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I originally chose to study pharmacy after being inspired by some family-friends who owned their own community pharmacy.

Written by: Emma Taylor

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global healthcare emergency and the NHS is facing an unprecedented crisis.

Written by: Gilly Fleming

Many patients in the ITU are unable to look after their own eyes so it is vitally important that we take care of them on their behalf. They are at higher risk of eye damage both as a result of their acute illness and due to the treatment they receive on ITU.

Written by: Duncan Philp

As I was saying at the odd conference before we were so all so rudely interrupted, Point of Care Ultrasound is finally coming of age in the UK.

Written by: Alex Scott

A recruitment blog double from Dr Liz Thomas and Dr Shashikumar Chandrashekaraiah. Liz discusses getting a job in a time of change and Shashikumar tells us about recruitment as an IMG.

Written by: Liz Thomas & Shashikumar Chandrashekaraiah

As the year draws to an end we thought we, as the members of The Women In Intensive Care Medicine committee, thought we would share some festive musings with you as our last blog of the year....

Written by Dr Jennifer Abthorpe, Dr Anna Stout, Dr Nish Desai, Dr Mishti Oberoi, Dr Aoife Quinn and Dr Liz Thomas

The European Society of Intensive Care’s Annual Conference (LIVES) is typically held in destination cities across Europe, and when I saw that it was being held in Milan it seemed too good an opportunity to miss.  

I convinced one of my good registrar friends that us attending LIVES would be a good use of our time and our study budget...

Written by Dr Christopher Shaw

Eighteen months ago I moved jobs. I’m sure the trainees/rotational doctors reading this are thinking this isn’t anything worth blogging about, but as I’d been a consultant for 10 years it was quite a change for my world. I feel it helped me see the world, the NHS and critical care through different eyes and therefore I volunteered to write a blog for WICM about it...

Written by Dr Liz Thomas

Words we thought we would never hear. Terrifying screams drowned out by the fire alarms. Thick black smoke filled the ward, flames flowing up the wall and across the ceiling, and windows shattered with the heat...

Written by Karen Stirling