Clinical nurse specialists
- Helen Street
- Michelle Carter
- Jane Durrant
- Sarah Marshall
The critical care outreach service is a nurse-led team that provides outreach cover 12 hours a day, every day.
The team aims:
- to avert ICU admissions by reviewing all patients leaving ITU or cardiac recovery. It uses the NEWS track-and-trigger system to highlight deteriorating patients
- to facilitate ICU discharges, by providing follow-up and services such as satellite haemofiltration
- to share critical care skills with teaching, study days and support
Core elements:
- Patient track and trigger
- Rapid response
- Education, training and support
- Patient safety and clinical governance
- Audit and evaluation; continuing quality care
- Enhancing service delivery
Services provided:
- Satellite haemofiltration
- Cardiac arrest team members
- Bladder scanning
- Education/training
Contact details
Ellen Dunthorne
Email: e.dunthorne@rbht.nhs.uk
Helen Street
Email: h.street@rbht.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01895 823737 ext. 5273 or Bleep 6229