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Pain management during the withholding and withdrawal of life support in critically ill patients at the end-of-life: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This review of 13 international papers on pain control in end of life and withdrawal from life support showed that pain control mainly includes opioids and benzodiazepines. The dosages of these exceed those recommended by guidelines. Despite consistency among guidelines, there is significant variability in practices in end-of-life care. Early cooperation with palliative care services could improve the final care these patients receive.

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COVID-19 Skills Preparation Course

Provision of Training on Intensive Care Medicine Skills for Health Professionals Not Regularly Working on Intensive Care Units

ESICM is currently working for the European Commission to develop and deliver a training programme in Intensive Care fundamentals for healthcare professionals not regularly working in Intensive Care Units.

Funded by the European Commission, the C19_SPACE programme for the Provision of Training on Intensive Care Medicine Skills for Health Professionals Not Regularly Working on Intensive Care Units is available to doctors and nurses in all 27 EU Member States and the UK.

The project aims to promote the concept of a ‘healthcare army’ in case of deployment during potential surges of COVID-19.  Rapid training will be available for a multidisciplinary pool of selected healthcare professionals, who will acquire the skills to be able to support and assist ICUs in times of need.

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The WHO Academy’s COVID-19 mobile learning app

Now available for health workers
The WHO Academy’s mobile learning app was developed specifically for health workers and is designed to enable them to expand their life-saving skills to battle COVID-19. It delivers mobile access to a wealth of COVID-19 knowledge resources developed by WHO, including up-to-the-minute guidance, tools, training, and virtual workshops to support health workers in caring for patients infected by COVID-19 and in protecting themselves as they do their critical work.
With content in seven languages – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish – the app focuses on providing health workers with critical, evidence-based information and tools to respond to the pandemic.
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COVID-19 pandemic personal protective equipment (PPE): Guidance for intensive care

Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) guidance is developed on the best evidence available at any given time. It is for individual organisations to determine how best to implement it in order to protect their staff & patients.
These guidelines are written in support of critical care delivery and offer a pragmatic interpretation of the current generic PHE guideline.
'COVID-19 pandemic personal protective equipment (PPE): Guidance for intensive care' written in collaboration with @FICM Infection Prevention Society BACCN British Association of Critical Care Nurses @CC3N & others.

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New Council Member Slovenia

Anton, a critical care nurse from Slovenia with a master's degree in nursing is working as the head of the intensive care unit at the University Clinic for Lung Diseases and Allergy Golnik.
He has been leading the ICU since 2015. In addition to taking care of the entire organization in the department, he is committed to the professionalism and the introduction of innovations in the field of critical care nursing, supported by research.

Since 2019, he is in charge as President of the Section of Nurses and Medical Technicians for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Transfusiology. His conviction is that professionally trained and well educated staff members should care for patients with life-threatening illnesses.Therefore his team carry out trainings and workshops at a national level with the help of their colleagues, in order to contribute to a safe and high-quality nursing care for patients in the ICU.

Welcome Anton!