Afterword It Was a Different World Then … Ramblings from an Early Intensivist on Care and Quality Measures

My introduction, to what was to become Intensive Care, came in 1964 when I became the junior member of staff of the “Respiration Unit” in Oxford. The unit was part of the Neurology Department but was run, jointly, by John Spalding, a neurologist, and Alex Crampton Smith, an anesthetist. They had been working together for over 10 years and had distilled their research and experiences into Clinical Practice and Physiology of Artificial Respiration, one of the earliest books on Intensive Care.1

Source: Critical Care Clinics - May 24, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: John H. Kerr Source Type: research