Full Course Description
Managing Patient Emergencies: Critical Care Skills Every Nurse Must Know
Program Information
Target Audience
Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals
Objectives
- Develop two types of rapid assessment techniques and how to employ them for the best results during a patient emergency.
- Evaluate techniques for getting critical information during a rapid patient assessment.
- Investigate EARLY assessment findings in clinical syndromes that may progress rapidly and cause life-threatening conditions.
- Prioritize nursing actions for specific neurological, cardiac, respiratory and endocrine emergencies.
- Assess care of the diabetic patient in diabetic ketoacidosis versus HHNK/HHS.
- Analyze heart failure with regards to left- and right-sided failure.
- Determine patient populations who are at high-risk for bedside emergencies.
- Devise how to integrate assessment data and critical lab findings into the plan of care for a patient experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
- Design a strategic approach in evaluating abdominal pain for the most accurate assessment.
- Contrast the difference between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in both symptoms and treatment priorities.
- Determine the most common causes of arterial blood gas abnormalities.
- Analyze pain management and sedation options for the patient experiencing an acute illness.
Outline
Identifying the RED Flags
- Critical Thinking During a Crisis
- Vital Signs & ABCDs
- Methods for Establishing and Maintaining Airway
- Breathing: More Than a Rate Issue
- Circulation & Perfusion
- Differential Diagnosis – 4 Methods of Determining Cause
- Rapid Assessment Techniques
- Critical Questions to Ask Your Patient
- Identifying High-Risk Populations
- Pre-Morbid Conditions
- Age Considerations
Cardiovascular Prevention, Presentation, Action for: "I'm having chest pain"
- Recognizing Arrhythmias - Stable, Unstable and Lethal
- 12-Lead EKG: Just the Down and Dirty
- Utilizing a Systematic Approach
- Patterns of Ischemia, Injury & Infarct
- Acute Myocardial Infarction: STEMI/NSTEMI
- Key Assessments & Interventions
- tPA Guidelines
- Cath Lab Intervention
- Laboratory Parameters
- Recognizing Subtle Changes
- Heart Failure
- Recent Advances in Care
- Medication Management
- Managing Intake and Output
- Vascular Abnormalities
Respiratory Prevention, Presentation, Action for: "I can't breathe"
- Assessment & Critical Interventions for:
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Edema
- Acute Asthma Attack
- Spontaneous Pneumothorax
- Allergic Reactions
- The Patient Who Needs Assistance
- O2, CPAP, BiPAP
- Indications for Intubation
- Positive Pressure Ventilation
- Chest Tube Management
- Ventilator Settings Every Nurse Must Know
- Easy ABG Analysis...Really!
Endocrine Prevention, Presentation, Action for: "I don't feel right"
- The Differences of DKA and HHNK
- Early Recognition of Hypoglycemia
- Thyroid Storm: Physical and Psychiatric Symptoms
- Managing Adrenal Crisis
- Critical Lab Findings
Gastrointestinal Prevention, Presentation, Action for: "My aching belly"
- Warning Signs of Acute Pancreatitis
- Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
- Perforated Bowel
- Early Signs of Small Bowel Obstruction – Illeus
- Interpreting the Lab Tests
Neurological Prevention, Presentation and Action for: "My head hurts!"
- Elevated Intracranial Pressure
- Clues When you Don't have a Monitor
- Ischemic vs. Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Inclusion/Exclusion for tPA
- Essential Assessments post-tPA
- Management Strategies for Seizures
- The Patient in Withdrawal
- Known vs. Suspected ETOH/Drug Abuse
- Interventions for Delirium Tremors
- Critical Labs
Renal Prevention, Presentation and Action for: "I can't make urine"
- Acute vs. Chronic Kidney Disease
- Recognizing Acute Kidney Injury
- Key Assessments
- Interpreting the Lab Data
Pain, Agitation & Delirium
- Analgesics: Too Much or Too Little
- Managing the Bedside Procedure
- Type of Sedating Medications
- Ensuring Appropriate Monitoring
- Delirium: So Many Causes, So Many Options...
- Key Assessments & Interventions
Managing the Decompensating Patient
No Pulse, No Blood Pressure, No Respirations...Now What?
- Identifying Cardiac Causes
- Street Drugs & Poisoning
- Critical Assessments & Interventions
- MUST KNOW Reversal Agents
Copyright :
05/18/2017
Program Information
Objectives
- Develop two types of rapid assessment techniques and how to employ them for the best results during a patient emergency.
- Evaluate techniques for getting critical information during a rapid patient assessment.
- Investigate EARLY assessment findings in clinical syndromes that may progress rapidly and cause life-threatening conditions.
- Prioritize nursing actions for specific neurological, cardiac, respiratory and endocrine emergencies.
- Assess care of the diabetic patient in diabetic ketoacidosis versus HHNK/HHS.
- Analyze heart failure with regards to left- and right-sided failure.
- Determine patient populations who are at high-risk for bedside emergencies.
- Devise how to integrate assessment data and critical lab findings into the plan of care for a patient experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
- Design a strategic approach in evaluating abdominal pain for the most accurate assessment.
- Contrast the difference between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in both symptoms and treatment priorities.
- Determine the most common causes of arterial blood gas abnormalities.
- Analyze pain management and sedation options for the patient experiencing an acute illness.