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ICU bedside: intubated woman, day 1 after a house fire with extensive flame burns

ICU bedside: ventilated man on CRRT after a prolonged entrapment, fasciotomy wounds to both legs

ICU bedside: ventilated man retrieved after a high-speed crash, pelvic binder in situ

ICU bedside: ventilated woman after a deliberate overdose, broad-complex tachycardia on the monitor

ICU bedside: ventilated woman with hypotension and bradycardia after a fall, in a hard collar

ICU hot case: a 51-year-old woman ventilated after a secured aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

ICU hot case: a 58-year-old man intubated and ventilated for prolonged seizures

ICU hot case: a 58-year-old woman on extracorporeal support after a prolonged cardiac arrest

ICU hot case: a comatose 37-year-old woman ventilated after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

ICU hot case: a tracheostomised 51-year-old man failing to wean on day 24 of his admission

ICU hot case: a ventilated 30-year-old man with progressive ascending limb weakness

ICU hot case: a ventilated 30-year-old woman after collapse during a community fun run on a heatwave day

ICU hot case: a ventilated 31-year-old man with severe airflow obstruction after failed non-invasive ventilation

ICU hot case: a ventilated 32-year-old man on mechanical circulatory support for shock

ICU hot case: a ventilated 33-year-old man with a tense, distended abdomen and oliguria

ICU hot case: a ventilated 34-year-old man with wildly labile blood pressure and pulmonary oedema

ICU hot case: a ventilated 35-year-old man with bronchorrhoea and bradycardia after a collapse on a farm

ICU hot case: a ventilated 37-year-old man with refractory shock after induction of anaesthesia

ICU hot case: a ventilated 38-year-old woman with obstructive shock after sudden collapse

ICU hot case: a ventilated 39-year-old woman with severe right heart failure

ICU hot case: a ventilated 41-year-old woman after major trauma with an open abdomen

ICU hot case: a ventilated 42-year-old woman with refractory bradycardia and shock after a deliberate overdose

ICU hot case: a ventilated 44-year-old man with a severe traumatic brain injury after a rural motor-vehicle crash

ICU hot case: a ventilated 44-year-old woman with shock and an open abdomen five days after bowel surgery

ICU hot case: a ventilated 45-year-old man on extracorporeal support for refractory hypoxaemia

ICU hot case: a ventilated 46-year-old man with shock after emergency drainage of an infected kidney

ICU hot case: a ventilated 47-year-old man with acute liver failure and worsening encephalopathy

ICU hot case: a ventilated 48-year-old motorcyclist with a head injury and chest trauma

ICU hot case: a ventilated 49-year-old man with jaundice, encephalopathy and coagulopathy

ICU hot case: a ventilated 50-year-old man admitted after a peri-arrest bradyarrhythmia

ICU hot case: a ventilated 52-year-old woman with shock and a high oxygen requirement

ICU hot case: a ventilated 53-year-old woman in shock after emergency surgery for a limb infection

ICU hot case: a ventilated 56-year-old woman with collapse and coagulopathy after a suspected snakebite

ICU hot case: a ventilated 57-year-old woman with acute kidney injury two days after starting chemotherapy

ICU hot case: a ventilated 59-year-old man with shock and a low cardiac output

ICU hot case: a ventilated 60-year-old man with septic shock and a spreading non-blanching rash

ICU hot case: a ventilated 61-year-old man with septic shock after an emergency laparotomy

ICU hot case: a ventilated 63-year-old man with hyperthermia, rigidity and altered conscious state

ICU hot case: a ventilated 64-year-old man with fluctuating conscious state, anaemia and a very low platelet count

ICU hot case: a ventilated 65-year-old woman with a deteriorating conscious level after acute dense hemiplegia

ICU hot case: a ventilated 66-year-old woman the evening after cardiac surgery

ICU hot case: a ventilated 67-year-old woman with severe community-acquired pneumonia and septic shock during the tropical wet season

ICU hot case: a ventilated 71-year-old woman rewarming on extracorporeal support after a collapse in the cold

ICU hot case: a ventilated 72-year-old man intubated for life-threatening bronchospasm

ICU hot case: a ventilated 73-year-old man with recurrent broad-complex tachycardia

ICU hot case: a ventilated 74-year-old man with septic shock, erythroderma and a debrided painful leg

ICU hot case: a ventilated 75-year-old man with fever, fast atrial fibrillation and agitation

ICU hot case: a ventilated 79-year-old woman with severe hypoxaemia and bilateral infiltrates

ICU hot case: a ventilated 80-year-old woman, day 1 after emergency aortic surgery

ICU hot case: a ventilated 81-year-old woman with generalised muscle rigidity, spasms and trismus

ICU hot case: a ventilated 82-year-old woman with refractory shock despite escalating vasopressors

ICU hot case: a ventilated patient on day 1 after cardiac surgery requiring mechanical and pharmacological support

ICU hot case: a ventilated young adult after a deliberate overdose with a wide-complex rhythm

ICU hot case: a ventilated young adult with severe bronchospasm and high airway pressures

ICU hot case: a ventilated, proned 78-year-old man with severe hypoxaemia after a submersion event

ICU hot case: an intubated 40-year-old woman with chronic liver disease after a large haematemesis

ICU hot case: an intubated 54-year-old woman after a massive upper gastrointestinal bleed

ICU hot case: an intubated 68-year-old woman with severe metabolic acidosis and a reduced conscious state

ICU hot case: intubated man with jaundice, ascites and recent haematemesis

ICU hot case: intubated man, day 5, ascending weakness and a tracheostomy plan

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