2022 World PICU Awareness Week & Day
The World PICU Awareness Week Committee exists to raise awareness about #PedsICU in general and any important themes impacting the specialty by engaging members and key stakeholders in awareness and advocacy activities at a global and regional level. This 7 day event culminates in World PICU Awareness Day on the 2nd Friday of May, annually.
Chairs: Ann-Marie Brown, Nurse, USA; Luca Tortorolo, Physician, Italy; Idah Sendagala, AHP, Uganda
Shadow chairs – 2022: Orsola Gawronski, Nurse, Italy; Qalab Abbas, Physician, Pakistan
Sandy Staveski, Nurse, USA, North America
Yonca Bulut, Physician, USA, North America
Nate Serazin, Physician, USA, North America
Ivie D. Esangbedo, Physician, USA, North America
Jodi Mullen, Nurse, USA, North America
Blythe Pollack, Nurse, USA, North America
Mary Lihinie deAlmeida, Physician, USA, North America
Rebecca Silvers, Nurse, USA, North America
Stacey Sears, Nurse, USA, North America
Melina Handley, Nurse, USA, North America
Renad Abu-Sawwa, AHP – clinical pharmacist, USA, North America
Kelly Sheridan, AHP – dietician, USA, North America
Cassandra Brodhagen, AHP – Child Life Specialist, USA, North America
Anita Rose, AHP – Family G Tube and Trach Educator (RN), USA, North America
Caroline Potter, AHP – Child Life Specialist, USA, North America
Jodi Bloxham, Nurse, USA, North America
Michael-Alice Moga, Nurse, Canada, North America
Laurie Lee, Nurse, Canada, North America
Nicole Gilbert, AHP – Dietician, Canada, North America
Sebastian Godoy Salinas, AHP, Chile, Latin America
Adriana Ramírez Barrientos, Nurse, Colombia, Latin America
Natalia Andrea Henao Murilllo, Nurse, Colombia, Latin America
Santiago Martínez, AHP, Chile, Latin America
Cintia Johnston, AHP, Brazil, Latin America
Milagritos López, Nurse, Peru, Latin America
Adriano Conrado, AHP – Occupational Therapist, Brazil, Latin America
Amparito Castro, Nurse, Brazil, Latin America
Ana Paula Bautzer, AHP – Speech therapist, Brazil, Latin America
Werther Brunow de Carvalho, Physician, Brazil, Latin America
Alejandra Cortés, Physician, Chile, Latin America
Silvio Torres, Physician, Argentina, Latin America
Raffo Escalante, Physician, Perú, Latin America
Francisco José Cambra, Physician, España
Rocio Yerovi, Physician, Ecuador, Latin America
Jesús López-Herce, Physician, España
Jaime Fernández, Physician, Colombia, Latin America
Luis Moya, Physician, Guatemala, Latin America
Fabiola Castro, Physician, Chile, Latin America
Marta Marquez, Physician, México, Latin America
Parveen Kaur, AHP-Physiotherapist, Singapore, Asia
Yujiro Matsuishi, Nurse, Japan, Asia
Poh Pei Fen, Nurse, Singapore, Asia
Deepika Harish, Nurse, India, Asia
Milind Jambagi, Physician, India, Asia
Rakshay Shetty, Physician, India, Asia
Hwa Jin Cho, Physician, South Korea, Asia
Rodelia G. Cipriano, Physician, The Philippines, Asia
Alvin C. Florentino, Physician, The Philippines, Asia
Mellinor A. Ang Physician, The Philippines, Asia
Qalab Abbas, Physician, Pakistan, Asia
Sidra Ishaque, Physician, Pakistan, Asia
Xiaoyang Hong, Physician, China, Asia
Ali Ferguson, AHP – physiotherapist, Australia, Oceania
Sarah Wright, AHP – physiotherapist, Australia, Oceania
Debbie Long, Nurse, Australia, Oceania
