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Jonathan Downham is an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, in the UK and Bryan Boling is a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner in the US. both of whom have a desire to share with like-minded people. Discover new resources in the physical and virtual worlds to help improve your practice, from websites…

Jonathan Downham: Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, Teaching, Sharing and Interviewing.


    • Mar 28, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 189 EPISODES


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    CCP Podcast- Patient Diaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 56:09


    This was originally a Facebook livestream with an ex patient- Carol Billian, Christine representing ICU Steps, a group helping support ICU survivors and Peter Nydahl from Germany who also aims to support the same group. The post CCP Podcast- Patient Diaries appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 23:02


    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 can find the paper here- 'Beyond Audit: Embracing QI methodology to drive improvements in lung-protective ventilation' The post CCP Podcast- Lung Protective Ventilation- How to improve our practice. appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    CCP Podcast: When to do the tracheostomy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 28:44


    This is a chat with Tamas Szakmany about the paper 'Impact of early tracheostomy versus late or no tracheostomy in nonneurologically injured adult patients: a systematic review and meta analysis' and his editorial 'When more could mean less intervention: the tale of tracheostomy timing in critical illness' The post CCP Podcast: When to do the tracheostomy appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    CCP Podcast- Weaning our patients.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 31:37


    This is a chat with Professor John Laffey about the WEAN_SAFE study.  Weaning from mechanical ventilation in intensive care units across 50 countries (WEAN SAFE): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study The post CCP Podcast- Weaning our patients. appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 42:22


    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. The experiences of adult patients, families, and healthcare professionals of CPR decision-making conversations in the United Kingdom: A qualitative systematic review. The post CCP Podcast: Do Not Resuscitate- the conversations we have. appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    ICU Acquired Weakness and Muscle Wasting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 29:16


    Brigitta and colleagues have just published 'The rate and assessment of muscle wasting during critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.' Some important and interesting discussion points. The post ICU Acquired Weakness and Muscle Wasting appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 51:21


    Great discussion with Dr Emma Ridley a dietitian from Australia about how they planned to look after the nutritional requirements of COVID patients. A lot of pointers about how we care for their needs when they haven't got COVID too.  The post Podcast- Nutrition management for critically and acutely unwell hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Australia and New Zealand appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    Organ Donation from the Frontline- with Vikki Howarth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2022 69:44


    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 how that affects how we look after our patients. Lots of really valuable insights. The post Organ Donation from the Frontline- with Vikki Howarth appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    Proning- The PROSEVA Trial

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022


    This study entitled "Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" was published in 2013 and its aim was to evaluate the effect of early application of prone positioning on outcomes of patients with severe ARDS. It was a multicentre, prospective, randomised controlled trial mainly in French Hospitals.  The primary outcome was 28 day mortality. Recruited patients had […] The post Proning- The PROSEVA Trial appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    CCP Podcast- End Tidal CO2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022


    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 Critical Care Practitioner.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2022


    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 want to join me on FREE 15 Minute Friday go find the Critical Care Practitioner page on Facebook. The post FREE 15 Minute Friday- Intubation- whats all that equipment? appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 19:34


    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! This is what I cover in this podcast. The post Free 15 Minute Friday- Why have my patients sats dropped? appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    Why do we intubate

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 20:44


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    FREE 15 Minute Friday- Basic Ventilator Screen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 13:15


    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 screen. Lets go through some of those buttons. The post FREE 15 Minute Friday- Basic Ventilator Screen appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    FREE 15 Minute Friday- Peak and Plateau Pressures

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 12:16


    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 Pressures. What are they and why does it matter? The post FREE 15 Minute Friday- Peak and Plateau Pressures appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    FREE Friday 15 Minutes- PEEP

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 18:11


    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 Friday 15 Minutes- PEEP appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    Why do we Intubate?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 20:44


    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.  So why do we need to intubate them? Let's work our way through using an ABCDE approach. Airway The patients airway may be compromised. This could be initially supported […] The post Why do we Intubate? appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.

    CCP Podcast 166: Practitioners on Fire- Ashleigh Lowther

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 29:43


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    CCP Podcast 165: Catherine White and ICUSteps

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 40:33


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    CCP Podcast 164: Practitioners on Fire – Nathan Griffiths

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 23:19


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    CCP Podcast 163: Practitioners on Fire – Kay Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 30:28


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    CCP Podcast 162: Practitioners on Fire – Gareth Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 27:57


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 35:00


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    CCP Podcast 160: Practitioners on Fire – Julie Harper

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 23:12


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 36:12


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    CCP Podcast 158: Practitioners on Fire- Sarah Shipley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 38:03


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    CCP Podcast 157- Michael Rosen- COVID and ICU Survivor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 55:11


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    CCP Podcast 156: Practitioners on Fire- Brigitta Fazzini

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 31:50


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 30:46


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    CCP Podcast 154: Practitioners on Fire- Pete Chessum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 35:27


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    CCP Podcast 153: Surviving ICU with Lou Gallie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 42:41


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    CCP Podcast 152: Practitioners on Fire- Joanne Fisher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 27:25


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 36:20


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    CCP Podcast 150: Practitioners on Fire – Martin Horton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 41:48


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    CCP Podcast 149: Practitioners on Fire – Joanne Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 31:42


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    CCP Podcast 148: Practitioners on Fire – Matt Fowler

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 25:26


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    CCP Podcast 147: Practitioners on Fire – Rachael Moses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 26:29


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    My Experience of ICU with Carol Billian

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 43:06


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    CCC Podcast 146: Practitioners on Fire – Sally Squires

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 22:53


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    From the Vault- Mechanical Ventilation with Ollie Poole

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 31:53


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    CCp Podcast 145: Practitioners on Fire- Sean Munnelly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 25:06


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 29:32


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    CCP Podcast 143: Practitioners on Fire- Robin and Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 31:43


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    CCP Podcast 142: Advanced Practice Proving its Worth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 40:12


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    CCP Podcast 141: ARDS- how we treat it.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 36:48


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    CCP Podcast 140: Proning from bench to bedside

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 38:54


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    CCP Podcast 139: ICU Follow Up Clinics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 75:54


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    CCP Podcast 138: In Situ Simulation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 26:31


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 31:59


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    CCP Podcast 136: Delirium with David Aaronovitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 52:05


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    CCP Podcast 135:COVID-19 and Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 33:53


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