Surveys

Elie Azoulau, ESICM President and Jan de Waele, ESICM President-elect are looking for your views on sustainable critical care in your setting and the results will inform further phases of the ESICM: Environmental Sustainability in ICU.

INTACT-2 is a multicentre randomised controlled trial that is aiming to evaluate the clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of intravenous (IV) iron and recombinant erythropoietin (rHuEPO) for treating moderate-severe anaemia (haemoglobin ≤100 g/L) in patients recovering from critical illness.

INTACT-2 was listed as a research priority by the Intensive Care Society’s Research Prioritisation Exercise (June 2022) and is funded by a grant from the NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation funding stream.

The study aims to enrol 508 patients across 25 ICUs.

If you would like to know more about the study and/or are interested in participating, please enter your details and those of your NHS hospital on this form.

Alternatively, please get in touch directly at intact2.trial@ed.ac.uk.

Developing Person Centred Outcome Measures in End-of-life Care in Critical Care (PEACE-COS) Delphi Study

We are inviting you to take part in a research study that aims to create a core outcome set that should be used in all research studies evaluating end-of-life care in critical care. Participation involved completing two online questionnaires with the option to receive an invitation to be part of a TEAMS video-conference consensus meeting.

We are inviting the following groups to take part:

• Family members of people of received end-of-life care in critical care
• Patients who were given a limited chance of survival whilst in critical care
• Health professionals who have been involved in end-of-life care in critical care
• Researchers who work in the field of critical care or end-of-life care

Following screening, each questionnaire will take approximately 30 minutes to complete, and it is very important that you can complete both questionnaires.

The first questionnaire is available now, and the second will be sent out in the next few weeks once the participants complete the surveys of the first round.

If you would like to know more information, please visit our study website where you will find the participant information sheets or go direct to start the questionnaire.

Thank you the PEACE-COS study team

Are you a member of a regional organ donation services team or a qualified ACCP? 

We need your expertise!

ACT-DDONOR is a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey study examining the training needs of Advanced Critical Care Practitioners who care for consented organ and tissue donors. 

With the expanding role of ACCPs across the UK and rising donor numbers, more ACCPs are providing care for organ and tissue donors. Whilst the FICM syllabus covers core knowledge in donor management, there isn't currently a nationally agreed standard for ongoing training and development of ACCPs in this crucial area.

We're partnering with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) to change this.

Our research aims to develop standardised training specifically for ACCPs in managing consented organ and tissue donors.

Your insights will directly shape the future of ACCP education in organ donation care and this is your opportunity to influence national training standards and enhance the quality of donor care across the UK.

This study has obtained ethics approval via the Northumbria University Research Ethics Committee recognising its alignment with strategic objectives to enhance organ donation practices through standardised professional development.

Complete the survey below, it only takes a few minutes to complete: