Network for Improving Critical Care Systems and Training

Care Quality Improvement Network workshop was held in Colombo on the 13th and 14th August in collaboration with
NICST and UCL.We were delighted to have 52 delegates from Hong Kong, UK, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India.

CQIN project priorities identified during the workshop included
1.Surveillance and management of surgical site infection with the aim to reduce postoperative morbidity.
2. Sedation assessment in critical illness to reduce ICU delirium and associated complications.
3. Understanding patient priorities for outcomes and following critical illness
4. Improving time to diagnosis of MI for patients presenting with chest pain to cardiology services

We are keen to support delegates wishing to take projects forwards to implementation in their clinical areas. If you have a particular interest, please email directly [email protected] or [email protected] to get involved.

The live session feedback, interactive polls, photos, and links to the relevant material will be available via the NICST website www.nicst.com in the coming week.

Please also take a look to find out about other NICST projects, links to the UCL perioperative medicine MSc programme and how to get involved in NICST Fellowships and other projects.

Final thanks to all the faculty, delegates and guest speakers who helped make the event a success. We look forward to collaborating together in the future.

Warmest wishes from the CQIN 2018 team.

From the Network for Improving Critical Care Systems and Training Group.

Decision-making in the detection and management of patients with sepsis in resource-limited settings: the importance of clinical examination We read with interest the study by Andrews et al. [1] and the related correspondence from Shrestha et al. [2]. We share the concern that clinical examination (and observations) appear(s) to be perceived as relatively unimportant in both the detection of the unwell patient and in the titration of int...