Critical Care Subcommittee
Contacts
Chair: Michael Jaeger, MD
Charge
The Critical Care Subcommittee is an interdisciplinary subcommittee charged to coordinate and standardize critical care across the Medical Center. This Subcommittee reports to the Patient Care Committee and addresses clinical practice issues that relate to critical care or resuscitation. It has one subcommittee, the Resuscitation Subcommittee.
Membership: Membership includes representation from various Critical Care Units.
Staff support is provided by Patient Care Services.
Meetings: The Critical Care Subcommittee shall meet as deemed necessary by the Chair, but not less than quarterly.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Utilizes evidence-based medicine when providing recommendations regarding changes in clinical practice
- Reviews issues regarding access to critical care units in the Medical Center and recommends remedies when access problems arise
- Reviews Joint Commission standards, laws and other regulations and recommends alterations in policies and procedures as indicated
- Provides direction and oversight for the Resuscitation Subcommittee
- Evaluates outcomes of critical care, prioritizes and recommends opportunities for improvement
- Evaluates staff competence information and recommends programs or learning activities related to critical care
- Recommends criteria for competence in the critical care setting
- Provides regular reports to the Patient Care Committee
- Annually reviews the Plan for Provision of Care and makes recommendation for change
Current Members
| Members | Specialty |
| James Bergin, MD | Cardiology |
| Kathleen Bledsoe, Pharm D | Pharmacy |
| Kathy Butler, RN | Surgery/Trauma Program |
| Rick Carpenter, RN, MSN | Manager, MICU |
| Jeannean Carver, MD | Pediatrics |
| Andrea Caulfield, RN, MSN | Adult Critical Care |
| Jim Darin | Administrator, Respiratory Therapy |
| Chris Ghaemmaghami, MD | Chief Medical Officer |
| Michael Jaeger, MD, Chair | Medical Director, TCVPO |
| Mark Adams, RN, BSN | Manager, CCU |
| Stuart Lawson, MD | Medical Director, STBICU |
| David Mercer, RN, MSN | Critical Care Procedure Committee |
| Tanya Prachar, RN, MSN | NNICU |
| Robert Sawyer, MD | Medical Director, STBICU |
| Jim Shuke, RT | Respiratory Therapy |
| Robert Sinkin, MD | Medical Director, NICU |
| Crystal Toll, RN, MSN | Nursing Education, IMU |
| George Verghese, MD | Medical Director, MSICU & MICU |
| Brenda Via, RN, BSN | MSICU |
| Marcia White, RN, MSN | Manager, TCVPO |
| Deb Wilmoth, RN | Patient Safety |
| Jeff Young, MD | Chief, Patient Safety & Risk Management |