On behalf of the editorial team, many thanks to the authors, reviewers, readers, editors and journal management for another fabulous year. Wishing you all a happy and successful 2026.

Congratulations to Senior Editor Professor Thomas Buckley on his promotion to Professor

Many congratulations to @Aus_CC Board Member A/Prof Naomi Hammond who was named Australia's leading researcher in the field of critical care research for 2026 www.theaustralian.com.au/special-repo...

Many congratulations to Board member Leanne Aitken for being awarded Emeritus Professor City St George’s, University of London. A well deserved accolade.

Methodological series: How to understand, critically appraise, & write the Statistical Methods section of a clinical research paper www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

November issue highlight: Identifying barriers & facilitators to therapeutic cuddling in the paediatric #ICU: A survey guided by the theoretical domains framework #OpenAccess www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

November issue highlight: Findings of a pilot #RCT of an early psychiatric assessment, referral, & intervention study for intensive care patients #OpenAccess www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

November issue highlight: Implementation of reusable linen in the #ICU: Impact on pressure injury, staff satisfaction, & environmental sustainability #Openaccess www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

The complete November 2025 issue of www.australiancriticalcare.com/current out now

@auscriticalcare.bsky.social would like to bring your attention to this dedication to Professor Rinaldo Bellomo written by his esteemed colleagues about his immense contribution to critical medicine research, mentorship and leadership. Vale Rinaldo www.sciencedirect.com/journal/crit...

Australasian Emergency Care expressions of interest for a senior editor www.ausemergcare.com

Save the date for Critical Care Reviews Down Under 2025 December 9th & 10th Melbourne See: www.alfredicu.org.au/news/ccr-dow... criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr...

If you presented at the @anzics.bsky.social /Australian College of Critical Care Nursing Intensive Care Annual Scientific meeting 9-11 April 2025, Christchurch, New Zealand you will find your abstract here: www.australiancriticalcare.com/issue/S1036-... (2025, Volume 38, Supplement 1)

Highly informative editorial by senior editor @TomBuckley6 in the September issue: "End-of-life conversations: Bridging legal and emotional challenges in critical care" www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

September issue out now. More highly clinically relevant content again including animal assisted services in #ICU, hand grip and inspiratory muscle strength, an oral nutritional support pathway & much more: www.australiancriticalcare.com/current

Featured this month: "Diaphragmatic Rapid Shallow Breathing Index for predicting successful weaning from mechanical ventilation: A systematic review and meta-analysis" Free to read for 3 months www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Featured this month: "Deciding who decides: An interview study exploring the factors affecting emergency department and ICU health professionals’ understanding & application of the law on end-of-life decision-making" #openaccess www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Featured this month: "A mixed-method evaluation of the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of using an actionable processes of care checklist for patients with persistent critical illness" free to read for 3 months www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Intensive care researchers 👇 Recruitment & retention of intensive care unit survivors in follow-up studies: A systematic review www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Effectiveness of virtuality reality on anxiety, pain, #sleep quality, and post-traumatic stress disorder for critically ill patients in #ICU: A systematic review & meta-analysis of #RCT www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

One of several papers reporting on rapid response systems #MET in the July issue Long-term outcomes following a rapid response team attendance www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

July issue Editor's choice Do virtual reality interventions cause seizures in the critically ill? A rapid review www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

July issue Editor's choice Culturally appropriate & respectful end-of-life care for patients & their families in the #ICU: A mixed-method study www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

July issue Editor's choice Australian clinical practice guideline for physical rehabilitation & mobilisation in adult #ICUs www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

We finished collating our July issue a while ago. Issue 4 contains plenty of clinically relevant papers including end of life care, artificial intelligence, rapid/medical response teams, mechanical ventilation, respiratory physiotherapy & much much more www.australiancriticalcare.com/current

Rinaldo Bellomo was a strong leader of evidence based practice, an enduring collaborator and mentor and a passionate intensive care doctor. Sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Rinaldo.

