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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

  • The Physician Who Never Stops April 24, 2026
  • CT Case 105 April 22, 2026
  • Paracetamol or Acetaminophen? April 14, 2026
  • Alpha-Gal Syndrome April 12, 2026
  • History of fluorescein April 10, 2026

RSS Wessex ICS BottomLine

  • BigPAK-2 – preventive care strategy to reduce acute kidney injury after major surgery March 28, 2026
  • ACTiVE – Automated Closed-Loop Ventilation vs Protocolized Conventional Ventilation March 28, 2026
  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – February 2026 March 13, 2026
  • Emergency Evidence Updates – February 2026 March 13, 2026
  • Critical Care Evidence Updates – January 2026 February 19, 2026

RSS Pulmccm

RSS St Emlyns

  • TTL tip 10: Put the trauma patient straight onto the PORTABLE monitor.
  • Fit to quit? The trial evidence for smoking cessation interventions in ED
  • How many patients should we see per hour?
  • Marching Backwards into the Future: Why Healthcare Needs Fewer Modules and More Systems Thinking
  • ICEM/IFEM 2026: Will we see you in Hamburg?

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 423 – Hyperbaric Therapy for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning? April 17, 2026
  • EMCrit Wee – You Don’t Understand Dizziness and Vertigo – But You Need To!!! April 9, 2026
  • EMCrit RACC-Lit Review – April 2026 April 4, 2026
  • PulmCrit: The HI-PEITHO trial on low dose alteplase March 30, 2026
  • EMCrit 422 – SSC 2026 Sepsis Guidelines: The good, the Bad, and the UGLY – a discussion with lead author, Hallie Prescott March 29, 2026

RSS Medscape critical care

  • Medscape Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2026
  • The Missing Gear: Skeletal Muscle and Activity Intolerance
  • Physician Accused of Using Imposter for Mandatory Class
  • Antibiotics After GI Infections Raise IBS Risk
  • Doctors Being ‘Pushed to the Limit’: Poll

RSS Thinking Critical Care

  • 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!
  • Santa Cabrini Grand Rounds: Dr. Asher Mendelson on High Risk Intermediate PE & PERT Teams. #FOAMed #PERT #PE

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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