{"id":2783,"date":"2015-07-24T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T15:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2015-07-24T16:16:47","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T15:16:47","slug":"successful-fundraising-launch-for-st-marys-paediatric-intensive-care-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/2015\/07\/24\/successful-fundraising-launch-for-st-marys-paediatric-intensive-care-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful fundraising launch for St Mary\u2019s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/files\/2015\/07\/ICHTrust_logo_425x531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"37\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2784\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/files\/2015\/07\/ICHTrust_logo_425x531-300x37.jpg\" alt=\"mperial College Healthcare NHS Trust \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Imperial College Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science (ICCESS) were recently involved in the highly successful launch of a Charity of the Year partnership between the Children\u2019s Intensive Care Unit Appeal and Home House, a private member\u2019s club on Portman Square.<\/p>\n<p>ICCESS delivered a simulation involving staff from St Mary\u2019s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to demonstrate how the unit delivers world-class care despite being under considerable constraints in terms of space. The appeal will raise money to expand the facility and create additional 7 ICU beds within the PICU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I attended an event to announce the campaign for a new paediatric intensive care unit for St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital in London. It was, possibly, the most effective and moving such event, I have ever attended. The doctors from St. Mary&#8217;s and others acted out scenes from the paediatric ICU, complete with anxious parents and doctors speaking to them. There was a child in a hospital bed, and the attending physician explained his dire medical situation and articulated his needs, medical and emotional. The doctor spoke with disarming candour. It was tough going to see this performance, very different from the usual speeches and videos more typical of elegant fundraisers and campaign launches.\u201d<\/em> Feedback from a guest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2787\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/files\/2015\/07\/B64B4424-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"333\" class=\"  wp-image-2787\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/files\/2015\/07\/B64B4424-copy.jpg\" alt=\"mperial College Healthcare NHS Trust \" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ICCESS Director Professor Roger Kneebone guides the audience through the simulation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The experience of the ICCESS team in delivering realistic medical simulations to engage and move audiences combined perfectly with the passion and dedication of the PICU staff members who participated in the event. The audience, which included Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust staff including Chief Executive Tracey Batten, members of Home House and special guests from appeal committee, found the evening inspirational and emotional. An important event for a very vital unit within St Mary\u2019s Hospital and an significant milestone in this fundraising appeal.<\/p>\n<p>To hear more about the appeal contact Maurice O\u2019Connor on 02033125696 or to donate to the appeal, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperialcharity.org.uk\/picu\">www.imperialcharity.org.uk\/picu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about Imperial College\u2019s Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science (ICCESS), please e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:iccess@imperial.ac.uk\">iccess@imperial.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Imperial College Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science (ICCESS) were recently involved in the highly successful launch of a Charity of the Year partnership between the Children\u2019s Intensive Care Unit Appeal and Home House, a private member\u2019s club on Portman Square. ICCESS delivered a simulation involving staff from St Mary\u2019s Paediatric Intensive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":780,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2788,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783\/revisions\/2788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}