Calgary Critical Care Research Network

Help shape the future of ICU & PICU research! The James Lind Alliance Critical Care Medicine PSP needs your input to identify the top 10 research priorities. Patients, families & clinicians—your voice matters. Take the survey: survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_ct…

📢Calling all 📷 ICU patients, families, and clinicians! 📷#PICU #ICU 🏥 Your voice matters in shaping research priorities. Select the top 10 questions you believe are most important for guiding future research: survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_ct…

📢Calling all 🇨🇦 ICU patients, families, and clinicians! 🏥 Your voice matters in shaping research priorities. Participate in a quick 10-minute survey to share your questions on what research should focus on. Let's make a difference together! #PICU #ICU

We are seeking ICU healthcare professionals in Alberta to participate in interviews for a research study to understand sedation practices for ICU patients. If you are interested in participating, please contact njaworsk<at>ucalgary.ca. #icu #sedation @n_jaworska

Canada is the only G7 country without a national school food program for children.

A cheap, easily mass-produced #malaria vaccine has been approved, a big advance against major child killer. It costs about $2-4 a dose, and four doses required, by ⁦⁦⁦@JamesTGallagher⁩ via ⁦@bbchealth⁩ @GYamey #GlobalHealth bbc.com/news/health-66…

Please join us Tuesday October 3rd for Critical Care Medicine Multidisciplinary Collaborative Clinical Ethics Rounds. Our panel will be discussing "Death by Neurologic Criteria (DNC): Ethical and Practical Insights" #dccmrounds

The @3wishesproject_ is kicking off in our ICU!! Thanks to Alyson Takaoka @AlyTakaoka from @queensu MD program for your tireless effort and Dr. Imelda Galvin from @queensccm for leading this project. Also, thanks to Dr. Deb Cook and @thanh_neville for your ongoing inspriation!

AI-enhanced systems track trends so clinicians can change medical trajectories. #AdFeature with @radychildrens

Johns Hopkins is offering FREE research courses online. Here are 10 courses you can audit to elevate your skills (links below):

In recent months we’ve posted about frequent interruptions in services or programs at rural health facilities and hospitals. Rural health care is under immense stress. /1

When working harder isn’t the answer. Host @JillianHortonMD speaks with #RCFellow @PennyRampersad about biases baked into our #MedEd systems, physician #burnout and the importance of nurturing interests outside of medicine: youtu.be/lRltJJdQ2f8 Watch and earn MOC credits!

Are you a researcher or clinician who engages patients & their families in the #criticalcare & #sepsis work you do? Our patient-led project hopes to uncover the impact of that engagement, which will help us create new resources that can be shared broadly! #PatientledResearch

. @sharon_inouye explains via @HealthDayTweets that new research from Hinda & Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research found that developing postop #delirium is associated w a 40% faster rate of cognitive decline over those who don't develop delirium ➡️ consumer.healthday.com/delirium-26596…

Achieving early mobilization was associated with a high probability of ICU patients gaining independence in activities of daily living (Barthel index ≥ 70) at hospital discharge: rdcu.be/c7Y3f

I can't believe I missed the 20-year anniversary of this landmark study! Happy belated birthday to one of the earliest papers to put ICU survivorship in the spotlight.

The most difficult times in the unit are when someone dies alone. We take our turns by the bedside. The nurses, the respiratory staff, the physios, and spiritual care often pay their respects. Our housekeeper sang softly as she tidied as well. My unit is a kind place. 😔

Our Scoping Review exploring the impacts of the pandemic on #nurses working in #ICUs is now published in Critical Care Nurse. These findings have important implications for nurse wellbeing and workplace/disaster planning. @jessjenkinsNP @christinefili27 aacnjournals.org/ccnonline/arti…

📢Come work with us! The @ohlson_research is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar interested in building their #HealthServicesResearch program in an amazing collaborative team across @OBrien_IPH and @Charb_Cancer at @UCalgaryMed 👇 careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/9816035-p…