Think Like an Emergency Nurse by Sean G. Smith
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Overview:
How do you improve patient outcomes?
Rescue failure and how to avoid it
Increase confidence in an emergency
Prepare for the worst of all patient encounters
Defend your patient
Clearly communicate high-risk information
Mental strategy for success
Cognitive advance planning
Relationship between fire brigade and preparation for success
Risk reduction
Recognize the risk of clinical decline
How to intervene before the event
Why respiratory rate matters
Know your strengths and have plans to address your weaknesses
Form a team
General emergency
Steps you can take to save lives
The three highest priority interventions for each
General emergency
Cardiac arrest
Choking / displaced tracheostomy
Major trauma
Control of bleeding
Sepsis
GI bleed
Neurology
CVA / TIA: Acute ischemic and hemorrhagic
Seizure
subarachnoid hemorrhage
Intracranial hypertension
Is 170/90 Blood Pressure Really Dangerous?
Cardiovascular
arrhythmia
Ventricular fibrillation
Ventricular tachycardia vs asystole
SVT
Rapid atrial fibrillation / flutter
Why is my patient tachycardia?
Prioritization and practice
Most important thing when a patient crashes
How to practice every day in less than 2 minutes
Reasons for being ill until proven otherwise
Team preparation
Who will come to help you?
Team dynamics
What if you are alone?
Cognitive error
Which came first, MI or MVA?
Do not put the cart in front of the horse
Summarize: Skill Lab and Clinical Scenario
Group review of patient cases
Practice with instructor feedback
Use of “preparation sheet”
Explanation:
Responding to crashing patients-in any situation
Understand “8 minutes time”
Mental strategies needed to succeed in an emergency
Improves confidence when dealing with deteriorating patients
Your colleague asks for help-you go to see her patient, sit down and talk a few minutes ago, now it turns blue and runs out of air. You have a real chance to intervene and make a difference-that’s why you became a nurse! What are you doing?
Imagine you are suddenly understanding that an emergency is occurring, wherever you are in a patient, such as a local office, clinic or nursing home. Do you know what to do? How to respond? If you call for an ambulance or an emergency response team arrives, you may be treating the patient for up to 8 minutes or more. What can you do in the meantime to increase your chances of getting good results?
How can I save my life?
Your patient in the corridor calls for help. When he enters the room, he begins to vomit blood. He is pale and unresponsive, but still awake. You call for a quick response and stay with him until the team arrives. They take care of the patient.
You don’t want you to do more-after all, he was your patient.
This intensive course provides clinical insights and critical thinking skills that ED nurses excel at. You no longer need to feel anxiety or fear.
The ability to evaluate, intervene, and advocate is enhanced through exciting clinical cases. When you work in your next shift, you will experience dramatic changes in your own practice!
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Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 197
- Assessments Yes
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