Mastering Intensive Care24 Des 2022

77 - Recovering from the pandemic

Mastering Intensive Care is returning from being offline for a full 12 months. In this episode, I ask you to ponder, "how are you going?" after the lengthy pandemic, which has lulled after the worst of the storm but has not yet settled into a state of calm.

Whilst few intensive care clinicians have actively diminished what we've been through over the last few years, the relentless world of Intensive Care continues unabated. There have been many learnings from the pandemic, but we mustn't sweep the emotions we've witnessed under the carpet.

As you listen to this shorter episode than usual, I hope you'll ponder questions about how you have managed yourself during the pandemic, both individually and in your local ICU community. I share what I've witnessed in myself and my colleagues before offering a few thoughts on where we might focus our actions in recovering from what we've been through.

Thank you for listening as I use this opportunity to reinvigorate this podcast after 12 months of languishing.

Andrew Davies

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About the Mastering Intensive Care podcast: The podcast aims to inspire and empower Intensive Care clinicians through conversations about the human side of Intensive Care to bring their best selves to work by focusing on compassion, collaboration and personal wellbeing.

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Links to resources discussed (in order of mentioning)

Article in New York Times "There's a Name for the Blah You're Feeling: It's Called Languishing" (by Adam Grant)

Article in New York Times "There's a Specific Kind of Joy We've Been Missing" (by Adam Grant)

Mastering Intensive Care episode - Persevering Through A Pandemic - 1 - Sick Of COVID

Mastering Intensive Care episode - Persevering Through A Pandemic - 2 - It Was Inconceivable

Mastering Intensive Care episode - Persevering Through A Pandemic - 3 - Ultramarathon

Mastering Intensive Care episode - Persevering Through A Pandemic - 4 - Best & Worst Year

Mastering Intensive Care episode - Persevering Through A Pandemic - 5 - 'Life' Support For Our People

Mastering Intensive Care episode - Persevering Through A Pandemic - 6 - Learnings We Might Take Away

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