Dr Alison Pittard OBE
Dean, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Register to join Episode 49 'ICU - what has changed?' on Zoom here.
This episode will focus on the ICU experience of the second wave, looking at what hospitals are seeing right now, and what has changed from the first wave of the pandemic.
We will hear first-hand accounts from Dr Alison Pittard OBE, Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Dr Gary Masterson, Past-President of the Intensive Care Society and consultant in Critical Care Medicine at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Chaired by Professor Nik Patel, consultant cardiologist at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and chair of the RSM’s Academic Board, the discussion will cover current mortality rates, the impact of new treatments, challenges in ventilator capacity, the impact of the second wave on staff and services, as well as predictions for the winter.
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Dean, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Past-President, Intensive Care Society and consultant in Critical Care Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
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