We combine our clinical experience to provide a specialised and unique range of knowledge and skills. This includes:
- Emergency Department
- Acute cardiology
- Acute respiratory
- General medicine
- General surgery
- Intensive and critical care
- Resuscitation
- Urology
- Neurology
- Trauma and Orthopeadics
- Vascular surgery
We see a wide variety of adult patients across the organisation, including deteriorating patients who have been referred to us by the Trust’s automatic observation escalation system. We also see patients who are referred by nursing, medical, and allied health professionals who feel that CCOT input would be beneficial, for example patients with acute kidney injuries.
In addition to this, we provide treatment to patients who require specialist interventions (such as non-invasive ventilation) in the wards and patients who have been discharged from ITU/HDU to the general wards.
We also support the facilitation of a critical care follow-up clinic.
Location
The Critical Care Outreach Team is based in the ITU on the first floor of Harrogate District Hospital.
The Critical Care Outreach Team
All members of the Team can be identified by a navy uniform. We work closely with the consultant intensivists and receive their input on both a clinical and an education basis.
Key staff
Lead Nurse: Fiona Anderson
Critical Care Outreach Team Sisters/Charge Nurse:Louise Benfield, Emma Gains, Gemma Godber, Hannah Newlyn-Jones, Ashley Nicholson, Sarah Nicholson, Joanne Percival and Abigail Wood
Consultant Intensivist and Critical Care Outreach Team Medical Lead: Dr Sarah Marsh
Education and development
We are heavily involved in providing education on the recognition and management of the deteriorating adult patient across the Trust. In addition to this, the CCOT input to audit processes that relate to the deteriorating adult patient. We are committed to shaping the delivery of care provided to these often complex patients.
Useful links
The National Outreach Forum aims to provide a representative forum for Critical Care Outreach Service providers and recipients and to optimise the the quality of treatment, care and experience of patients.