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I am an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner in the UK and have been making podcasts for over 8 years now. I chat with others about their experiences, research and teaching in the area of Critical Care

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


    • Jun 1, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 147 EPISODES


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    CCP Podcast 143: Practitioners on Fire Robin and Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 31:42


    Interview with Robin and Lee both ACCPs

    CCP Podcast 142: Advanced Practice Proving its Worth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 40:11


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    CCP Podcast 141: ARDS- how we treat it.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 36:47


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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 31:58


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    CCP Podcast 136: Delirium with David Aaronovitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 52:04


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    CCP Podcast 135:COVID-19 and Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 33:52


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 40:59


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 21:55


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    CCP Podcast 132: COVID- Early Days?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 47:21


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    Preparing to Prone- Courtesy of the BACCN

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 51:56


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    CCP Podcast 131: The Rose Trial

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 27:39


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    CCP Podcast 130: Twitter Chats

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 39:28


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    CCP Podcast 129: APRV- Why you shouldn't

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 38:04


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    CCP Podcast 128: PJ Paralysis!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 18:29


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    CCP Podcast 127: Sedation Hold

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 31:25


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    CCP Podcast 125: Another way to assess patient outcomes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 31:30


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 39:47


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2019 45:06


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2019 43:04


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2019 35:54


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 33:02


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    CCP Podcast 120: Sepsis Studies and Proning

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 21:05


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    CCP Podcast 119: Sepsis management- has anything changed?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 18:35


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    CCP Podcast 118: QR codes and Just in Time Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 17:34


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    CCP Podcast 117: Eugene Mondor and Heamodynamics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 25:31


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 18:02


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 25:52


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 32:30


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 35:18


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    CCP Podcast 112: Nicole Kupchik

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 24:01


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    CCP Podcast 111: Expanding Roles for APRNs in Telehealth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 20:05


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 18:22


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    CCP Podcast 109: Nancy Blake and Gayle Lukar #NTI2019

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 25:33


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    CCP Podcast 108: Liver problems in the ICU

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 33:35


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    CCP Podcast 107: Megan Brunson talks with Jon White

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 22:43


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    CCP Podcast 106: Enough with the noise already!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 43:44


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    CCP POdcast 105: Advanced Practice Across the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 56:52


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    CCP Podcast 104: Post Intensive Care Syndrome in Critical Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 41:35


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    CCP Podcast 103: Acute Right Heart Failure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2019 45:07


    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 important and today on the podcast we discuss its implications for critical care. My guest is Barbara McLean, a critical care nurse practitioner from Atlanta, GA. You can […]

    CCP Podcast 095: More mechanical ventilation with Thomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 42:07


    This is the second chat with Thomas Piraino (@respresource) who is a Clinical Specialist in mechanical ventilation at the Centre of Excellence in Mechanical Ventilation, St. Michael's Hospital. We are moving onto some of the more complex modes of ventilation here with more variability and tweekability being offered by the ventilator. Interview Questions for Advanced Critical […]

    CCP Podcast 051: ICU Follow Up Clinics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 23:26


    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 about the merits of the ICU Follow Up Clinics. During the conference, he had had a pro-con debate with Brian Cuthbertson who is Chief of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at […]

    CCP Podcast 047: Advanced Critical Care Practitioners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 31:21


    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 Gavin Denton to discuss the role of the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, its impact on the service as a whole and what the future may look like for this growing […]

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 36:30


    Cricoid pressure is the application of backwards pressure on the cricoid cartilage to occlude the oesophagus. Originally described by Sellick in 1961, he described how pressure applied at the level of the 5th cervical vertebrae obstructed the lumen of the oesophagus. This manoeuvre is performed to minimise the risk of gastric aspiration should the patient […]

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    CCP Podcast 029: Mechanical Ventilation…Phases of the Breath

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 29:46


    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 requires some visualisation of the waveform involved. Below is the video from YouTube that Ollie originally produced which should help with that. Irma Bilgrami does a great job of breaking […]

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 37:10


    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 Nurse Consultant at the Intensive Care Coordination & Monitoring Unit (ICCMU). She and I had a Twitter discussion around a couple of articles she had read about the use of social media […]

    CCP Podcast 079: The Two Jonnys November 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 43:14


    NOT The Two Ronnies…but The Two Jonnys….and Twitter! This is the another episode of an exciting new podcast project with Jonny Wilkinson (@WilkinsonJonny) who is an anaesthetist and Intensive Care Consultant at Northampton hospital He has a website, Critical Care Northampton, from where he does regular reviews of some of the many issues one can find […]

    CCP Podcast 037: How to Make Ultrasound Easier!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 39:16


    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 her reasons for setting up the site. The aim of the site is about connecting people to resources about ultrasound. Jennifer is just about to become a doctor and has worked […]

    CCP Podcast 046: PTSD in Critical Care II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 19:50


    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. This gave me great food for thought, so I went to read some of the plentiful research out there. I posted this recently but also decided to release my […]

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