
Asger Grenfeldt (Aarhus) and Lars Wiuff Andersen (Aarhus) present the results of the BIHCA trial at the Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2026 in Titanic Belfast. BIHCA investigates the efficacy of sodium bicarbonate in cardiac arrest. Ary Serpa Neto (Melbourne) gives an independent editorial. Aryelly Rodriguez (Edinburgh), Kathy Rowan (London) and Angela Jerath (Toronto) contribute to a panel discussion. The session is chaired by Peter McGuigan (Belfast). BIHCA was simultaneously published in JAMA.