The Critical Care Programme (CCP) aims to improve the survival rates of critically ill patients.

Several organisations work together to run programme, including:

• Clinical Design and Innovation
• the HSE
• Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland (JFICMI)
• Intensive Care Society of Ireland (ICSI)

Critical Care Programme aims

The CCP aims to improve:

• information on critical care to the critical care community
• capacity planning
• communication and engagement with the critical care community
• governance and leadership

Adult Critical Care Model of Care

The programme also aims to put in place the Adult Critical Care Model of Care for adult critical care. This ensures all patients have equal access to critical care services, no matter their illness or location.

Adult Critical Care Model of Care (PDF, 2.2 MB, 78 pages)

Critical Care Retrieval Services (CCRS)

The National Ambulance Service (NAS)-CCRS provide critical care retrieval and transport for seriously ill adults, children and babies in Ireland.

This involves the timely retrieval or transfer of critically ill or severely injured patients. They aim to get patients to the right care in the right time.

Irish National Intensive Care Unit Audit

The Irish National Intensive Care Unit Audit (INICUA) is an initiative that focuses on the care of patients in adult and Paediatric Intensive Care Units

National ICU Audit

Objectives of the Irish National Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Audit

The audit aims to:

• measure and improve quality of care in ICU
• track activity to support community care and plan critical care services
• audit infections contracted in the healthcare setting
• check for potential organ donors and donations