Nonpharmacological interventions to promote sleep in the adult critical patients unit: A scoping review www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103... #OpenAccess

“You need to be supported”: An integrative review of nurses’ experiences after death in neonatal and paediatric intensive care www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103... #OpenAccess

Airborne personal protective equipment availability and preparedness in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: A point prevalence survey www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Navigating the referral boundaries for organ and tissue donation: An interpretive description study www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

An interprofessional multicomponent intervention to improve end-of-life care in intensive care: A before-and-after study www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Critical care nurses’ prioritisation of patient care, including delirium prevention and management strategies: A mixed-method study www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Acceptability of implementing a communication board for mechanically ventilated patients in #ICU : A cross-sectional substudy of the intervention arm of a pilot #RCT www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Editor's choice May 2025 Acceptability of a physiotherapy-led intensive prone positioning service in intensive care: A qualitative study with multidisciplinary clinicians www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103... #OpenAccess

Editor's choice May 2025 Tracking Outcomes Post Intensive Care: Findings of a longitudinal observational study www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103... #OpenAccess

Editor's choice May 2025 Adverse events during and after early mobilisation: A post hoc analysis of the TEAM trial #OpenAccess www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Calls for expressions of interest: www.australiancriticalcare.com/call-express... Editor in chief and editor Deadline: 30 May 2025

We are excited that the 2024 awards for our journal Australian Critical Care have been announced. Congratulations to the winners and recipients of highly commended awards. Information about the judging criteria and winners can be found here: australiancriticalcare.com/awards

We are excited to announce that the 2024 awards for our journal Australian Critical Care have been announced. Congratulations to the winners and recipients of highly commended awards. Information about the judging criteria and winners can be found here: www.australiancriticalcare.com/awards

2024 Highly Commended Excellence in Peer Review Dr Peter Nydahl

2024 Winner Excellence in Peer Review (Editorial Board) Congratulations Dr Jonathon Ball

Highly commended 2024 Allied Health Award Exploring current physiotherapy practices in the care of people who are potential lung donors: A qualitative study #OpenAccess Congratulations Ms Cassandra Raios and Team www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Winner 2024 Allied Health Award In-person peer support for critical care survivors: The ICU REcovery Solutions cO-Led through surVivor Engagement (ICURESOLVE) pilot randomised controlled trial #OpenAccess Congratulations Prof Kimberley Haines and Team www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Highly commended 2024 Excellence in Research Award Delirium & delirium severity screening in the intensive care—correspondence of screenings tools #OpenAccess Congratulations Dr Marie O. Collet and team www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Winner 2024 Excellence in Research Award Indigenous Australians critically ill with sepsis: Characteristics, outcomes, and areas for improvement Congratulations Dr Satyen Hargovan and team #OpenAccess www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Highly commended ACCCN Gavin Leslie Best Nursing Paper 2024 sponsored by Elsevier Implementing paediatric appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction in mechanically ventilated children #OpenAccess Congratulations Dr Jessica Schults and team www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Winner ACCCN Gavin Leslie Best Nursing Paper 2024 sponsored by Elsevier Long Post-traumatic stress & health-related quality of life after admission to paediatric intensive care #OpenAccess Congratulations Prof Debbie Long & team www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S103...

Congratulations to editor @lizzierace.bsky.social on this well-deserved award. Elizabeth is an inspirational & innovative nurse leader. The critical care telehealth program is cutting edge & makes a massive contribution to patient outcomes. We could not be prouder. www.linkedin.com/posts/women-...

Elsevier has an incredible resource for researchers - the researcheracademy.elsevier.com. Within in it are tips on promoting papers (search: Getting Noticed) and much more

Many congratulations to editor Elizabeth Scruth for her recent Women Health Care Executives (WHCE) Award for Innovation and Technology (North California): lnkd.in/gh67_UFc