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Niagara Health Expanding Critical Care Response Team

Critical Care Response Team coming to Niagara Falls site.

Niagara Health is expanding critical care service at the Niagara Falls site. 

Starting tomorrow, the Critical Care Response Team will be at the site.

The Team will work with hospital staff to respond to the needs of seriously ill patients, regardless of where they are located within the hospital.

The specially trained staff will also work to ensure patients recently transferred out of critical care will not need to return.

The nurse-led initiative, which started at the St. Catharines site, will initially be available from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM every day.

It will expand to 24/7 service next year. 

"Expanding the CCRT to our Niagara Falls Site will help to increase patient safety and quality of care, as well as improve general access to critical care resources," says Elayn Young, Director, Critical Care, Cardiac and Respirology, Niagara Health. "Early identification of patients in need allows the response team to stabilize them on the ward or facilitate a rapid admission to the ICU. In addition to enhancing patient safety, CCRT’s have been shown to increase staff engagement and satisfaction."


 

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