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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

  • Basic Fracture Treatment August 4, 2026
  • Blunt cerebrovascular injury July 29, 2026
  • The 18 Best Computed Tomography Training Courses July 29, 2026
  • Critical Debrief: Clinical Event Debriefing July 28, 2026
  • Paediatric Intubation Checklist July 23, 2026

RSS Wessex ICS BottomLine

  • LOGICAL – Conservative Oxygen after Cardiac Arrest July 25, 2026
  • Emergency Evidence Updates – June 2026 July 25, 2026
  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – June 2026 July 25, 2026
  • 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

RSS Pulmccm

RSS St Emlyns

  • Does Sodium bicarbonate improve outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest?
  • TTL tips 18: Lead Yourself Before You Lead the Team
  • JC: Magnesium for Acute Headache: Maybe, but perhaps not for all..
  • TTL tip 17: No chat below 10,000
  • Artifical Intelligence, Assessment and the Future of Training

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

  • A Study in Priors Part 2 August 3, 2026
  • A Field Guide to Evidence Based Medicine Podcast – Episode 1 July 27, 2026
  • EMCrit 430 – Questions and Answers (Members Q&A Episode 004) with Sara Crager July 26, 2026
  • A Study in Priors July 24, 2026
  • The Case of the Malignant Cohort July 18, 2026

RSS Medscape critical care

  • The Unknowns in Your Salary Plan Could Cost You
  • Magnesium Sulfate Timing Linked to Apnea in Twins
  • Endoscopic Treatment for Recurrent TEF May Work in Children
  • Wearable Alerts for Cardiac Arrest in End-of-Life Setting
  • Cushing Linked to Poor Prognosis in Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

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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