An introduction to FACTS-Care - the foundation behind CardioVascular Thoracic Crititcal Care Society

 Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiothoracic Surgical Care (FACTS-Care)


FACTS-Care was founded to take CVT Critical Care to the next level of excellence by providing multi-disciplinary educational activities to train CVT Critical Care professionals and promote medical practice safety.

 FACTS-Care was created in response to major challenges in the care of CVT patients:

-	A rapid evolution in critical care concepts, pharmacology and technology.
-	The unique physiologic states and complications experienced by CVT patients
-	The aging CVT patient population with more advanced primary disease and associated conditions.
-	Major changes in surgical techniques and technology
-	Newly-adopted national regulations limiting house staff work hours that accentuate the shortage of critical care staff.
-	The difficulty in providing comfortable care with patients subjected to multiple negative sensory inputs including monitoring sounds, alarms, technical language, and procedures.
-	The increasing number of disciplines included in the CVT critical care team.
-	Well-documented compromises in medical practice safety. An example of workshop provided at CVT CC 2013: