Critical Conversations

• Gastric Residual Monitoring in Critical Care SJH

  Critical Care St James's Hospital in the past year, have abolished the practice of measuring Gastric Residual Volumes (GRV's). This practice has been ingrained in many ICU's nationally and internationally for many years now despite little to no evidence to support it. We interview key members of the MDT today including Dr Arnaud-Felix Miailhe Consultant Intensivist, Emer O Sullivan Clinical Specialist Dietitian and Deirdre Doyle Practice Development Facilitator Critical Care St James's Hospital about the changes in practice, the literature surrounding this practice and the value of MDT involvement in driving change.

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• Aoife Dillon ANP Home First Team St James's Hospital

  Aoife Dillon is an ANP on the Home First specialist team for older persons in the ED Department in St James's hospital. Aoife speaks with us today about the older persons experience in the acute hospital setting, her experience meeting patients post an ICU stay and the role of advanced practice in the patients experience of accessing healthcare. Please send any comments or episode suggestions to [email protected]

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• Dr Natalie McEvoy IACCN Chairperson

  Dr Natalie McEvoy StAR Research Lecturer in Critical Care nurisng at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) joins us today to talk about her nursing journey, completing her PhD and the journey from the bedside into fulltime academia. Natalie became chairperson of the Irish Association of Critical Care Nurses (IACCN) in January 2024 and she shares with us the great work the IACCN are doing and why all critical care nurses should join! Please do leave us some feedback and/or suggested topics [email protected]

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• Antimicrobial Stewardship

  Nurse Lead CNM3 in Antimicrobial Stewardship in St James's Hospital Carolyn O' Reilly joins us today to speak about her pilot role. Please leave us any feedback or send episode suggestions to [email protected] Enjoy the episode! Of note: This episode was recorded in January 2024

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• Post Intensive Care Syndrome 'PICS'

  Welcome back to our podcast. We took a little break for a few months but we are back with more exciting episodes coming your way. August is ICU Liberation as part of the Themed Education months in Critical Care St James's Hospital and today we are joined by Consultant Intensivist Dr Orsolya Miskolci from St James's Hospital to talk to us about what PICS is and how we can spot it and try prevent it for our patients. Please leave us a comment or review and send on any episode suggestions to [email protected]

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