BACCN: North West
Welcome to our Regional pages.
Past Events
"Doing the Right Thing - Putting the Patient First"
The North West Regional Committee's second annual conference took place on July 3rd 2009, at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk.
Below are the slides from the conference.
A Patients Experience of Critical Care - Sarah Clarke, Lead for nursing and Service Improvement Cheshire & Mersey Critical Care Network - Click Here
Delirium Management in Critically Ill Patients, Theory and Practice - Richard S Bourne, Consultant Pharmacist, Critical Care Sheffield Teaching Hospital - Click Here
Organ Donation - G Brushett - Click Here
The use of Patient Diaries in Critical Care - Dr Christina Jones, Nurse Consultant Critical Care Rehabilitation - Click here
Patient Safety and Intensive Care - Jane Harper, Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia - Click Here
Therapeutic Hypothermia: is it really Cool? - Dr R Wenstone, Consultant in Intensive Care, Royal Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust - Click Here
"It Does n’t Have To Be Critical To Count"
FEEDBACK FROM OUR STUDY DAY
A compilation of comments about the study day is now available through this link: Feedback . Thanks to all those who commented.
"A Winter Cooler Study Evening - Therapeutic Hypothermia Post Cardiac Arrest"
The BACCN North West region held their first study evening on the 28th January at the Royal Oldham Hospital. "A Winter Cooler" looked at various aspects of Therapeutic Hypothermia following cardiac arrests. The evening began with a hot buffet and then two sessions on the anatomy and physiology of hypoxic brain damage and why inducing hypothermia should reduce it and what the evidence is so far for using therapeutic hypothermia.
The third session was a work shop by 4 company representatives showing us four different ways of cooling patients, this proved a very popular session. The final session was by a sister from Walton Neurological Centre who have used therapeutic hypothermia for many years, although in a slightly different context than post cardiac arrest. She was able to give us valuable insight into the nursing care of these patients together with the pro’s and con’s of the various cooling systems on the market.
A total of 42 people attended the event, travelling from all over the region. The event evaluated extremely well with many people commenting "excellent evening", "interesting and informative" "good networking opportunity".
Below are the slides from the study evening.
Therapeutic Hypothermia - Dr Sandra Oyeniyi, Consultant Anaesthetist, ICU, Royal Oldham Hospital - Click Here
Clinical Evidence to Support the use of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Comatose Post Cardiac Arrest Patients - Click Here
Practical Aspects of Cooling (In Traumatic Brain Injury) - Helen Jones, SIL & ICU Sister - Click Here
Links
The following link will get you through to the Sepsis website: www.survivesepsis.org
For further queries on the Sepsis talk Clare Galvin from Heart of England has kindly provided her email address: clare.galvin@heartofengland.nhs.uk
Dr Richard Barnes - The Mental Capacity Act
Dr Christina Jones - Restraint and PTSD
Dr Jane Eddleston - Recognition of and Response to Acute Illness in Adults in Hospital
Dr Ivor Cartmill - Bad Bugs and Good Drugs
BACCN North West Committee
One of the main roles of the committee will be to deliver a wide range of topical and relevant educational events across the North West region for nurses caring for critically ill patients. The committee is also keen to develop the role of link members in local critical care units who can help to support the North West committee in liaising with members in their trust, advertising events, updating notice boards etc.
The newly formed committee is chaired by Lorraine Burgess– Senior Lecturer in Advanced Practice, Liverpool John Moores University (email: l.m.burgess@ljmu.ac.uk)
Other members include:
Vice Chair: Vacant at the present time
Secretary: Alex Larkin, Nurse Consultant Critical Care, Pennine Acute trust. (email: alex.larkin@pat.nhs.uk)
Treasurer: Colin Steen, Lecturer in Critical Care, Manchester University. (email: Colin.steen@manchester.ac.uk
For further details on becoming either a committee member or a link member, please contact Alex Larkin.