Tara-Jane Clark AHP – Health Psychologist, Australia, Oceania
Rahul Joshi, Physician, Australia, Oceania
Alex Hussey, Physician, New Zealand, Oceania
Paula Lister, Physician, Australia, Oceania
Teresa Campbell, Nurse, Nurse, Oceania
Brenda Morrow, AHP – physiotherapist, South Africa, Africa
Halalisani Ngema, AHP – Social Worker, South Africa, Africa
Irene Chueu, Physician, South Africa, Africa
Ilse Appel, Physician, South Africa, Africa
Charlyne Kilba, Physician, Ghana, Africa
Jenala Njiram’Madzi, Physician, Malawi, Africa
Laura Ajidiru, AHP, Uganda, Africa
Stella Elikplim Lawerteh, AHP, Ghana, Africa
Dorothy Adjabu, AHP, Ghana, Africa
Asma Salloo, Physician, South Africa, Africa
Prakash M. Jeena, Physician, South Africa, Africa
Rudo Mathivha, Physician, South Africa, Africa
Stephilia Tshukutsoane, Nurse, South Africa, Africa
Lincoln Solomon, Physician, South Africa, Africa
Noor Parker, Physician, South Africa, Africa
Halalisani Ngema, AHP – Social worker, South Africa, Africa
Marleen Petersen, Nurse, South Africa, Africa
Bernadet Francis, Nurse, South Africa, Africa
Manal Alasnag, Physician, Saudi Arabia, Middle East
Maha Ahmad, AHP, Saudi Arabia, Middle East
Feras Abu Dayeh, Nurse, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Joseph Manning, Nurse, UK, Europe
Gawronski Orsola, Nurse, Italy, Europe
Miguel Rodríguez Rubio, Physician, Spain, Europe
Martin Kneijber, Physician, The Netherlands, Europe
Akash Deep, Physician, UK, Europe
Anna Zanin, Physician, Italy, Europe
Simon Gates, AHP – physiotherapist, UK, Europe
Pauline Janssen-Raymkers, Nurse, The Netherlands, Europe
Bianka Rama, Nurse, Italy, Europe
Oğuz Dursun, Physician, Turkey
Zoltan Gyorgyi, Physician, Hungary, Europe
World PICU Awareness Week theme – The Family in the PICU. Each region will choose a topic relevant to their region and organise a 45min pre-recorded webinar which will be launched on their awareness and will include a live Q&A component at a time convenient to each region. The World PICU Day will be organised by WFPICCS.
The allocated days for each region in 2022 are:
- Monday 9th May – Oceania
- Tuesday 10th May – North America, Latin/South America & The Caribbean
- Wednesday 11th May – Africa, Europe & Middle East
- Thursday, 12th May – Asia
- Friday 13th May – World PICU Day
Daily program during 2022 World PICU Awareness Week
Oceania: Monday 9th May – 8pm AEST / 10pm NZT / 6pm SGT / 3.30pm IST
Title: Families in PICU: Perspectives from Oceania
1. Aotearoa, Inequality and the Whanau (Family) – Alex Hussey, New Zealand
2. Supporting the Whanau (Family) through the PICU journey – Teresa Campbell, New Zealand
3. “Just popped in for a chat”: Establishing a psychology service in The Royal Children’s Hospital’s PICU – Tara-Jane Clark, Australia
4. The Outback to Brisbane: The challenges of a hospital with a huge catchment – Sophie Weeks, Michelle Maunder, Sarah McMahon, Australia
5. EMPATHIC-30 AUS questionnaire: empowering parents in PICU – Fenella Gill, Australia
North America: Tuesday 10th May – 6.30pm EST / 5.30pm CDT / 4.30pm MD / 3.30pm PDT / 7.30pm BRT / 10.30pm UTC
Title: Discussion of experience, pros and cons of family involvement in the PICU throughout the organ donation process.
