As per usual Kate Flynn criteria, applications are invited for submission of any presentations of interesting cases or case series related to Intensive Care Medicine.

This meeting will take place in the lecture theatre at the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin 2.

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to deliver a presentation of 6 to 8 minutes duration.

Guidelines for Abstract Submission:

The presenter should submit an abstract as a word document—Max 250 words and structured as background, case presentation, and conclusion.

Abstracts may include relevant case reports or case series. Cases should be original, including why the case should be reported, and the essential implications or message for the Intensive Care Community.

Please note the closing date for submissions of abstracts is Sunday 18^th of September.

Submissions to icsi@coa.ie

This meeting is free to attend and will cover the covid-19 pandemic thus far with a forward looking approach to healthcare in the future. The meeting will follow on from the ICU 4 U commemorative charity cycle where teams from around the country will cycle to Dublin to raise money for charities supporting people affected by the COVID 19 crisis.

The meeting will include a Kate Flynn Presentation Prize, Scientific Session and a Public Session.

This will feature a number of key speakers who will address issues of interest to clinicians and the public. This will be a virtual meeting and there will be a facility to submit questions to the speakers via the moderator.

Those wishing to participate in this sessions will have the opportunity to pre-register for the conference, later this week.

Webinar Registration

Registration for all sessions is free. To attend please use the follow links to register for each session:

Clinical Session

Public Session

Programme viewable below or downloadable

Frontline workers will remember lives lost to Covid-19 and aim to raise €150k for those impacted by the pandemic at ICU4U2 memorial event

Frontline workers throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland will cycle to the Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge Dublin this September to remember all those who have lost their lives to Covid-19 and to raise €150,000 for those impacted by the secondary challenges of the pandemic.

The ICU4U2 event will see small teams of ICU doctors, nurses, paramedics, ambulance drivers, other healthcare staff plus some gardai depart from each of the six nationwide University Hospitals in Cork, Belfast, Galway, Limerick, Sligo and Waterford on 2-3 September.  They will pass through as many community hospitals as possible en route to Dublin, collecting white roses along the way to represent lives lost to the virus.  Then over 7000 white roses will be displayed at the gardens on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th September representing each life lost in Ireland to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The charities to benefit are:

• ALONE (a charity that helps our more vulnerable Elderly population)
• AWARE (a charity that supports people with Mental Health problems)
• Breakthrough Cancer Research (a charity that supports improvements in the care of cancer patients)
• Aware NI (supports people with Mental Health problems in Northern Ireland)

The event takes place as follows:

Date: 2nd & 3rd of September
Where: Teams of cyclist would leave from their hospitals in Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Sligo and Belfast and cycle to Island Bridge in Dublin. The cycle will be over two days from Southern cities with an overnight stops. Northern Irish period would be over 1-day leaving from Belfast.

There will be Six cycling options.

All routes will be marshalled with backup support, and refreshment stops provided.

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For further information please click here.

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To register for the ICU4U2 cycle please follow the link below. Please note confirmation email may appear in your Junk/Spam mail. 

ICU 4 U2 Registration – ICSI (intensivecare.ie)

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See www.icu4u.ie to donate.

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The Kate Flynn Medal 2021 will take place as part of the National Intensive Care COVID Research & Scientific Conference on 4th September 2021.  This meeting takes place the day after the two-day ICU 4 U 2 charity cycle.

As per usual Kate Flynn criteria, applications are invited for submission of any presentations of interesting cases or case series related to Intensive Care Medicine.

This meeting will be a Webinar, and thus individuals will present remotely online in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. Individuals whose work may not be selected for live presentations will be invited to record their work in a Podcast format which will be posted on the College and ICSI website.

Guidelines for Abstract Submission:

The presenter should submit an abstract as a word document—Max 250 words and structured as background, case presentation, and conclusion.

Abstracts may include relevant case reports or case series. Cases should be original, including why the case should be reported, and the essential implications or message for the Intensive Care Community.

Please email submissions to icsi@coa.ie.

Please note the closing date for submissions of presentations will be 3 pm Friday 13th August 

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The document should be considered by clinical staff who will be involved in making decisions regarding the prioritisation of critical care resources in the context of COVID-19.

To see the document issued by the Department of Health  please click HERE

A further statement will be issued from JFICMI & ICSI in due course.

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The World Federation of  Intensive and Critical Care has launched an free online education for healthcare professionals who could benefit from critical care training.

Please visit sccm.org/covid19 to access the training.

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• To dowload the COVID-19 IC Guidelines please click HERE

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• To download the PPE Guidance for HCW’s in all clinical settings please click HERE

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• COVID-19 Critical Care Presentation

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• Online resource for non-intensive care clinicians – click Here

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Please download the Intensive Care Statement by clicking  HERE

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