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Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Qualifications: BSc, MB.BS, MD, MRCP, FRCA, PGCert Ed.

General information:

Dr MacNaughton qualified from Westminster Medical School, University of London in 1982. He undertook his postgraduate training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine in London, Bristol and Australia. This was followed by MCRP Training Fellowship between 1989-1991 at National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London.

Dr MacNaughton was appointed Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine in 1995. He was an elected member of the Council Intensive Care Society (2004-2010) and the Board of the Faculty in Intensive Care Medicine (2014 – present). Peter is also the chair of the FICM Professional Standards Committee (2016 – current).

General areas of expertise:

• All aspects of adult general and neurological intensive care medicine

Particular areas of expertise:

• Invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support (clinical application, training and research)
• Long term vascular access (Hickman lines)
• Point of care ultrasound
• Patient safety
• Route Cause Analysis investigations

Contact details:
Intensive Care Unit
Derriford Hospital
PL6 8DH
Secretary: 01752 792554