Edited by Christopher Gough, Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation, Bath, UK, Justine Barnett, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation, Bath, UK, Tim Cook, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation, Bath, UK, and Jerry Nolan, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation, Bath, UK

Christopher Gough is a senior trainee in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine in the South West region of the UK. Within anaesthesia his interests include regional and paediatric anaesthesia, and within Intensive Care Medicine he has a interest in education and echocardiography, and is currently completing BSE accreditation in Critical Care Echocardiography.

Justine Barnett has been a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal United Hospital Bath for 5 years. She trained in Bristol, Cambridge and Melbourne, and has a particular interest in safety in medicine and learning from incidents.

Tim Cook has been a DGH consultant, employed full time, in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine for the last 20 years. He is the director of the National Audit Projects of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. In this or previous roles he has played a leading role in the last four 'NAPs' examining major complications in anaesthesia and in ICU: NAP3 on epidurals/spinal anaesthesia; NAP4 on airway management; NAP5 on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia and NAP6 on life-threatening perioperative -perioperative anaphylaxis. He also has 20 years of experience in clinical research for patient benefit.

Jerry Nolan is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Royal United Hospital, Bath and Honorary Professor of Resuscitation Medicine at the University of Bristol. He is Chairman of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the immediate past Co-chairman of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). Jerry is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Resuscitation. His research interests are in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, airway management, and post-cardiac arrest treatment.

Justine Barnett, Consultant in Anaesthesia and ICM, Royal United Hospitals, Bath, UK
Catherine Bryant, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Road, Gloucester, UK
Jamie Cooper, Professor in Intensive Care Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Ron Daniels, CEO, UK Sepsis Trust; Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Solihull, UK
Nishita Desai, Specialty Registrar in Intensive Care Medicine, London North West Healthcare Trust, London, UK
Jeremy Farrar, Professor, Director, Wellcome Trust, London, UK
Lucinda Gabriel, Clinical Fellow in Critical Care, Guys and St Thomas Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Kim Gupta, Consultant in ICM and Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospitals, Bath, UK
Nicholas Hart, Clinical Director, Professor of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Director of Research Delivery, Lane Fox Respiratory Service, St Thomas Hospital, Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Richard Hunt, Advanced Trainee in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
Martin Huntley, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, UK
Matthew A. Kirkman, Specialty Registrar in Neurosurgery and Honorary Fellow in Neurocritical Care, Neurocritical Care Unit, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
Amy Krepska, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Clinton Lobo, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
David J. Lockey, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist, North Bristol NHS Trust, Hon Professor, University of Bristol, UK
Peter MacNaughton, Clinical director Critical Care, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
Laith Malhas, Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK
Alex Manara, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
Ramani Moonesinghe, Consultant in Anaesthesia and ICM, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
Sian Alys Moxham, Specialty Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Bristol School of Anaesthesia, Bristol, UK
Deirdre Murphy, Senior Consultant Intensivist, Cabrini Health, Malvern, Melbourne, Australia
Patrick B. Murphy, Consultant Physician, Lane Fox Respiratory Unit, St Thomas Hospital, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Dave Murray, Consultant Anaesthetist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
Virginia Newcombe, Consultant in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Paul Nixon, Consultant Intensivist, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Jerry Nolan, Consultant in ICM and Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospitals Bath, Bath; Professor of Resuscitation Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Matt Oliver, NIHR UCL Clinical Lecturer in Anaesthesia, NELA Research Advisor, London North Central Anaesthetic Registrar, London, UK
Nim Pathmanathan, Consultant in ICM and Anaesthesia, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
Tasneem Pirani, Consultant in General Intensive Care and Liver Intensive Care, Kings College Hospital, London, UK
Andrew Ray, Specialty Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Bristol School of Anaesthesia, Bristol, UK
Marius Rehn, Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Division of Prehospital Services, Air Ambulance Department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo; University of Stavanger, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stavanger, Norway
Sanjoy Shah, Consultant Intensivist, University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, UK
Martin Smith, Consultant and Honorary Professor in Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care, Neurocritical Care Unit, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
Matt Thomas, Consultant in Anaesthesia and ICM, University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, UK
Gary Wares, Consultant in ICM and Anaesthesia, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
Julia Wendon, Professor of Hepatology and Consultant Intensivist, Kings College London, London, UK
Amber E. Young, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and Lead Childrens Burns Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Senior Research and NIHR Doctoral Fellow, Bristol Centre for Surgical Research, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK