ICU Links

The following links may prove useful, interesting and informative for ICU staff, patients, ex-patients or relatives.

Support groups

• Guillain Barre Syndrome support group - http://www.gbs.org.uk/
• Myasthenia Gravis Association - http://www.mgauk.org/
• National Meningitis Trust - http://www.meningitis-trust.org/
• Cardiomyopathy Support - http://www.cardiomyopathy.org/
• The Rescue Foundation for the brain injured child - http://www.babybrains.org/
• BACUP (cancer support) - http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/
• British Lung Foundation - http://www.lunguk.org/

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Our other Hospital/University sites

• Wessex Cardiac Unit - http://www.heartbeat.co.uk/
• University of Southampton - http://www.soton.ac.uk/
• School of Nursing and Midwifery - www.soton.ac.uk/~uossonam/
• Southampton City Council - http://www.southampton.gov.uk/
  (local information, maps, events, transport details)

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Professional sites

• The Intensive Care Society - http://www.ics.ac.uk/
• Wessex School of Anaesthesia - http://www.anaesthesia-wessex.org/
• Journal of intensive care medicine - http://www.blacksci.co.uk/
• The Royal College of Nursing - http://www.rcn.org.uk/
• Unison - http://www.unison.org.uk/
• The Department of Health - http://www.dh.gov.uk/
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence - http://www.nice.org.uk/
• Nursing Times - http://www.nursingtimes.net/
• UKCC - http://www.ukcc.org.uk/
• BACCN - http://www.baccn.org.uk/

Internet resources for nursing, midifery and allied health - nmap.ac.uk

• Society of Critical Care Medicine - http://www.sccm.org/