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Questions you should ask?
The following is a list of some of the questions you may need to ask when visiting an Intensive Care Unit:

Questions to ask on the first visit

Questions to ask each time you visit

Questions to ask during an interview with the medical staff

Questions to ask of the nurse caring for you loved one

Questions to ask yourself

Questions to ask on the first visit
1. Why is my loved one in intensive care / high dependency?
2. What are the treatment options?
3. How long will they be in the ICU?
4. Why are they on the breathing machine (ventilator)?
5. How many visitors can visit at the same time?
6. How long can I/we stay at the bedside?
7. What are the visiting arrangements?
8. Can a social worker be organised to assist me?
9. Should I call family who are living a long way away?
10. If your understanding of English is limited ask, “Can you organize an interpreter for me?

As part of its mandate to design an integrated Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplant (OTDT) system in collaboration with the OTDT community the Canadian Blood Services is investigating the various potential models of physician donation specialists, including successful international models and evolving provincial models. The CBS has developed a comprehensive, collaborative planning session being held in conjunction with the Canadian Critical Care Meeting in Whistler, Feb 21 and 22 2011. The goals are to propose roles, responsibilities, qualifications, resource models, structure and accountability mechanisms for physician donation specialist roles to be established in tertiary care centres in Canada.

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CRITICAL CARE ROUNDS NEWSLETTER
Critical Care Rounds provides some of the most current information and discussion on important scientific and clinical developments in the field of critical care medicine.

Recent Issue, Aug 2011

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CCCS WINTER NEWSLETTER

Please see our recent newsletter that outlines some of the ongoing activities of the CCCS.

Winter Newsletter
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The activity, equipment and strange noises in the critical care area can be daunting for patients and family. Below you’ll find many of the most commonly asked questions that relate to a stay in Intensive Care.