Resources

2025  |  Guides & Toolkits

The ‘Cervical Collar Care and Management’ document, developed by the provincial Neurosurgery and Education Outreach Network (NEON), provides information to assist Health Care Professionals (HCPs) across Ontario to care for patients who need a cervical collar. The resource provides information to assist the HCP to identify indications for cervical collar use, understand the different types of cervical collars, and maintain and address the complications that may arise with the use of a cervical collar. The resource also summarizes the importance of involving patients and their care partners in education and care of the collars.

2025  |  Education & Training Modules

2025  |  Education & Training Modules

2025  |  Guides & Toolkits

The ‘Spinal Orthoses’ document was developed by the provincial Neurosurgery Education and Outreach Network (NEON). It provides direction on the provision on the care of patients with spinal orthoses to ensure consistency within and across organizations. The learner will be able to describe neurological indications for a spinal orthosis and learn the application, removal and management of some common spinal orthoses used in neurosurgery. The learner will also be able to understand the interventions related to caring for a patient with spinal orthosis.

2024  |  Reports

The 2023 Burnout and Assessment of Team Cohesiveness Provincial Report provides an overview of the reported feelings of burnout among critical care teams, the ongoing impact of the pandemic recovery experience, the baseline perception of team cohesiveness, and the continuing impact of Health Human Resource challenges witnessed in Ontario within critical care. The insights gained from this Annual Report continue to inform system-level, as well as local investment and planning to improve staff well-being and retention within the Ontario Critical Care system.

2024  |  Guidelines & Standards

These Guidelines are meant to facilitate consultations and/or transfers to a Burn Centre and should be applied using clinical judgement. Final decision to transfer remains at the discretion of the referring and receiving physicians.

2024  |  Guidelines & Standards

The Burn Management Checklists support clinicians at referring hospitals in managing patients with burn injuries closer to home. These checklists are meant to aid in clinical decision-making and are not a replacement for a consultation with a burn surgeon/centre facilitated by CritiCall Ontario.

1. Checklist: Outpatient Burn Management
2. Checklist: Isolated Inhalation Injury Management
3. Checklist: Electrical Injury Management
4. Checklist: Burn Resuscitation Management

2024  |  Forms

This form is for changes being made to an existing unit in the Critical Care Information System (CCIS).

2024  |  Guides & Toolkits

The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for the consideration of appropriately timed Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for adult critical care patients. These guidelines are for use by intensivists in Level 3 critical care units managing patients with respiratory or cardiac failure that may continue to deteriorate despite treatment options already attempted.

2024  |  Guides & Toolkits

Help users understand and navigate the quarterly Neurosurgery Scorecard (hosted on CCSO Data Analytics Platform). The terms, definitions and purpose of each indicator are explained in this guide.

2024  |  Forms

This form is for creating/activating a new unit in the Critical Care Information System (CCIS).

2024  |  Education & Training Modules