Critical Care Outreach (eBook)

Lee Cutler, Nurse Consultant Critical Care, Doncaster Royal Infirmary Wayne Robson, Nurse Consultant Critical Care, Royal Hospital

List of Contributors.

Part I: The Evolution of Critical Care Outreach.

1. The Origins of critical care outreach Derek
Bainbridge.

2. Designing an Outreach Service David Wood.

Audit Case Study: Scoring all observations compared with scoring
on concern David Wood.

Part II: Clinical Practice in Critical Care Outreach.

3. The Initial Assessing and Care of the
'At Risk Patient' Jeremy Groves, Jayne Tague &
Lee Cutler.

4. Specific Clinical Problems Lee Cutler, Elaine
Shaw & David Wood.

Chapter 5. Sharing Critical Care Skills Kathryn Warren, Rinky
Ingles & Lee Cutler.

Case study: Use of a clinical simulator Lee Cutler &
Judith Cutler.

6. Role Expansion and the Critical Care Outreach Nurse Lee
Cutler & Denise Honour.

Expanding the role of the nurse in Critical Care Outreach: A
Case study Elaine Shaw.

Part III: Continuity of Care for the Critically Ill.

7. Transfering patients from critical care to the ward Wayne
Robson.

8. Critical care follow up Kate Bray.

9. Patient Diaries Wayne Robson, Gayle Wheeldon, Denise
Penny.

Part IV: Managing and Supporting Outreach
Practitioners.

10. Establishing and Managing a Critical Care Outreach Team: A
Practical Approach Alex Larkin.

Case study: The role of the physiotherapist in the critical care
outreach team Alex Larkin.

11. The Learning Needs of Critical Care Outreach Practitioners
Lee Cutler.

Part V: Developing and Evaluating Critical Care
Outreach.

12. Managing Change in Critical Care Outreach: A Toolkit for
Practice Nicola Platts & Sue Shepherd.

13. Evaluation of Critical Care Outreach: Are the Resources for
Outreach Justified? Paul Whitting & David Edbrooke.

Index.