The Department of Critical Care Medicine (DCCM) has been a registered charity with the Edmonton Marathon since 2016.
Our objectives are three fold:
1. To build and foster our critical care community across the Edmonton Zone;
2. To generate awareness of our specialty of critical care medicine to the Edmonton public;
3. To raise funds that can be reinvested into our Department across our sites in the Edmonton zone (i.e., innovations in patient care, quality, research, and education).
We have been one of the top fundraisers in the Marathon over the past 3 years and this has enabled us to fund a series of projects for members in our Department across the zone. We would like to preserve and grow this legacy.
As a member of our FoMD community (across all disciplines), I'd encourage you to consider participating in any of the events in the Edmonton Marathon. You do not have to run the full marathon as the event has distances including a kids run, 5km, 10km, half and full marathon. You can walk or run or set up a unit team. When you register, make sure you register that you are running to support Critical Care.
Alternately, you can donate to our Cause.
https://www.edmontonmarathon.ca/donate-s16192
On the Make a Donation tab:
Choose University of Alberta Critical Care Fund from the dropdown under the "select a Charity or Pledge an Athlete/Team" heading
On the Pledge Participant or Team tab
Type Critical Care in the "Search" field to find everyone running in support of Critical Care.
If you do participate in the Marathon be sure to visit our booth at the Sports Expo when you pick up your race package:
SPORTS EXPO at Shaw Conference Centre
https://www.edmontonmarathon.ca/expo-s16201
9797 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton
Friday, August 16th from 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 17th from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The expo is about outreach to the public - what is critical care and who we are. We will have a critical care ultrasound demonstration along with eSim for intubation or CPR.