A message from Co-Chair Vanessa Baic
As we reach the end of another dynamic and impactful six months, I am delighted to share some important updates and achievements from the Foundation.
Year: 2023
Victorian Fundraising Committee – A Year in Review
It has been a good year for the Intensive Care Foundation (ICF) as we re-invigorated our fundraising efforts with a very successful event held in March at the Myer family home, Cranlana.
2023 Grant Recipients
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation received over 58 applications for grants this year.
ICF Grant Recipient 2021
n 2021, Dr Paul Secombe was awarded an ICF grant for $70,000 to support the ANZICS Patient Reported Outcomes and Experience Measures (PROEMS) Program.
Support for Survival
We are truly fortunate that Australia stands at the forefront of global achievements in Intensive Care. This isn’t an exaggeration but testament to our leadership in standards, research and survival rate. At the Intensive Care Foundation, our focus is research to enable the highest standards of ICU care across the country.
Newsletter December 2023
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Financials 2023
Over the past twelve months, the Board has successfully steered the Intensive Care Foundation towards stability and financial health.
The life we save might be yours
A message from Vanessa Baic and Claire Rickard (Co- Chairs ICU Foundation)
Covid really brought the Intensive Care setting to the forefront of our mind. Every night our lounge rooms were filled with pictures and statistics of health experts right across the world talking about the number and fate of patients in Intensive Care Units.
As Chair of the Board of the ANZ Intensive Care Foundation and through my involvement with the organisation...
Introducing Dr Jessica Schults
OUR 2021 AWARDEE
In 2020 Dr Jessica Schults completed her research training and in 2021 the Intensive Care Foundation awarded her a $40,000 research grant. She described this funding as “life changing” and pivotal to her growth as a nurse and researcher.
Dr Schults, a children’s intensive care nurse, and early career researcher with a PhD was the key note speaker at an ICU Foundation fundraising dinner in Melbourne recently and she said the grant she was given supported her to employ other nurses interested in research and investigate serious clinical issues such as the prevention of lung infection and strengthening processes to keep children and their families safe in ICU.
Introducing Nina Leggett
2022 AWARDEE
Nina Leggett is a senior clinician Physiotherapist and PhD Candidate with the Department of Critical Care at the University of Melbourne. In 2022, she was awarded an Intensive Care Foundation grant. Her research looked at the follow up and care post ICU because in Australia, ICU survivors return home with little or no follow-up.
International and local research indicates that Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors (patients and families) often experience adverse outcomes.
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