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Deep Sedation Compliance Training

American Medical Compliance

Languages: American English Key features: Audio narration, learning activity, and post-assessment.

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Empowering Staff to Address Skin Issues in Assisted Living 

American Medical Compliance

Staff should document findings and communicate any concerns to the healthcare team. Promote Mobility and Position Changes For residents at risk of pressure ulcers, it’s important to promote mobility and encourage frequent position changes. These assessments can help detect early signs of skin issues and ensure timely intervention.

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Sepsis alerts work! Just not in the patients who fire the alerts

PulmCCM

This was despite a higher intensity of care in the visible-alert patients, who had more rapid responses, ICU transfers, code blues, intubations, and initiation of dialysis. This led the authors to speculate that qSOFA parameters were being documented more diligently on the wards randomized to screening.

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Learning about human factors in the emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Then you hear the words coming out of the speaker, “ Paediatric code black. Paediatric code black ”. You’ve heard the phrase code black before – it’s a traumatic cardiac arrest. You know a paediatric code black means paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest. You’re just about aware of the tannoy in the background. Andenæs, E.,

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Gender-focused training improves leadership of female medical students: A randomised trial

SheMD

In medical emergencies, provider qualities which lead to greater performance and patient outcomes include leadership and teamwork. Transcripts were coded to sort data into “leadership occurrences” or “unrelated to leadership” as well as critical treatment decisions. Why do we care about this article?

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EQUAL: a Straightforward Approach To Caring for Disabled Patients

ACEP Now

The ED is constantly overloaded with patients, so this will require some teamwork to coordinate, including nursing staff, pod lead, and other clinicians. This makes documentation and communication of the utmost importance for these patients for their health and safety. This leads into the next part of the model—Assessment.

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You’re Now A Paediatric Registrar: Step Up, Survive & Thrive 

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Don’t be afraid to ask the simple questions: Where do I document? Top tip: verbally communicating your plan followed by clear documentation can help avoid confusion! Teamwork – being a good team leader also means being a good team player. Where do I prescribe? Where do I place orders for investigations? –