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NEON – Neurosurgery Education and Outreach Network

Overview

Trillium Health Partners is a member of the Neurosurgery Education and Outreach Network (NEON), which is a neurosurgery education support program that reports to the System Capabilities Working Group, a sub-group of the Provincial Neurosurgery Advisory Committee (PNAC), which supports system-wide improvements for Ontario’s neurosurgery services. NEON also works in collaboration with Critical Care Services Ontario (CCSO), which is the managing body responsible for the overall program implementation of initiatives of the Ontario Critical Care Strategy.

NEON is comprised of Neurosurgery Nurse Educators and Clinical Outreach Specialists/Advanced Practice Practitioners from each neurosurgery centre, supported by hospital administrators. NEON members are dedicated to neurosurgery nursing program implementation and will support system-wide improvements through education and outreach across neurosurgery and non-neurosurgery centres. (NEON Terms of Reference, revised April 17, 2018).

NEON at Trillium Health Partners is an educational outreach program designed to support the management and care of specialized neurosurgical patients and to provide a wide breadth of neurosurgical education to nursing staff caring for such patients within our own neurosurgical centre and in all the referring non-neurosurgical centres within the Mississauga-Halton and Central West LHIN.

Contact Information

Your NEON representatives at Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga site, LHIN 5/6, are the following:

Clinical Outreach Educator - Neurosurgery, LHIN 5/6

Beverly Espedido, BSc (Hons), MN, RN
Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga Hospital
905-848-7580 x 6797
Fax: 905-804-7774
beverly.espedido@thp.ca


Clinical Outreach Specialist – Neurosurgery, LHIN 5/6

Caroline Booth, RN, MN
Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga Hospital
Office: 905-848-7580 x 3936
Fax: 905-804-7774
caroline.booth@thp.ca



Program Director, Neuro/MSK Program
Andrea Guth
Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga Hospital
Office: 905-848-7100 Ext. 3460
andrea.guth@thp.ca

 

NEON Resources

CCSO and Criticall

Critical Care Services Ontario
CCSO Neurosurgery
Emergency Management and Transfer of Cranial Cases
Emergency Management and Transfer of Spinal Cases
CCSO Ontario Critical Care Plan 2018-2021
Criticall Ontario​

CCSO Neurosurgical Guidelines

Neurosurgery Consultation Referral Guidelines
Guidelines for Basic Adult Neurological Observation
Guidelines for Pediatric Neurological Observation
Guidelines for Adult Spinal Cord Assessment

Educational Resources

GCS Video: Glasgow Coma Scale
Guidelines for Basic Adult Neurological Observation E-Learning Module
Subdural Hematoma
Post op Complications Following a Craniotomy
Care of Patient post Craniectomy (No Bone Flap) Guides and Toolkits
Intracranial Pressure (ICP) – Causes, Concerns and Management Guides and Toolkits
Spinal Orthoses
Nursing Care and Management of a Patient with a Halo Device
Care of Cervical Orthosis Devices and Collar Care
Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Aspen Vista Cervical Collar Video Series:
Intro
Part 1 - Review of the Parts and Features
Part 2 - Indications and Positioning
Part 3 - Best Practice - Care and Management of a Cervical Collar
Part 4 - Application and Removal of a Cervical Collar in Supine Position
Part 5 - Application and removal of a Cervical Collar in Sitting Position (Hospital Bed)
Part 6 - Application and removal of a Cervical Collar in Sitting Position (In Chair)

Outreacher

Spring 2020 Volume 4 Issue 1
Winter 2019 Volume 3 Issue 3
Summer 2019 Volume 3 Issue 2

Related Links

Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada: https://www.braintumour.ca/
Spinal Cord Injury Ontario: https://sciontario.org/
Spinal Cord Injury Canada: https://sci-can.ca/
Canadian Association of Neuroscience Nurses:​ https://www.cann.ca/

 

Revised: September 28, 2021