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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

  • Anatomy for bronchoscopy July 10, 2026
  • De Quervain disease July 10, 2026
  • Patient preparation for ICU bronchoscopy July 9, 2026
  • Finkelstein Test July 8, 2026
  • Haemoptysis July 8, 2026

RSS Wessex ICS BottomLine

  • Sodium Bicarbonate for Metabolic Acidosis in the Intensive Care Unit (SODa-BIC) trial June 29, 2026
  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – March 2026 June 26, 2026
  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – April 2026 June 26, 2026
  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – May 2026 June 26, 2026
  • Emergency Evidence Updates – May 2026 June 26, 2026

RSS Pulmccm

RSS St Emlyns

  • The limits of holding on to realism and hope alone
  • TTL Tip 15: Alternative vascular access
  • JC: Boarding, the crowding tax and a fixable problem
  • Syllabus Self-Assessment Tool: Map Your Emergency Medicine Profile
  • Speciality Learning Outcomes Self-Assessment Radar (based on RCEM curriculum)

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

  • EMCrit 429 – RUSH 2.0 – The I-RUSH and CRUSH Exams July 11, 2026
  • EMCrit Wee – A Second Opinion on Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (CO) July 2, 2026
  • EMCrit 428 – A Few Things (ARISE Fluids, Bicarb Studies & More) June 27, 2026
  • 1:1 Nursing 009 – Q&A Episode 2 June 23, 2026
  • PulmCrit: Is oseltamivir assassinating ICU patients? June 21, 2026

RSS Medscape critical care

  • Alcohol Emergencies: When Is It More Than Intoxication?
  • Jul 10 2026 This Week in Cardiology
  • Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report
  • Sepsis
  • Education Nudges Patients With CKD Away From Haemodialysis

RSS Thinking Critical Care

  • Time to Question the Primordiality of Oxygen??? A teaser of Dr. Paul Marino at #HR2026.
  • Surviving the Surviving Sepsis 2026 Guidelines: Understanding MAP with Rory, Phil and the one and only Korbin. #FOAMed #SSG #Sepsis #MAP
  • 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!

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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