As the coronavirus continues to spread, hospitals are taking action to prevent further cases and to lessen the impact of the outbreak. The growing need for nurses to care for critically ill patients means that it is imperative to prepare the staff working in these areas.
The Department of Nursing Education Services in collaboration with the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education organised a four-day training for AKUH nurses and trainee nurse interns to take care of acutely ill coronavirus patients admitted in ICUs. The aim was to prepare more nursing staff, as there is a limited number of trained nursing staff in ICU settings.
Nurses were actively engaged through simulation as they went through six stations such as: central venous pressure monitoring, assessing patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and managing with pronation, application of ventilator and its troubleshooting, and how to assist physicians in patient intubation. Nurses learned inline suctioning on nursing mannequins, central venous pressure monitoring on cardiac monitors, endotracheal intubation on basic life support mannequins, the operation of Bi-PAP machines, and how to use Bennett and Newport ventilators.
The training equipped nurses with knowledge, skills and practical experience to manage COVID-19 patients, particularly those on invasive respiratory and haemodynamic support.
As the coronavirus continues to spread, hospitals are taking action to prevent further cases and to lessen the impact of the outbreak. The growing need for nurses to care for critically ill patients means that it is imperative to prepare the staff working in these areas.
The Department of Nursing Education Services in collaboration with the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education organised a four-day training for AKUH nurses and trainee nurse interns to take care of acutely ill coronavirus patients admitted in ICUs. The aim was to prepare more nursing staff, as there is a limited number of trained nursing staff in ICU settings.
Nurses were actively engaged through simulation as they went through six stations such as: central venous pressure monitoring, assessing patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and managing with pronation, application of ventilator and its troubleshooting, and how to assist physicians in patient intubation. Nurses learned inline suctioning on nursing mannequins, central venous pressure monitoring on cardiac monitors, endotracheal intubation on basic life support mannequins, the operation of Bi-PAP machines, and how to use Bennett and Newport ventilators.
The training equipped nurses with knowledge, skills and practical experience to manage COVID-19 patients, particularly those on invasive respiratory and haemodynamic support.
