A Paediatric Intensive Care Podcast

Welcome to the first of our podcasts using interviews recorded during the 2019 PICS/PCICS conference in London in November. Anthony Bennett was one of the opening speakers. Almost ten years ago, aged 16, he became seriously unwell and underwent three Read more…

The Tracheostomy: is it a short cut to discharge, or of significant benefit to the patients? What are the risks, and what are the benefits? When should a tracheostomy be done? Are there benefits in the short and long term Read more…

Sepsis is everywhere. We hear lots of news stories about sepsis patients, and the solution seems easy. Follow the guidelines, identify sepsis, and treat it early. As always it’s not so simple. How is sepsis defined? How is it identified? Read more…

PicPod 27 is about death. We try so hard to stop our patients from dying, and yet we cannot stop all of them. How have death rates changed over the past 30 years? Have the patients dying changed? Has the Read more…

We are better at making children survive. But are we better at making them survive well? What are the trends in survival and outcome quality over time? There is obvious benefit to children needing PIC, but does PIC do harm Read more…

This episode is a three way discussion including Mark Russell, currently a senior fellow in Adelaide. In a Dickensian manner, we have a PIC consultant past, present, and future. What is it like? How does it feel? When you turn Read more…

Patients with status epilepticus are one of the most common reasons for admission to Paediatric Intensive Care. There are two important questions: when should we stop the seizure, and how? We go through evidence of when harm increases with a Read more…

Welcome to PicPod 23. This episode we talk about new technology on PICU. Does Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) work? Is it worthwhile? Does it help our assessment of the patient? Should we throw away our stethoscopes? Including an interview Read more…