Society of Critical Care Medicine-Northern California Chapter (Est. 2016)
Proudly Representing Critical Care Providers from Del Norte to Monterey County
A Professional Not-for-Profit Corporation
Proudly Representing Critical Care Providers from Del Norte to Monterey County
A Professional Not-for-Profit Corporation
Dr. Janice Manjuck's presentation during the 2020 SCCM Pharmacy Research Forum, May 13, 2020.
Click here to view.
Norcal SCCM’s Chapter activities have become more involved over the past 2 years and we would like to expand our outreach, including educational offerings. If you would like to be involved in fundraising efforts (or chair this position on the Board of Directors), especially if you have experience with writing grants and applying for donations, please reach out so we can get you involved in the important chapter need: President@sccmnorcal.org
April 25th, 2020
Dear Chapter Members and Friends:
In this second month of our practice in the pandemic, I am sure that all of you have been challenged at times. If you are like me, you have probably helped with solving some of these challenges in creative ways and been very proud of your Northern California ICU teams. We would like to recognize your teams on our website so . . . Please send us your photos and where you practice and we will post them on the website! If you would like to share any personal stories about you or your team, send them as well to info@sccmnorcal.org or to me by text @ 415-971-5283.
The Board of Directors of the Norcal SCCM Chapter recognize that this pandemic represents an unprecedented health situation for all of us. You likely have a deluge of information from national and international organizations as well as your local health departments and hospitals. The leaders of our chapter do not wish to duplicate the efforts and information of these many organizations but would like to provide the following resources for our critical care community:
1. COVID-19 REFERENCES
In order to help with information more specific to our community and our needs, we have assembled a list of websites you may find useful. We have focused on hospital and ICU practices. While most of these organizations are updating their information hourly/daily, please take note of any dates of publication. These represent the work of organizations other than Norcal SCCM, and may help as your individual institutions create protocols.
2. BLOG
We have created an area on our website for our chapter members to share their experience, pose a question or describe successes in their provision of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please forward your postings to the host (Dr. Janice E. Manjuck, MD) at President@sccmnorcal.org. Please note that any submissions will be attributed to the author. If you would like us to include your email address to receive feedback, please let us know.
4. CONTACT INFORMATION:
Many of you have access to all of the technical and professional information that you need to adopt your care to the current crisis. However, if you don’t have access to what you need or if you have a particular question or situation you would like get more information on, our Board Members are here to facilitate this. We may have some expertise and, when we don’t, we are available to help you get in touch with someone who does – whether it is a pharmacist, a nurse director, an ICU leader or other. We are offering this because it has become clear that some of the national and local recommendations and protocols may not give specific guidance on the way to deal with a problem in your particular setting. You can reach out by cell phone or email:
Dr. Janice E. Manjuck, President and Intensivist – 415-971-5283, President@sccmnorcal.org
Nikolai Dahl, PharmD, Treasurer and Pharmacist – 602-810-3389, nikolai.dahl@johnmuirhealth.com
5. WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY:
All of our institutions have the potential to have a staffing crisis in the event of extreme surge capacity or absences due to quarantine or illness. We are creating a database of practitioners who might be able to help out in distressed hospitals in the event of an unprecedented crisis of this type. The credentialing and re-imbursement aspects of this type of assistance would be determined by each hospital. As an initial step, if you or a critical care colleague (physician, nurse, pharmacist, RRT or other) could potentially help out, please forward your name, profession and contact information to the chapter at info@sccmnorcal.org. We will keep this database in a secure format and forward it to SCCM national if calls for assistance are needed in the coming months.
STAY SAFE AND THANKS FOR ALL THE CARE YOU ARE PROVIDING.
Dr. Janice E. Manjuck, MD
We are continuously updating COVID-19 information. Click the link to see the latest information.