Diane Dennis BSc, PhD, FHEAHead of Physiotherapy Department Sir Charles Gairdner and Osborne Park Healthcare Group, Nedlands, 6009, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Peter Vernon van Heerden, MBBCh, MMed(Anaes), PhDDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain MedicineHadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel Michael Ruppe, MDDivision of Critical Care, Department of PediatricsUniversity of Louisville, and Norton Children’s Medical Group, Louisville, KY, USA

• Part 1: User guide to this book.- So, you want to be an ICU doctor?  How this book might be useful for an ICU trainee.- Thinking about thinking - how this book might be useful related to communicating in ICU.- Connecting people - how to use the book in a mentoring relationship.- Doing what’s right, but what’s right? How this book might help to prepare for ethical dilemmas in ICU.- Balancing insight with serenity - how to use the book to self-reflect but not ruminate.- Part 2: Swimming lessons.- Can you swim?  Contemplating your personality.- Floating, treading water, and swimming - contemplating your role.- The stormy sea - contemplating the place.- Nearly drowning, diagnosing bias - contemplating societal biases.- Swimming in new waters - contemplating the ICU environment after a pandemic.- Part 3:  Learning to sing.- Singing from the same songbook - contemplating communicating with family.- Melodies and harmonies - contemplating communicating with other doctors.- Different performances, kids are special - contemplating paediatric ICU.- Leading the choir - contemplating communicating with your own team.- Part 4: Mastering aerial acrobatics.- Learning to climb the ropes - shadows of doubt - contemplating self-care.- When ropes get tangled - contemplating change.- Installing safety nets - contemplating our fieldwork guide.- Bouncing safely ahead - contemplating the future.

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