Winter Pressures - Frontline Readiness and Response

About this episode

The episode discusses the UK's early H3N2 flu wave and the readiness of frontline critical care professionals.

We dive deep into the UK’s sharpest early H3N2 flu wave in years, with host Dr Jonny Wilkinson, and an outstanding expert panel: • Prof Shondipon Laha (Consultant in Critical Care & Anaesthesia, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and President of the Intensive Care Society) • Prof Anthony Gordon (Imperial College London - Professor of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, NIHR Research Professor and Consultant Intensivist) • Dr Brijesh Patel (Imperial College & Royal Brompton - Reader in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care, Consultant Intensivist and national ECMO lead) • Prof Anthony Conway-Morris (University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke’s - MRC Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant specialising in critical care immunology) • Mark Borthwick (Oxford University Hospitals - Consultant Pharmacist for Critical Care and past chair of the UKCPA Critical Care Group) From frontline pressures and ECMO preparedness to antivirals and public health messaging - essential listening for anyone in critical care this winter.

People in this episode

Guests: Mark Borthwick, Dr Brijesh Patel, Prof Shondipon Laha, Prof Anthony Conway-Morris, Prof Anthony Gordon

Topics covered

• H3N2 flu wave
• critical care
• ECMO preparedness
• antivirals
• public health messaging

Keywords

• winter pressures
• Intensive Care Society
• public health

Mentioned in this episode

Places: UK

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