Calendar of Events
There are so many events for intensive care professionals in the West Midlands and beyond it is hard to keep track of them! We have put together a calendar of events to help. You can look up details of each event or even copy to your calendar. Although we attempt to collate all events we know about, we may miss some so please let us know of you spot something at wmicm.events@gmail.com
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Ultrasound to Assess Volume Status–Why Bother?
Emergency Medicine Nuggets
Nuggets | Emergency Medicine Podcasts (Web Archive 2019) www.heftemcast.co.uk ED Knowledge Nuggets are an informal educational tool set up by Jo Fellowes, an ACP at HEFT, aimed at all members of the emergency department with a focus …
Journal Club: Which Vasopressor Is Best in Septic Shock?
Journal Club: Prevalence and impact of frailty on mortality in elderly ICU patients
Scoring System Predicts Difficult Airways in Obese Patients
Anesthesiology News has an interesting article on a scoring system that can predict which obese patients will present a difficult airway.
ICMWK Top Guidelines
Intensive Care Medicine Working Knowledge Top Guidelines contains an number of useful ICM guidelines and algorithms.
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) complications

A step-by-step algorithm for dealing with patients that present with LVAD Complications can be found at Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
Ventilation blog
Visit Jonathan Downham’s Ventilation blog at the Critical Care Practitioner website for a catalogue of articles on mechanical ventilation.