Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Contact Details
  • Address: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Critical Care Unit, Ward 201

    Foresterhill Road, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN

  • ICU Department Contact Details - 01224 554253
  • Faculty Tutor Name:  Dr Paul Gamble - paul.gamble@nhs.scot
Unit Structure
  • Number of Beds: 30                    
  • Number of Admissions per year: Level 3: 800      Level 2: 700
  • Percentage of Elective vs Emergency Admissions: 95% Emergency
Overview of Case Mix within the Unit:
  • Mixed medical and surgical critical care
  • Major trauma centre
  • Tertiary neurosurgical centre
  • ECMO centre for Scotland with around 25 ECMO cases per year
  • Separate Cardiothoracic ICU for mostly elective cases
  • There is no split site working within this Unit
Research projects being undertaken within this Unit:

GenOMICC

SOS

SIGNET

ABC Post ICU

MARCH

MOSAICC

T4P
Overview of the staffing for the Unit (including medical, ACCP, AHPs)

Day shift is 07:30-19:45 and night is 19:00-07:45

2 tier rota with at least 1 registrar level doctor per shift (more on day shift often) and 4 others from a pool of doctors in training, ACCPs and clinical fellows (again, often more during day shift). Good mmix of doctors in training including Core and Higher anaesthetists in training, IMTs, ACCS, Core surgical trainees, and FY2s.

Training

Training opportunities when working at this Unit:
  • Training in point of care ultrasound 
  • Opportunity to attend theatre for airway experience 
  • Exposure to paediatric emergencies (Limited)
  • Interhospital transfers 
  • Opportunity to attend a Cardiac Catheterisation lab
  • Acting up as an ICM Consultant (for Stage 3 trainees) 

  • Other: ECMO Training
Departmental Teaching:
  • Weekly consultant facilitated tutorials and journal club
  • FICM level training jointly with Dundee 6 weekly
  • Department CPD sessions bi-monthly
  • 4 monthly project afternoons for QI
  • Monthly radiology teaching
  • Monthly MDT simulation training
  • MDT transfer course

Details of clinical governance meeting days and/or M & M:                             

  • Weekly CGM meeting 1.5 hours
  • Fortnightly ECMO MDT
The medical specialties and subspecialties it is possible to complete within theTrust/Health Board:
  • Stage 1:  Emergency Medicine, Medicine & Anaesthesia   
  • Stage 2: Neuro ICM

Which SSYs are offered in your unit:                     

  • Academic Research
  • Critical Care Echo
  • Education
  • ECMO
  • Neuro ICM  
  • PHEM
  • QI in Healthcare
  • Transfer Medicine         
Other facilities: 
  • Free on-site parking
  • On-call room available in unit
  • Hot food available during the day
  • Drs mess is adjacent to critical care unit
  • Access to IT in seminar room in unit
  • In unit simulation room