Challenging Concepts in Critical Care

Edited by:   Christopher Gough (Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Bath UK), Justine Barnett (Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation, Bath, UK), Tim Cook (Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation, Bath, UK), Jerry Nolan (Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation, Bath, UK)
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 246mm,  Width: 189mm, 
ISBN:   9780198814924
ISBN 10:   0198814925
Series:   Challenging Concepts
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   26 September 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Christopher Gough is a senior trainee in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine in the South West region of the UK. Within anaesthesia his interests include regional and paediatric anaesthesia, and within Intensive Care Medicine he has a interest in education and echocardiography, and is currently completing BSE accreditation in Critical Care Echocardiography. Justine Barnett has been a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal United Hospital Bath for 5 years. She trained in Bristol, Cambridge and Melbourne, and has a particular interest in safety in medicine and learning from incidents. Tim Cook has been a DGH consultant, employed full time, in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine for the last 20 years. He is the director of the National Audit Projects of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. In this or previous roles he has played a leading role in the last four 'NAPs' examining major complications in anaesthesia and in ICU: NAP3 on epidurals/spinal anaesthesia; NAP4 on airway management; NAP5 on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia and NAP6 on life-threatening perioperative -perioperative anaphylaxis. He also has 20 years of experience in clinical research for patient benefit. Jerry Nolan is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Royal United Hospital, Bath and Honorary Professor of Resuscitation Medicine at the University of Bristol. He is Chairman of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the immediate past Co-chairman of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). Jerry is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Resuscitation. His research interests are in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, airway management, and post-cardiac arrest treatment.