COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium

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    COVID Critical Symposium at EuroELSO

    COVID Critical members meet in person after years of online collaboration

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    2021 Symposium Keynote

    Professor Robert Bartlett gave the Keynote Address as part of the 2021 Global Symposium for the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium.

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    ICUs prepared as borders reopen

    A dedicated team at Brisbane's Prince Charles Hospital has collected COVID health data on critically ill patients across the globe.

  • What does the Consortium mean to our global family

    Established in 2020, the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium was created to support ICUs at the coal face of the pandemic. The Australian-led initiative quickly became so much more.

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    Geographical Differences in COVID-19

    Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with COVID-19 Admitted to ICU. Dr Pauline Y Ng presented this update on behalf of the Consortium at EuroELSO.

ICU of the Future

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    Is the future of intensive care more patient-friendly?

    Hospitals are great for people who are critically ill but not so great if you want to get a good night's sleep. And that's a major problem for patients in intensive care, where bright lights and loud noises can drive patients mad.

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    ICUs can be scary

    Hear patient Rhys’ first hand experience

Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)

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    EuroELSO 2021 Keynote Address

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    ELSO 2020

    Professor Fraser dons his Hawaiian shirt to serenade us as part of the 2020 ELSO Conference

Out & About

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    TEDxUQ

    Impossible is nothing

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    Investment Magazine

    Fiduciary Investors Symposium - Conquering the virus: β€œHey Alexa, can you cure this pandemic?”

  • Professor John Fraser sitting in a panel discussion or interview, gesturing with his hands, wearing a dark blazer and patterned shirt, with a microphone attached to his face, during an Expo 2020 event in Dubai.

    Expo 2020 Dubai | World Majlis

    The Expo 2020 World Majlis in Dubai brings together thought leaders, visionaries and changemakers to explore the future of faster and safer medical innovations. Prof Fraser joins the panel discussion At the Speed of Life - The Future of Medical Innovation 1 Feb 2022.

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