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Maternal Emergencies: ED Provider - Hemorrhage
This is a brief review of how nurses and providers should address maternal hemorrhage in the ED. All emergency departments must be prepared for obstetric hemorrhage, which can cause severe issues or death.
Recognize signs of maternal hemorrhage in the ED.
Recall the management of maternal hemorrhage in the ED.
Maternal Emergencies: ED Provider - Hypertension and Preeclampsia
Hypertensive disorders are the most common medical complication affecting pregnancy and are the second leading cause of maternal deaths in the U.S. In the ED, healthcare professionals must know about hypertensive disorders in the perinatal patient population to provide safe, evidence-based care. This course will provide information about the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, its effects on the mother and fetus, and recommended management.
Identify the risk factors, defining features, and potential adverse outcomes of the four hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
Review the management of a patient with hypertensive disorder in the prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods.
Maternal Emergencies: ED Provider - Shoulder Dystocia
Shoulder dystocia is an obstetric emergency. To prepare for this rare occurrence, your healthcare team should be knowledgeable about the risk factors, potential complications, and the management of shoulder dystocia. In addition, emergency professionals should develop strategies to help their healthcare team prepare for this rare event.
Identify the risk factors, potential complications, and interventions of shoulder dystocia.
Recall strategies to prepare your healthcare team for a shoulder dystocia emergency.
Maternal Emergencies: ED Provider - Umbilical Cord Prolapse
This course presents providers with a review of umbilical cord prolapse, its causes, presentation, diagnosis, and management.
List obstetric and iatrogenic risk factors for umbilical cord prolapse.
Distinguish between overt and occult umbilical cord prolapse.
Review the clinical presentation of umbilical cord prolapse.
Outline the clinical management of overt umbilical cord prolapse.
Maternal Emergencies: OB Provider - Category III FHR Tracing
This course reviews the FHR characteristics of Category III patterns, their etiologies, and clinical significance.
Identify Category III FHR tracings.
Describe the clinical significance of a Category III FHR tracing.
Outline the clinical management of the Category III FHR tracing.
Maternal Emergencies: OB Provider - Sepsis Management
This course provides an overview of sepsis in pregnancy, with a focus on screening tools to facilitate early recognition and timely treatment.
Define sepsis and septic shock.
Review sepsis screening tools used in pregnancy.
Review common etiologies for sepsis in pregnancy.
Review treatment approach to sepsis, sepsis bundle.
Perioperative Series: Communication in the OR
In the operating room, patient safety depends on high quality communication and shared knowledge among the surgical team. Several factors in this setting can contribute to communication failures like time constraints, shift changes, environmental barriers, the complex nature of surgical procedures, and clashing communication styles. All members of the surgical team must understand the risks to patient safety associated with communication failures, what information must be communicated and when, and how to use an assertive communication style.
The goal of this course is to equip nurses and CSTs with best practices for effectively communicating in the operating room.
Describe best practices for facilitating communication in the OR.
Identify four communication styles and which style is most effective for ensuring patient safety.
List common barriers to effective communication in the OR.
Reducing Medical Errors in the Operating Room
Ensuring patient safety in the operating room (OR) requires effective communication, structured protocols, and teamwork. This course examines perioperative communication failures, preoperative verification, site marking, timeouts, and just culture in promoting accountability. Learners will explore evidence-based safety practices and apply structured handoff techniques to improve patient care transitions.
This course provides perioperative nurses and STs with tools to improve communication and safety protocols, fostering a just culture to reduce OR errors.
Explain how effective communication reduces medical errors and contributes to the safe transfer of patient care information.
Discuss evidence-based recommendations from key organizations that support improvements in perioperative safety.
Describe the principles of a just culture and the ten-step process for creating a culture of safety in the OR.