Critical Care Nursing

Learning objectives for this talk:

• To have an overview of post-operative care of Liver Transplant patients
• To identify early post-operative complications in Liver Transplant patients
• To have an awareness of specific treatments based on aetiology for Post Liver Transplant patients

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To manage the complexity of trauma resuscitation, a systematic team-based and process-focused approach are needed to rapidly identify and treat life-threatening injuries and minimize team errors.  Critical care nurses are an integral part of the resuscitation team so this presentation will provide a trauma resuscitation update.  Whilst the primary survey is the mainstay of initial trauma care there has been a change of approach when managing ‘circulation’ with a focus on damage control resuscitation.

Damage control resuscitation will be the main focus of the presentation.  Other updates will also be highlighted including the management of the vulnerable geriatric population and surgical rib fixation.  Finally, Relational Coordination and its importance in supporting team coordination and performance will be discussed.

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If you are looking to understand the basics in regards to nutrition support in the ICU and the provision of enteral nutrition this is the session for you. It will cover briefly the role and importance of nutrition in critically illness, the assessment of route of feeding and the evidence in relation to energy and protein requirements and how this relates to a nutrition prescription in clinical practice. This session will also highlight some key papers, which will provide a greater understand of critical care nutrition if you are interested in doing further reading on this topic.

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A summary of the ABCDEF bundle - what are the components, how is it implemented and what are the impacts?

Learning objectives for this talk:

• Introduction of SCCM's ICU liberation bundle
• Understanding of post intensive care syndrome (PICS)
• Review of the benefits of ICU liberation bundle implementation

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   Evidence supports those errors and poor quality are often the result of faulty system or processes versus individual behavior and are impacted by the work culture.   Critical care nurses and the multidisciplinary unit team is in an excellent position to lead, participate and design the necessary changes required in their unit to meet the patient safety and quality.  As nurses, the largest group of professionals within a unit environment, we must accept responsibility for the work cultures we create.

Organizational structure and unit culture will shape clinical practice and determines whether we will be successful at creating a culture of safety.  How do we create a value change and develop an environment that fosters professional growth and enthusiasm towards change, reduction of error and quality improvement?  This session will focus on outlining the problem and discussing front-line strategies to enhance nurses feeling of personal power, teamwork, communication, and professional ownership in shaping a safe and quality focused culture.

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The lecture on “Recognition of the Deteriorating Child” presents a systematic method for the clinical assessment of the paediatric patient. The systematic approach highlights the difference between paediatric and adult assessment due to the difference in paediatric physiology.

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This presentation discusses the effect of muscle wasting on recovery in survivors of critical illness and presents the potential role that nutrition may play in attenuating this muscle loss. Literature on nutrition delivery and muscle mass or functional outcomes will be presented, and the potential implications on clinical practice discussed.

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As technology and medicine progresses so do our options for care. But how does doing ‘what we can’ impact the ‘doing what is right’? How often do pressures related to the job cause us to act in ways that are inconsistent with our ethical values? How does that impact us and what can we do to minimise its effect?

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Principles, Hardware and Troubleshooting

This talk discusses the following:

Simple electric circuit: Pacemaker, connecting cables, pacing lead

If 'pacing' light flashing but no spikes: It's a connection issue

Fixed by restoring circuit:

-Check connections

-Replace bridging cable

-Convert to unipolar

-Replace lead

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This talk is about the most important aspects of resilience building in critical clinicians.

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