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Intensive care is a career for everyone WICM are a group of intensive care doctors working together across the UK to promote ... WICM are a sub-committee of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, working with the Careers, Recruitment and Workforce ... Addressing gender imbalance is necessary to secure diversity of our critical care teams. Diversity is imperative to ICM, ... inspiring and supporting women to fulfil their Intensive Care ambitions. Building on this and with commitment from the Faculty ...

In 2010 the FICM was tasked by the General Medical Council to develop a single, standalone CCT in Intensive Care Medicine. This ... UK specialty recognition for Intensive Care Medicine was achieved in 1999 and a competency-based training programme, one of the ... In 2010 the Faculty was tasked by the GMC to develop a new, standalone curriculum in Intensive Care Medicine ...

She will need admission to critical care for continuous monitoring of heart rate and rhythm, a 12-lead ECG, SpO2, blood ...

UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance and Critical Care Leadership Forum. Her passions within paediatric intensive care are ... Care has been involved in the development of the ACCP role since its pilot for the New Ways of Working in Critical Care. ... Intensive care is a fantastic speciality full of wonderful people who provide the best care possible to patients. However, the ... UK Critical Care Research Group (UKCCRG) organising committee (2018 to present). *Co-opted member of the Intensive Care ...

11.1 The Faculty is committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly and consistently during Faculty examinations. Paragraphs 12 and 13 of these regulations allow candidates to request a Review of the conduct of their exam where they believe they may have been treated unfairly, and allege impropriety or bias of some kind. Any decision regarding the request for a Review is made by the Director. Candidates who remain dissatisfied with the Review decision and wish to have their case heard by an independent panel may request an Appeal. 11.2 All marks are awarded following strict guidelines (see Appendix 2). Papers cannot be remarked, marks confirmed by the Faculty are final. However, if following the outcome of a Review or Appeal, bias or impropriety is agreed to have been proven, then the Review or Appeal body will take such action to rectify the situation identified.. 11.2 Re-calculation requests. A Candidate who is dissatisfied with the determination of his/her result but is not ...

Critical Care MCQs - A Companion for Intensive Care Exams. These resources offer good explanations of the questions and answers ... For up to date evidence based reviews "The Bottom Line" website and the "Critical Care Reviews" website (with free yearly book ... Its difficult to recommend one over the other - I bought the Oxford Desk Reference of Critical Care but in the end online ... I personally find this approach too time consuming, particularly with a topic as broad as intensive care medicine. Having a ...

TSS is rare and may occur in previously fit and healthy adults. Antibodies to TSST-1 develop in 90% to 95% of the population by the fourth decade so Staphylococcal TSS is predominantly a disease of young adults. Once thought to be predominantly due to retained sanitary products, the majority of staphylococcal TSS is now thought to be caused by non-menstrual factors. Streptococcal TSS can occur in all age groups and occurs in about a third of patients with Group A Streptococcal infection. Outbreaks within the community have been reported hence it being a notifiable disease to public health authorities. Staphylococcal TSS: approximately 0.07 per 100,000 people per year. Streptococcal TSS: approximately 1 case per 100,000 people per year. Progression of the case The patient receives 4 litres of crystalloid fluid resuscitation in ED, with minimal improvement to her haemodynamic observations. She receives broad spectrum antibiotics. Her initial blood results are as follows: ...

15.1 The Faculty recognises that on occasion candidates may wish to express their dissatisfaction with the way in which something has been done and feel confident that any such complaint is handled in a fair and consistent way. Candidates who consider that they have grounds for complaint, regarding the provision of a service by the Faculty that does not amount to a request for a Review, (see paragraph 12), should use the following regulations.. 15.2 A complaint in accordance with these regulations, is defined as an expression of dissatisfaction or a specific concern, whether given orally or in writing, about the provision or quality of a service provided during the examination process.. 15.3. Complaints should be brought to the attention of a Faculty officer as soon as possible. All complaints given orally at the time of an examination taking place will be logged on an incident report form by the Faculty officer. Immediate action to resolve issues as they arise will be taken wherever ...

Blood tests: Hb 168 g/l, WCC 12.9 10^9/L, Platelet count 268 10^9/L, Prothrombin Time 10 sec, CRP 414 mg/L, Urea 10.8 mmol/L, Creatinine 140 umol/L (Baseline 100), Na+ 140 mmol/L, K+ 4.6 mmol/L, CK 43,400 U/ ...

