Asia Ventilation Forum
The Asia Ventilation Forum (AVF) is a not-for-profit organisation comprising members from different Asian countries. We share our knowledge and experience in respiratory care and critical care with intensive care unit (ICU) workers across the continent with the aim of improving care and outcomes for the critically ill. There are two AVF Podcast series. "Behind-The-Scenes ICU Stories" invites colleagues to share anything and everything on their personal experiences. Expect heart-to-heart discussions on topics that may or may not have been widely described in the medical literature. "The Challenges of Airway Management During the Pandemic" invites colleagues to share anything and everything on how they deal with various clinical situations. Expect discussions on how experts personalise evidence-based medicine for the patient at the bedside. These Podcasts are hosted by Dr Jason Phua, respiratory physician and intensivist at Alexandra Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, and Dr Jose Emmanuel Palo, intensivist at The Medical City, the Philippines.
Asia Ventilation Forum
The future of intensive care – Professor Jean-Louis Vincent
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AVF
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Season 1
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Episode 18
In this AVF Podcast: Behind-The-Scenes ICU Stories episode, Professor Jean-Louis Vincent paints his vision for the future of intensive care. Professor Vincent is Professor of intensive care medicine at the University of Brussels. He is Past-President of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. He is the editor-in-chief of Critical Care, Current Opinion in Critical Care, and ICU Management & Practice, and member of the editorial boards of about 30 other journals. He has authored more than 1000 original articles, and his H index is 193.
Issues discussed in this interview:
- Critical care medicine outside the intensive care unit (ICU)
- Mixed versus medical or surgical ICU
- Multidisciplinary teams
- Protocolised versus personalised care with artificial intelligence
- Outcomes beyond mortality
- Telemedicine and pre-hospital care
- Humanity and diversity in medicine
- Noninvasive monitoring and extracorporeal organ support
- Passion and inspiration
Work cited:
- Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, et al. Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. Intensive Care Med 2021;47:1181-247.
- Alam N, Oskam E, Stassen PM, et al. Prehospital antibiotics in the ambulance for sepsis: a multicentre, open label, randomised trial. Lancet Respir Med 2018;6:40-50.
- Vincent JL. Antibiotic administration in the ambulance? Lancet Respir Med 2018;6:5-6.
- Lane DJ, Wunsch H, Saskin R, et al. Association between early intravenous fluids provided by paramedics and subsequent in-hospital mortality among patients with sepsis. JAMA Netw Open 2018;1:e185845.
- Ranieri VM, Brodie D, Vincent JL. Extracorporeal organ support: from technological tool to clinical strategy supporting severe organ failure. JAMA 2017;318:1105-6.
- Mang S, Reyher C, Mutlak H, et al. Awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022;205:847-51.