 Dr John Griffiths DICM FRCA MRCP MA Honorary Research Associate The Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford |
Dr John Griffiths undertook his primary medical training at Oxford and St Bartholomews Medical School. He has recently completed a dual CCT in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine and has developed a passion for ICU follow-up, being actively involved in the running of follow-up clinics in both Reading and Oxford. John has recently returned from a 6-month ICU fellowship in Sydney, Australia, and is currently an Honorary Research Associate of the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics. His research interests include the physical and psychological outcomes from ICU treatment.
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| Dr Stephen Brett MD FRCA Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, The Hammersmith Hospital |
After graduation from the University of
Birmingham, Dr Brett served in the British Army. During this time he
was part of a team conducting research into blast injuries and gunshot
wounds at the Defence Research Establishment, Porton Down. After
leaving the Army, he pursued clinical and research training at the
Royal Brompton Hospital, completeing his clinical training in West
London. Since 1998 he has been Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at
Hammersmith Hospital. His recent research portfolio includes
resuscitation, infection and long-term critical care outcomes - with a special interest in nutrition, quality of life and psychological impact. Dr Brett's other responsibilities include regional supervision of postgraduate training and emergency response. He is currently on the editorial boards of the
British Journal of Cardiology and Critical Care. |
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| Daniel Conway MB ChB FRCA Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Manchester Royal Infirmary |
Daniel Conway qualified in Manchester and after spending time travelling in Asia, embarked on a career as an Anaesthetist with a special interest in Intensive Care. He was appointed to a consultant post at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 2001. At that time the Infirmary had a well established ICU Follow-Up Clinic and Dr Conway has helped further develop the multidisciplinary post-ICU team. The team has introduced a number of innovations to address the challenges faced by patients following critical illness, and these include weekly ward rounds, a patient group, routine screening for psychological conditions, complementary therapies and a gym based rehabilitation programme. He also co-ordinates the Follow-Up team’s research projects into discharge planning from ICU and rehabilitation following critical illness. Daniel is the Meetings Secretary for the Association of North Western Intensive Care Units www.anwicu.org.uk and is involved in the undergraduate clinical skills curriculum, currently holding an honorary lecturer post at Manchester University. |
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| Dr Brian Cuthbertson MD FRCA MB ChB Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care |
After completing his post-graduate training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Scotland and Sydney, Dr Cuthbertson undertook an MD thesis on “Effects of inhaled Nitric oxide on inflammatory and immune effects in ARDS”. His current position is as a Senior Lecturer in Critical Care at the Health Services Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen. Dr Cuthbertson's research interests include 'Outcome from Intensive Care', 'Outreach Critical Care' and 'Risk prediction and reduction in high-risk surgery patients'. He is currently chief investigator of the first randomised controlled trial of the effects of Intensive Care Follow-up Clinics on outcome: 'The PracTical Study'.
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| Mr Barry Williams LL.B, AHSM Chairman of CritPAL |
Barry is currently Chairman of the Intensive Care Society’s Patient Liaison Committee (CritPal) and is a member of the Critical Care Stakeholders’ Forum. He also serves on the Intercollegiate Board for Training in Intensive Care Medicine and on a number of working parties involved in improving and advancing intensive care treatment. He has spent the last few years pressing for the development of follow up and rehabilitation services for patients who have been in intensive care and also for a deeper understanding of what it is like for patients and relatives after discharge from intensive care. He also serves on the steering groups of three major research trials.
Although having many years experience of hospital management his “real” experience of intensive care was when his wife spent 7 weeks in critical care following a sudden collapse. Her recovery from the statistically unfavourable odds and the realisation that so much needs to be done to improve the lives of those who have been through such experiences are the inspiration for his total commitment to this project.
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| Peter Gibb . Ex-ICU patient |
Mr Gibb is a web developer and mountain biking enthusiast. In 2003 whilst riding in woodland near his Buckinghamshire home, a training accident resulted in near fatal injuries including a brain haemorrhage and spinal damage. Following three weeks in an intensive care unit he has first hand experience of critical care and the crucial role played by follow-up in patient rehabilitation. With other ex-patients from Milton Keynes General Hospital, Mr Gibb helped form ICUsteps which is the UK’s first intensive care patient support charity of which he is currently treasurer. Mr Gibb is also a member of the Intensive Care Society’s patient liaison committee (CritPal) and served as the patient representative on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline development group on care of the acutely ill patient in hospital. |
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| Dr Christina Jones PhD Nurse Consultant in Critical Care, Whiston Hospital, Liverpool |
I was employed originally as a research nurse in 1990 to set up a follow-up clinic for ICU patients at Whiston Hospital, just outside Liverpool. I started a support group for patients and their families in 1992, which ran for 5 years, meeting in the local pub. The issues discussed from the clinic and the support group aided my PhD work, which was to design and test a rehabilitation package for ICU patients to take home with them. This package is now part of our standard discharge package. Another part of my PhD was to examine the psychological effect in the form of PTSD-related symptoms of the memories patients recall from ICU.
I became a Nurse Consultant in Critical Care Follow-up in October 2003 and completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy in 2004 and run the counselling service for ICU patients as well as running the follow-up clinic, seeing patients on the wards and at home and running research projects, such as our present one on the psychological effects of ICU diaries. In recognition of all the follow-up research, I was made a Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science in 2006.
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| Doug Elliot Director of Research, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, UTS, Sydney |
Dr Doug Elliott is Professor of Nursing and Director of Research, in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Doug is currently working with colleagues in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth on a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Australia) funded project titled, 'Testing a home based rehabilitation program for survivors of a critical illness: a randomised controlled trial'.
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| Abbott Laboratories |
I-Canuk would like to thank Abbott Laboratories for an educational grant to help fund the design and creation of the I-Canuk website. Abbott laboratories produce the i-STAT near patient testing for blood gas, electrolytes, cardiac markers and coagulation. I-Canuk are delighted that Abbott laboratories have shown an interest in the long-term care of survivors of critical illness.
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| Convatec |
I-Canuk would like to thank Convatec for their educational grant to help design and create the I-Canuk website. Convatec are dedicated to bettering the lives of patients, their supporting caregivers and healthcare professionals with innovative, high quality products and product-related services for ostomy care, skin care and advanced wound care. I-Canuk are delighted that Convatec has expressed an interest in improving the long-term care of survivors of critical illness.
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