About Us

Each year the ICSI holds two major scientific meetings – the Annual Scientific Meeting (usually early June), and the Autumn Meeting (usually early November and usually outside of Dublin). Refresher courses are held twice yearly which focus on core clinical practice. The Fundamentals in Critical Care Support course is held annually. The ICSI, on behalf of the Irish Board of Intensive Care Medicine, holds a preparatory course for the DIBICM approximately six weeks prior to the written examination (also suitable for EDIC Part 2 candidates).

The Irish Critical Care Trials Group was established within the ICSI in 2005 to foster collaborative research programmes both across the Irish critical care network and internationally with other critical care trials groups. The ICSI sponsors a research grant annually to help support individual projects.

Engaging with health care authorities, service providers, and government is an essential part of the process highlighting for these agencies the needs of the critically ill and acting as a patient advocate. The Publications section of this website may be useful to you in some of your interactions with these agencies. The ICSI receives no central funding and relies on the annual subscription of its members, registration at meetings, and the support of the medical trade to continue these efforts. Membership is open to all health care professionals with an interest in intensive care medicine. The Irish Association of Critical Care Nurses has a seat at ICSI Council, recognising the close collaboration between critical care doctors and nurses.