1. Parent perspective – Jennifer Wolfsmith, Canada
Multidisciplinary team:
2. Physician perspective – Sonny Dhanani, Canada
(interviewer/recorder: Michael-Alice Moga)
3. Child life perspective – Alexis Shinewald, Canada
(interviewer/recorder: Casey Brodhagen)
4. Nursing perspective – Lisa Remshik, USA
5. Social worker perspective – Maricel Floresca, USA
Latin America & The Caribbean: Tuesday 10th May – 8pm CLT, EST / 9pm BRT, ART/ 5pm PDT / midnight UTC
Title: Families in the PICU: Perspectives from Latin America & The Caribbean
1. Advances in our vision of intensive care in Latin America: Indicators and Education in Latin American PICUs – Jaime Fernández-Sarmiento, Colombia; Raffo Escalante, Peru; Luis Moya, Guatemala; Cintia Johnston, Brazil; Marta Márquez, México; Silvio Torres, Argentina
2. Family and the multidisciplinary team in the PICU: Reality of Latin America – Rocío Yerovi, Ecuador; Fabiola Castro, Chile; EU. Natalia Henao, Colombia; EU. Ana Paula Bautzer, Brazil; EU. Milagritos López, Peru
3. Planning the multidisciplinary discharge from the PICU of medically complex patients: Adapting the model to their needs –Francisco Cambra, Spain; Alejandra Cortés, Chile; Klgo. Santiago Martínez, Chile; TO. Adriano Conrado, Brazil; Klgo. Sebastián Godoy, Chile.
Europe & Middle East: Wednesday 11th May – 1pm UTC / 2pm CEST / 3pm AST / 5.30pm IST / 8pm SGT / 10pm AEST / 8am EDT
1. Welcome – Manal Alasnag, Saudi Arabia
2. Sharing Experiences – A journey around the Middle East – Nilufer Ozturk, Turkey; Fajer Altammar, Kuwait; Razann Babakr, Saudi Arabia
3. Needs of mothers and fathers throughout the hospitalization of their chronic critically ill child – Chantel Grandjean, Switzerland
4. I Was A Parent In PICU – Paulien Raymakers- Janssen, The Netherlands
5. Facilitating Organ Donation – Greatest Gift in Life: A Parent’s Lived Experience – Ilse Fieldsend, UK
6. The Art of Listening – Esse Menson, UK
7. Panel & Moderator Introductions – Akash Deep, UK
Africa: Wednesday 11th May – 5.15pm SAST / 6.15pm EAT / 8.45pm IST /11.15pm SGT / 11.15am EDT / 8.15am PDT
1. Introduction – Ilse Appel, South Africa
2. Cultural diversity in the ICU – Stephilia Tshukutsoane, South Africa
3. “Thula baba” – critical caregiving practices – Brenda Morrow, South Africa
4. Inclusion of caregivers in rehabilitation in PICUs / Shared ICUs – Idah Sendagala, Uganda
5. Socio-economic burden of families of children admitted to Paediatric Intensive Care Units in Low-Middle Income countries – Lincoln Solomon, South Africa
Asia: Thursday 12th May – 3pm PKT / 6pm SGT / 8pm AEST /11am UTC / noon CEST
1. Family-centered care in Asia – Yujiro Matsuishi, Japan
2. Family-centered care in South Korea – Hwa Jin Cho, South Korea
3. Family-centered care in The Philippines – Paula Evangelista, Philippines
4. Family-centered care in Pakistan – Sunita Bahadue Ali, Pakistan
5. A Day in the PICU – Chor Yek Kee, Malaysia
6. Parental experiences in the PICU – Mak Wei Lan, Singapore
7. Families in PICU – An experience from India – Milind Jambagi AND Mrs Alam, Mr Rajshekar (parents), Sister Suvarna, Drs Ravikiran, Ranganath
World PICU Day: Friday 13th May – 5am PDT / 8am EDT / 1pm UTC / 2pm CEST / 5.30pm IST / 8pm SGT / 10pm AEST
A number of individuals both family members and PICU staff will answer the following questions:
1. Questions for Families
a. What did the PICU/healthcare team do during your hospital stay that was most helpful to you as a family?
b. What happened during your PICU stay that was the hardest or most frustrating?
Questions for PICU staff
a. What practices are most important to optimize the care of patients and family during pediatric critical illness?
b. What are the greatest barriers to provide the best family centered care during pediatric critical illness?
Then for the live Q&A after the videos, we will ask the participants the following question:
a. With your regional practices and resources in mind, what do you think are the top 3 best practices for family centered care in the PICU/pediatric critical illness?
