Innovation SOA 2019: Session 29
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
AI in Healthcare 101- Marius Terblanche Tomorrow's Medicine Today- Rick Body Using Technology to Understand the Complexities of Teamwork and Safety- R...
Rare Diagnosis and Medical Mimics SOA 2019: Session 28
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Secrets of the Great Mimicker- Jessica Manson Reno-Pulmonary Syndromes- Steve Brett Unusual Disorders of Conscious...
Rehabilitation After Critical Illness 2019: Session 27
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Back from the Brink: Diggs' Story Damon Beard, Susie Calvert & Steve Mathieu Early Mobilisation- Where Are We Now?- Eve Corner Occupational Hazards: O...
The Cauldron- If I Had a Million Dollars SOA 2019: Session 25
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is Your House on Fire Yet?- Eleanor Damm Champagne, Anyone?- Rachel Jones Plan A is Bonefish Cay...- Charlie Pope Anticipating Intensive Care Admissi...
ICS Education: ECMO in COVID - the UK Experience
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This webinar addresses the speaker's experiences of ECMO during COVID-19 and consists of presentations and a panel discussion with questions from the ...
ICS Workforce Wellbeing Series: From debrief to safe story sharing
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The word "debrief" is throughout our language in healthcare settings, yet it is considered controversial and potentially unsafe if in the wrong hand. ...
Let's Make Quality Critical SOA 2019: Session 24
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Science of Improvement as It Relates to Quality in the ICU - Kevin Rooney Improving the Evidence for Improving Healthcare- Mary Dixon-Woods GIRFT:...
ICS Workforce Wellbeing Webinar Series: What do our critical care nurses need right now?
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After experiencing the most intense period of work, our critical care nurse workforce need us to consider their needs carefully right now. In this web...
Research Prioritisation Exercise SOA 2019: Session 23
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Corticosteroid Response and Gene Expression in Septic Shock (CRESS) Trial- David Antcliffe Spironolactone for Survivors of Critical Illness (SSCILL)- ...
The Power of Nurses SOA 2019: Session 14
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Endacott, Kate Tantam, Natalie Pattison, Liz Staveacre & Jo-Anne Fowles Presenting four bitesize topics exploring and debating the 'Power of Nurs...
ICS Education: Covid-19 Research - What Have We Learnt?
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
YouTube webinar on the above.
The Heart of Science SOA 2019: Session 20
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cholesterol Therapy-Mervyn Singer Troponin in Critical Care Patients and Outcomes-Anne marie Docherty Targeting the Vasculature in Sepsis: A Means or ...
ICS Workforce Wellbeing Webinar Series: What do our critical care nurses need right now?
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After experiencing the most intense period of work, our critical care nurse workforce need us to consider their needs carefully right now. In this web...
ICS Education: Trauma, the Older Person and Intensive Care
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Webinar on the above released in July 2020.
ICS Education: Pandemics & Deemed Consent England: Challenge and Change
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This webinar will explore and explain the recent legislative change to organ donation consent in England, and the impact of the pandemic on the proces...
ICS Education: Staff Wellbeing in ICU during the Pandemic - Stories of Joy and Pain
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hearing staff stories from the front line, and making sense of the range of our emotional reactions to the pandemic. We will consider how staff feel a...
ICS Education: Training in COVID
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This webinar will cover topics heard "on the ground" from trainees nationally and the recent faculty document regarding training
ICS Education: MDT Approach to Rehab Following Critical Care
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This webinar from the ICS will explore a MDT approach to rehab following critical care.
If Wonderland and Wonka did Nutrition SOA 2019: Session 13
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every Critical Care Dietitian dreams of delivering nutritional perfection. It was Charlie Bucket's dream to find the golden ticket. What if Wonka did ...
Windows to Critical Illness: Skin, Eyes and Joints SOA 2019: Session 10
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dermatological Emergencies: When the Skin Fails- Richard Groves Ophthalmology: The Eye of the Storm- Fiona Carley Rheumatological Emergencies- Jessica...
Quick Fire Updates SOA 2019: Session 9
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Better Perioperative Care: Redesigning the Pathway- Rupert Pearse Prehabilitation: What Does It Mean, and Does It Work?- June Davis Emergency Surgery:...
Update on Acute on Chronic Liver Failure SOA 2019: Session 8
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who to Admit - Differentiating AoCLF from Advanced Cirrhosis- Tony Whitehouse Liver Failure - Survival Depends on What You've Got and Where You Get I...
