About ECCT

The Southern Region Emergency Care Coordination Team (SRECCT) was established in 2000

Meetings are held 4 times each year. Venues are alternated between Dunedin and various sites throughout the region. The alternate hosts have included Southland Hospital, Gore, Balclutha, Oamaru, Dunstan and Lakes District hospitals, as well the Fiordland and East Otago Medical Centres.

Our meetings are very well supported by a wide range of participants from throughout the region, often by audio link to the meetings. We tend to have an open door policy at the meetings encouraging not only SRECCT committee members to attend, but anyone  involved with emergency care. This is particularly important when visiting outlying areas. By doing this we believe can provide the regional and rural health professionals with an opportunity to address the meeting with their local issues and initiatives, and this method has opened up new and stronger networking links. It has given the SRECCT committee a greater appreciation of the challenges faced by colleagues throughout both provinces and the need to maintain close ties with them. Equally, ECCT has proven to offer practitioners in those areas an alternative pathway for assistance and a robust supporting function.

Since it's inception, SRECCT  has been chaired by an Intensivist at Dunedin Hospital. Currently Mr Mike Hunter holds this position and is also the National Chair for ECCT. Mike has an enormous passion for our region, both professionally and personally. With the exception of several training years overseas, Mike has always lived, hunted, fished, biked and hiked the greater Southern region. He is a keen advocate for fair and transparent health care service and is involved in multiple projects and groups at local and national levels.

Southern Region ECCT Coordinator – Pam Adams

Pam has held the position of Coordinator since 2008 with the exception of 1 year when she worked at Grey Base Hospital on the West Coast. The Coordinator position is .4FTE. Since 2000 she has worked in the ICU at Dunedin Hospital where she is also a member of the flight nurse team.

Prior to working in the ICU Pam worked at Mercy hospital for 6 years with 3 years as Charge Nurse in the Short Stay surgical ward.

Having originally trained at Southland Hospital and spending most of her life in rural Southland, Pam still retains strong links with the rural areas of the region.