Welcome to Essential Emergency Critical Care - Nursing
The EECC is an active group of doctors, researchers and nurses who are campaigning and undertaking research into effective lifesaving actions of low cost and complexity. We believe that all critically ill patients in the world should receive a basic level of critical care. If you believe in the concept of critical care being a part of the Universal Health Coverage then join the EECC group at www.eeccnet.org and you will be part of a ever-growing campaign.
The founding members of the EECC group are: Dr Carl Otto Schell, Dr Karima Khalid, Mr Raphael Kazidule Kayambankadzanja and Dr Tim Baker. In 2009, Dr Tim Baker undertook a systematic review of Critical care in low-income countries:
Baker, T (2009)Critical care in low-income countries. Tropical Medicine and International Health 14 (2)143-148
Improving the care of critically children in low-resource countries is feasible and would be best achieved by concentrating the expertise of doctors and nurses with critical care skills.
Dr. Tim Baker proposed that the World Health Organisation should establish Guidelines for Essential Critical Care. This subsequently developed into a concept of Essential Emergency Critical Care
Access to simple effective equipment and actions can make a difference - First Tier Critical Care should be universal
The clinical processes of Essential Emergency Critical Care have been reached by a consensus process and 40 essential care interventions should be undertaken by a tier 1 critical care facility. All of these clinical tasks and procedures are within the remit of an experienced critical care nurse or advanced practitioner; local arrangements would have to be agreed for prescriptions for a range of drugs and fluids to be sanctioned by a Registered nurse
We need to develop registered nurses who have the training and experience to be able to look after deteriorating and critically ill patients along the spectrum of pre-hospital setting, the emergency department, general wards and high dependency and Intensive Care Units.
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