Surfing the Sound Waves SOA 2019: Session 5
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Making Ultrasound Resonate: Lessons from Down Under -Sharon Kay Scanning the Horizon: The Future of Intensive Care US Training-Ashley Miller Moving Be...
Care Without Frontiers SOA 2019: Session 4
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Confronting Ebola- Rob Fowler Challenges of providing emergency and trauma surgery in the humanitarian context-Johan Von Schreeb Carers in The Firing ...
When to do the Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 patient
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation between Zudin Puthucheary, Senior lecturer and consultant in intensive care medicine, Julia Hadley, also a consultant in critical care ...
COVID-19: This is not fake news!
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation between Dr Zudin Puthucheary, Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Dr Jim Buckley, Consultant in Intensiv...
Quick Fire Updates SOA 2019: Session 3
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CAR T-Cell Treatment: How New Immune Therapies May Change Critical Care Matthew Morgan Danger Beneath the Larynx Linda-Jayne Mottram Please Sir...Can ...
Cutting edge cardiac arrest- SOA 2019: Session 2
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Innovating at the Frontline: Pre-Hospital ECPR Ben Singer Keeping It Cool: TTM2 UpdateNiklas Nielsen ILCOR InsightsGavin Perkins Who Benefits? Predict...
Looking After Each Other in a Crisis: Lessons from Novichok: Kate Jenkins
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Kate talks about the lessons from Novichok, and looking after our colleagues
End of life care: The final frontier. SOA 2019: Session 22
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rapid Response Teams. Can They Improve End of Life Care? Alex Psirides Completing a Life Well, Not Dying a Death Badly Rob George Cultural, Ethnic and...
Show me the evidence. SOA 2019: Session 17
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fluids – Flood or Famine John Myburgh & Anders Perner Blood Pressure Targets in Critical Illness Francois Lamontagne & Paul Mouncey When and How to ...
Sedation, Delirium and Mobility. SOA 2019: Session 18
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Life after SPICE – When Should We Use Alpha-2-Agonists in the ICU? Tim Walsh Restraint on ICU: Rope, dope or hope. Nitin Arora Psychologist-Led Inte...
The Zen Intensivist: an interview with Prof Myburgh at the ICS SOA 2019
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a podcast recorded at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art meeting in 2019 in Birmingham where John Myburgh AO, Australian Intensivist ...
Every Breath You Take. SOA 2019 Session 7
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A session on Mechanical Ventilation from ICS SOA 2019 Mechanical Ventilation: Looking for New Paradigms in Managing the Stressed Lung: Tom Barnes Spon...
There's No Place Like Work. SOA 2019: Session 47
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
1. Thinking: Voices in My Head – Self-Doubt and Self-Compassion :Sara Gray 2. Speaking: The Science and Art of Conversation : Elizabeth Stokoe 3...
Introducing FUSIC
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we introduce FUSIC : the modular approach to bedside ultrasound Certification in Intensive Care Sponsored by the Intensive Care S...
Opening Plenary ICS SOA 2019
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome you to ICS Radio. This episode is a recording of the Opening Plenary at ICS SOA Dec 2019 This episode features 1. Welcome Ganesh Sunth...
The evaluation of a biomarker-based exclusion of ventilator-associated pneumonia to improve antibiotic stewardship. A multi-centre validation study and RCT - Tom Hellyer
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This was the award winning SOA18 Gold Medal presentation by Dr Tom Hellyer. Information about the ICS Gold Medal can be found here https://soa.ics.ac...
The game changer is dead: Long live the game changer! - Hywel Garrard
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This year's title, "Critical Care Game Changers" is your chance to think innovatively: think about the controversies facing our specialty now, next ye...
Critical Care game changer: Facing up to bias - Andrew Chadwick
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This year's title, "Critical Care Game Changers" is your chance to think innovatively: think about the controversies facing our specialty now, next ye...
Lighting up the Lung - Kevin Dhaliwal
06 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kev Dhaliwal is Professor of Molecular Imaging & Healthcare Technology and Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine in Edinburgh. He leads an EPSR...
Making Britain great again - Brian Cuthbertson
06 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Cuthbertson is Chief of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Professor in the Interdepartmental Div...
Maternity Critical Care Panel Debate - Quinn, Winfield, Watkinson, Hinton, Vincent
24 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Audrey Quinn Sarah Winfield Peter Watkinson Lisa Hinton Laura Vincent