Action Card 3: Critical Care Consultant 3 (CCC3)

Objectives

Role:   

• To coordinate clinical activity in Red ICU  (Ground floor). Where possible, patients requiring resuscitation/stabilisation should go to theatres before transfer to Red ICU/other NHSL site
• Support and communicate with CCC1 in theatre control room

Initial Actions

• Assess isolation (CV19) status of unit
• Take handover of patients present
• Identify stable/ward fit patients who could be discharged to Level 1 or transferred to Green ICU
• Coordinate activity within Red ICU
• Communicate with CCC1
• Coordinate activity around new admissions from medical wards/transfers from Red ICU
• Brief and prepare your team

Continuous Actions

• Follow task requests from Critical Care Consultant (CCC) 1
• Ensure your bleep/phone number is distributed via Whatapp MI groups and recorded by Theatre Control Team
• Attend your clinical area, coordinate you team and report regularly to CCC1 in theatre control team.
• Communicate likely requirements of patients coming from theatres or ICU to the Theatre Control Team
• Ensure all patient documentation is complete
• On completion of task report back to CCC1 and proceed to coffee room if not immediately required
• Do not leave hospital without reporting to CCC1 and signing out
• Be prepared to be sent away to return at a later time if staffing requires
• Refer all external requests for information about incident to the control room
• Support and look after your colleagues