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Guidelines 2016-2017

  • European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation: 2017 update
  • Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults DAS/FICM/RCoA 2017
  • ICS guidance on Eye Care in the ICU – ICS 2017 (Single page bedside summary here)
  • European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis – intensive care 2017
  • Early enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: ESICM 2017
  • ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia 2017
  • Surviving sepsis campaign guidelines for the management of septic shock 2016
  • Guidelines for the withdrawal of life-sustaining measures 2016, from Canada
  • Brain trauma foundation updated guidelines 2016
  • NICE trauma guidelines 2016. (and Comment from St.Emlyn’s.)
  • New difficult airway guidelines from DAS
  • New bronchiolitis guidelines from NICE and commentary from PM Geek
  • European resus council new guidelines – and a summary of changes.
  • Prehospital management of chest injury, consensus statement from RCSEd
  • SSC and ISTH guidelines on post-partum haemorrhage coagulopathy
  • NICE guidance on rehabilitation after critical illness
  • Canadian critical care nutrition guidelines

FOAMcc search (ICM/EM sites)

RSS LITFL

  • History of Neuraxial Anaesthesia March 3, 2026
  • CT Case 103 February 11, 2026
  • Education Theory Made Practical February 5, 2026
  • CT Case 102 January 27, 2026
  • Achille Mario Dogliotti January 26, 2026

RSS Wessex ICS BottomLine

  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – January 2026 February 19, 2026
  • Emergency Evidence Updates – January 2026 February 19, 2026
  • VENT-AVOID – Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal to Avoid Invasive Ventilation During COPD Exacerbations February 4, 2026
  • IPC for prevention of upper limb venous thrombosis with PICCs January 30, 2026
  • Positive communication for decreasing burnout in intensive‑care‑unit staff: a cluster‑randomized trial January 30, 2026

RSS Pulmccm

RSS St Emlyns

  • 2026 PE Guidelines
  • TTL tips 7: Log rolls.
  • Everything You Need to Know About Making Feedback More Than Just Noise
  • TTL tips 6: CT reports
  • TBS 2026: Best Intensive Care Medicine Papers

RSS Resus.me

  • Contaminated Airways and the Three Trajectories
  • Resuscitation Wizardry: Making Things Happen Two Day Event
  • Resuscitation Concepts: Critical Care in the Emergency Department – ONE DAY EVENT
  • How far can exponential spread of coronavirus go?
  • Blow Them Away in Resus

RSS Emcrit

  • PulmCrit: Catheter-directed lysis = Peripheral lysis for PE (STRATIFY trial!) March 6, 2026
  • EMCrit 419 – Questions and Answers (Members Q&A Episode 003) February 22, 2026
  • EMCrit 418 – Questions and Answers (Members Q&A Episode 002) February 9, 2026
  • PulmCrit Mythbusting: Beta-blockade isn’t indicated for sinus tachycardia in thyroid storm February 9, 2026
  • EMCrit Wee – ECGs in Acute Pulmonary Embolism – Death Threats in Little Squiggly Lines February 2, 2026

RSS Medscape critical care

  • Risk Factors for Childbirth-Related PTSS Vary in Parents
  • Kidney Biomarkers as Sentinels in COVID Prognosis
  • New Model Predicts In-Hospital Death in Acute Liver Failure
  • Alcoholic Chlorhexidine: Better for Catheter Infections?
  • Early Neonatal Infection Linked to Cognitive Risk Later

RSS Thinking Critical Care

  • HR2026 – Fondations Physiologiques au Chevet: Choc et de Insuffisance Respiratoire, Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal 17-18 Septembre 2026.
  • Critical Care Physician Needed!
  • FOUNDATIONS REIMAGINED – Physiology at the BEDSIDE! #HR26 September 16-19, 2026!
  • Santa Cabrini Grand Rounds: Dr. Asher Mendelson on High Risk Intermediate PE & PERT Teams. #FOAMed #PERT #PE
  • VExUS & Hemodynamics NYC, Dec 4th, 2025!

RSS Critical Care Now

RSS Critical Care Northampton

  • CCN-BOB – Feb 2026 (1)
  • I’ve been Slimed! – Ultrasound Insights
  • Best #FOAMed Finds Jan 2026!
  • SIGH35 vs EEOT: Fluid Responsiveness in ICU Patients
  • The POCUS Textbook – Dr Larry Istrail

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This site is largely a collection of links to guidelines, decent papers, and others' good work. Suggest more - email me, or leave a comment on this page.
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Justin Mandeville
Consultant intensivist/anaesthetist
Bucks Hospitals, UK

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