2-Day: Managing Bedside Emergencies

• Tools to Sharpen Your Crisis Management Strategies
• 6 Fail-Proof Steps to Rhythm Interpretation
• ABG Analysis Made Easy
• Critical Actions for “I’m Having Chest Pain!”
• Abdominal Pain: What is it REALLY Telling You?
• Prevention, Presentation and Action for the Most Common Nursing Emergencies

You have a daunting challenge of recognizing subtle changes in a patient’s condition that can lead to a medical emergency. Do you know what to do for the older woman who suddenly doesn’t know her name or the joint replacement patient who suddenly complains of chest pain? These are scary situations, but you don’t have to panic! Attend this seminar to sharpen your skills in identification and management for a wide variety of bedside nursing emergencies.

Cardiovascular, Neurological, Respiratory, Post-operative Emergencies, GI, Shock, Sepsis and More!

Expert speaker, Pam Collins, MSN, CMSRN, RN-BC, will help you get the best tools and strategies for early identification and management of emergencies such as Stroke, Heart Attack, GI Bleed, ARDS and Shock. Leave this program more prepared than ever to identify and manage your next patient emergency!

DAY ONE: CRITICAL SKILLS FOR MANAGING A PATIENT IN CRISIS

OUTLINE

Identification & Management of Crisis

• High-Risk Populations
• Impending Doom: Recognizing the Red Flags
• Critical Thinking During a Crisis
• Accurate Interpretation of Vital Signs & Oxygenation
• Fluid & Electrolyte Disturbances

Neurological Emergencies

• Neuro Assessment: Critical Indicators
• Stroke Emergencies: TIA vs. Ischemic vs. Hemorrhagic
• Symptoms & Recognition
• Management: Emergent vs. Non-emergent
• Early Signs of Increased Intracranial Pressure

Gastrointestinal Emergencies

• Abdominal Assessment: Critical Clues
• Abdominal Pain: What does it really mean?
• Acute Abdomen
• Ileus/Small Bowel Obstruction
• Gastrointestinal Bleed
• Acute Pancreatitis

Cardiac Emergencies

• Action for, “I’m having chest pain”
• Acute Coronary Syndromes
  • Angina vs. Myocardial Infarction
  • Recognition & Management
• 6 Fail-Proof Steps to Rhythm Interpretation
• The Dynamics of Shock
  • Hypovolemic
  • Cardiogenic
  • Septic
• Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
  • SIRS Criteria
  • Presentation & Management

OBJECTIVES

1. Evaluate common bedside emergencies.
2. Identify patient populations who are at risk for bedside emergencies.
3. Discuss how to integrate assessment data, labs and other diagnostic findings into the plan of care with a life-threatening emergency.
4. Prioritize interventions for prevention and management for selected complications/ emergencies.
5. Describe presentation and assessment findings for specific cardiac, gastrointestinal and neurological emergencies.
6. Review volume and pressure concepts as they relate to intracranial pressure.
7. Explain a strategic approach in evaluating abdominal pain for the most accurate assessment.
8. Contrast the difference between hypovolemic shock, septic shock and cardiogenic shock in both assessment and treatment priorities.

DAY TWO: KEY INTERVENTIONS & DOCUMENTATION STRATEGIES DURING A PATIENT EMERGENCY

OUTLINE

Respiratory Emergencies

• ABG Interpretation in 3 Easy Steps
• Atelectasis
• Pneumonia
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Respiratory Failure
• Chest Tube Management

Post-Op Complications & Emergencies

• Uncontrolled Pain
• Compartment Syndrome
• Confusion/Delirium
• Recognizing Infection
• Acute Kidney Injury

Now on to Documenting the Emergency…

How Well Would Your Documentation Hold up in Court?

• Common Pitfalls in Documentation
• What your Words Really Mean in Court
• Strategies for Writing Legally Defensible Notes
• Case Studies: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

How to Document High Risk Situations

• Patient Refusals
• Nurse-MD Notification
• Chain of Command
• Changes in Patient Condition
• Assessment Findings
• Discharge Instructions
• Documentation Methods
• Electronic vs. Traditional (paper)
• Clarifying the Myths of Charting by Exception

OBJECTIVES

1. Recognize the most common causes of arterial blood gas abnormalities.
2. Describe critical interventions for the patient in respiratory distress.
3. Discuss chest tube management.
4. State common causes of delirium in the post-operative patient.
5. Examine legal implications of bedside emergencies.
6. Investigate appropriate documentation for high-risk situations.
7. Summarize how documentation is used to determine guilt or innocence in a lawsuit.

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