The only typical findings in a patient with renal ANCA vasculitis is evidence of blood and protein in the urine dip and AKI. The remainder of symptoms are often vague and overlooked.. ...

CT head to exclude an intra-cranial diagnosis causes and to ensure it is safe to undertake lumbar ...

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ICM currently recruits once a year for an August start to ST3+ posts.. The exact recruitment timetable varies from year to year. Click here to visit the ICM National Recruitment Office website.. Click here for more on National Recruitment.. ...

You assess that this baby is critically unwell and shocked. It is impossible to determine the exact cause at this stage. Initial resuscitation follows an ABCD+DUCT approach. Do not be afraid to use oxygen liberally during this early phase. A saturation probe is applied to the right hand to obtain a pre-ductal saturation reading and to either foot for a post-ductal comparison. Titrate oxygen to preductal saturations as this is what the brain will receive and accept saturations above 75%. Post-ductal saturations are normally slightly lower due to mixing of pulmonary blood but a difference of greater than 3% on the feet may indicate underlying duct dependent congenital heart disease. Saturations may be tricky to pick up in the shocked neonate due to poor peripheral perfusion. Trying the probe on the earlobe might help. Access is obtained intravenously (remembering scalp and external jugular veins) but if difficult then use a 15mm intraosseous needle ("paediatric pink" EZ-IOÒ) placed in the ...

All the key information and links you need to consider a career in the exciting specialty of Intensive Care Medicine ...

A suite of work streams that analyse and respond to anticipated changes and pressures on critical care and related services ...

Myocarditis -Arrhythmia (suspect SVT if ,220 and trial adenosine) -Primary respiratory problem -Surgical abdomen -Adrenal insufficiency -Hypothyroidism -Toxins ...

Cardiac biomarkers and echocardiography can be useful in prognosticating risk for mortality in patients with acute PE ...

During the first night of his Intensive Care stay he developed increasing cardiovascular instability and high volume, dilute ...

The applicant should complete the application form in order to demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria as set out in the Person Specification (PS). The role of an examiner is set out in the Job Description (JD), and can also be found in Appendix A of the Examiner Appointment Regulations.. Completed application forms, including the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Form should be submitted to [email protected] A CV is not required.. Diversity, equality and inclusion is an integral part of our culture at FICM so it is important to us that this is reflected in our recruitment practices. We strongly encourage applications from individuals from all ages, races, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities and perspectives to ensure we maintain an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates our differences.. ...

A capillary gas is easiest to obtain and closely approximates arterial values. An arterial gas as well as an arterial line, if possible, is useful and ideally placed in the right arm, either a 24 gauge in the radial artery or 22 gauge in the axillary. A blood gas shows a pH of 6.9 with a base deficit of 22, a lactate of 10 and a glucose of 2.2. Perfusion remains poor and blood pressure is 50/30 despite 20ml/kg of fluid. Liver edge is palpable 4cm below the costal margin. ...

Women in Intensive Care Medicine. Working together across the UK to promote Intensive Care Medicine as a career choice, ... Intensive Care Medicine is a growing specialty As we grow, it is important that accurate workforce data is available so that ... The Data Bank brings together all the key messages and key data sources on workforce for adult critical care ... Workforce planning for Intensive Care Medicine has become a high priority for the Faculty. ...

DiscoverICM is an online series from real intensivists telling us what they love most about working in ICM and why theyre pleased they chose to work in the specialty.. Check out below to go directly to the twitter conversation or why not tell us your #DiscoverICM story.. Dont forget to retweet, like and comment to keep the conversation going online!. ...

Doctors gaining exposure to critical care during their Foundation training could help to inform their future career paths ...

The National Inter-Deanery Transfer (IDT) process has been put in place to support medical trainees who have had an unforeseen and significant change in circumstances since commencement of their current training programme.. The process is managed by the National IDT team (Health Education South London) on behalf of the Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans (COPMeD), Health Education England (HEE) and all UK regions. If you are planning to apply for an IDT process, please visit the website for guidance.. ...

... the doctors who lead critical care services and Advanced Critical Care Practitioners, and includes Critical Care Pharmacists as ... Welcome to the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine The Faculty is the professional and statutory body for the specialty of ... The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine is delighted to announce the publication of Version 2 of the ACCP Curriculum: Training ...