Sal’s Stars of the Week: Adrian Eisma
(Introduced by Chris Kuttnig)
Today’s Sals Star of the Week is ACCU & CCRT critical care educator Adrian Eisma. Following the completion of his Bachelor of Nursing from U of M in 2008 he took a position on the Cardiac Surgery Inpatient Unit following his senior practicum there. From there he continued to round out his cardiac experience and expertise by taking the ICU course in 2012, working in ICCS and then the Heart Cath lab until 2021. He joined ACCU & CCRT as the clinical educator in November of 2021.
Adrian has been an invaluable addition to the ACCU and CCRT team. Not only does he bring a wealth of cardiac and critical care knowledge but also a keen eye to patient safety and quality improvements. He has been an integral part of the critical educator group that launched the new Sharepoint Critical Care resource page – amazing work.
Adrian is always readily available to pitch in on the unit. Although he has an office away from ACCU, he spends most of his time in ACCU to be available to the staff and lend a helping hand. This past week was an example of his strong sense of teamwork and support – without his help ACCU could not have assisted Y2 in the recovery of TAVIs and performing a pericardiocentesis all the while orientating and supporting new staff. He never hesitates when the unit is short and acuity is high to take a patient assignment, help with admissions, be in charge or help with bed management. Thank you and congrats Adrian.
Shout Out!
Congratulations to Hilary Bews for being awarded the Donald Peters Award.
Donald John Peters became a member of the Department of Anesthesia at St. Boniface General Hospital in 1972 and was involved in the care of cardiac patients for over 30 years before his retirement in 2008. He was honored with the Canadian Anesthetists Society highest award for excellence in clinical work in 2005. He has also been involved with Medical Ministries International for many years. Medical Ministries is an international organization that prides itself in providing spiritual and medical care to the world’s poor. Donald and his wife Margaret have traveled to many third world countries to help those less fortunate. He has always practiced with personal integrity, compassion, and a true dedication to patient needs.
The Donald Peters Cardiac Sciences Award was created in 2008 to establish a legacy that honors his outstanding contributions to cardiac patients and the personal integrity that defined his care of those patients. These are qualities we all agree are critically important to instill in our young trainees.
This award is eligible to all trainees in the Cardiac Sciences Program and is awarded annually in May to the trainee who best demonstrates integrity, compassion, and dedication to the care of patients as individuals. The award also recognizes high standards of character, conduct, leadership, and the promotion of those qualities in others. We are very pleased to announce that this year’s recipient is Hilary Bews.
Hilary completed a BSc (Honours) degree in biochemistry at The University of Winnipeg with a special interest in environmental and analytical chemistry. She then completed both medical school and internal medicine at the University of Manitoba, where she served as one of the Chief Medical Residents while in the internal medicine program. She is currently in her PGY5 year and served as Co-Associate Chief Resident.
Her interests within cardiology include cardiac imaging, heart failure, and palliative cardiology. Hilary is extremely well rounded, well liked, and respected by all her peers. Her compassion, dedication to her patients, and warm, engaging style with staff, patients and families have not gone unnoticed. Congratulations Hilary on this well-deserved recognition.
This Week’s Faculty Publications
Morten H Møller, Waleed Alhazzani, Kimberley Lewis, Emilie Belley-Cote, Anders Granholm, John Centofanti, William B McIntyre, Jessica Spence, Zainab Al Duhailib, Dale M Needham, Laura Evans, Annika Reintam Blaser, Margaret A Pisani, Frederick D’Aragon, Manu Shankar-Hari, Mohammed Alshahrani, Giuseppe Citerio , Rakesh C Arora, Sangeeta Mehta, Timothy D Girard , Otavio T Ranzani , Naomi Hammond , John W Devlin , Yahya Shehabi , Pratik Pandharipande, Marlies Ostermann Use of dexmedetomidine for sedation in mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients: a rapid practice guideline Intensive Care Med. 2022 Jul;48(7):801-810. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06660-x. Epub 2022 May 19
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