Join Neil as he reviews a big month in the critical care literature.

Professor David Tuxen is one of the worlds leading experts on mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He joins Todd on the podcast to discuss his strategies for ventilation, recruitment and rescue therapies.

Ventilator associated pneumonia is a common consequence of critical illness. Royal Brisbane's Professor Robert Boots shares his views on VAP and its prevention.

Join Neil as he reviews September's critical care literature.

A/P Sandy Peake, Principle Investigator for the ARISE study on Early Goal Directed Therapy in Sepsis chats to Crit-IQ's Sacha Richardson on current Sepsis management.

Transitioning from senior trainee to consultant is a stressful time in any clinician's career. Thanks to a motivated group of consultants, this process is made easier with the introduction of the Consultant Intensivist Transition Course. Foundation faculty member Kim Vidhani joins Todd to discuss this very important initiative.

Fresh from his role on the advisory committee for new ANZICS CLABSI guidelines, Dr John Gowardman joins the podcast to share his views on definition, prevention and treatment of central venous line infection.

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

Dr Shona Mair, our latest podcast contributor, chats to paediatric intensivist Kevin McCaffrey about the Children's Early Warning Tool, and the impact it has on spotting deteriorating patients.

Join Neil for the monthly wrap up of the critical care literature

Patsy Tremayne is a Sports Psychologist who has worked extensively with exam candidates in many Australasian specialty colleges. In this unique opportunity, Todd chats with Patsy about her recommendations for clearing this very stressful training hurdle. This podcast is a must for all candidates preparing for an exam.

Join Neil to review the literature for the month of June.

Dr Anthony Holley is dual trained in ICU and emergency medicine and is a reservist officer in the Australian Navy. He joins Todd on the podcast to discuss his research passion, managing massive transfusion, end points of trauma resuscitation and blood substitutes.

Marianne Chapman joins the podcast to discuss the why's and wherefore's of enteral feeding in critically ill patients. Listen here to her thoughts on when to start, what goals to set and how to attain them.

Join Neil to wrap up the latest in the critical care literature from May 2012.

Through a career in intensive care medicine spanning 4 decades, Dr George Skowronski has seen colleagues come and go. In this intriguing podcast, George ponders the future for the ageing intensivist - their limitations, how to make use of their strengths, and managing the transition into retirement.

Dr John Myburgh has a PhD in catecholamine physiology in critically ill patients. In this exciting podcast, he chats to Todd about the evidence for their use in ICU, why good research is hard to do and where the future will take us.

Dr Jason Roberts has a PhD in the pharmacology of antibiotics in Intensive Care. In this fascinating podcast he discusses the reasons that antibiotic dosing needs to be carefully managed.

Principle investigator of the TRANSFUSE trial, Dr Craig French joins Todd on the podcast to discuss the triggers for transfusion in ICU, the benefits of fresh blood and how to reduce anaemia in critically ill patients.

ED overcrowding is a symptom of a stressed health system according to Prof Peter Cameron, Consultant Emergency Physician, Director of CRE-PS and an NHMRC clinical research fellow. He chats to Andy Buck about this important systems dysfunction, the "4 hour rule" and the impacts on critical care services.