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Critical Care Recovery Program (CCRP) Shared Care Project Advisory Committee

Posted

Closed

Commitment: Short-term

Connection method: Virtual

Open to Northern Region

Posted

Survivors of critical illness frequently experience impairment of cognition, mental health and physical function known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). The provision of a follow-up service for post-Critical Care patients is considered a standard of care in the UK and other developed countries globally.

An ICU follow up clinic is proposed to assess and manage the complex needs of these patients after discharge to the community. The Advisory Committee (AC) is an important resource to assist in guiding the work and direction of the Critical Care Recovery Program Shared Care (SC) project. AC members will provide local advice and context, review new documents to ensure receptibility, serve as ambassadors, and encourage public involvement in the planning process from their community.

Members will act as a sounding board to assist the project team in reviewing key plan concepts and public engagement approaches. AC members are asked to serve and attend AC meetings for the duration of the planning process (approximately 6 months).

It is anticipated that there will be 2-4 AC meetings in total throughout the planning process, held via a Zoom link.

Terms of Reference for Advisory Committee

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of Involve on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation.

Eligibility

  • Willing & comfortable to share health care experiences in a group setting
  • Specific health care experiences [details below]
  • Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
  • Comfortable using technology to attend online/virtual meetings
  • An interest in improving health care services
  • The time to participate in the engagement opportunity
  • Be a patient who has experienced critical care treatment and critical illness, or a relative or caregiver of a patient who is a survivor of critical illness and intensive care admission in the last 3 years.
Patient Partners ARE NOT required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Gary Misselbrook Critical Care Physician, Project Lead for Critical Care Recovery Program, Critical Care | UHNBC, Northern Health (250) 565-2455 gary.misselbrook@northernhealth.ca

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Nancy J. Wood

Patient Partner, Sidney

Nancy J. Wood

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