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Date:
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Time:
0900 PT | 1000 MT | 1100 CT/SK | 1200 ET | 1300 AT
Duration:
120 minutes including a Q&A
Includes:
• A certificate of completion
• The live webinar event if registering prior to commencement
• The on-demand recording to watch at your convenience
• A handout in PDF format for viewing or self-printing
Objectives:
At the end of the session, participants will:
1. Be able to differentiate between the stable and unstable patient
2. Recognize clinical indications of the “pre-code blue” patient
3. Understand the bedside role of the acute care nurse prior to the code team arrival
4. Understand the bedside role of the acute care nurse once the code team arrives
5. Summarize the bedside role of the acute care nurse once the code team departs
6. Discuss the importance of incorporating ongoing unit routines and other ideas to maintain staff skills in a Code Blue situation.
Description:
Of the many patients you have today, one seems unstable. Would you recognize a “pre-code” state? If you suddenly you have a code blue on your hands, do you know what to do till the code team arrives? It’s been estimated to take 3 to 5 minutes before the code team arrives at the bedside. Because those minutes are critical to the patient’s survival, staff on acute care units need to be proficient at responding to a code blue. This webinar reviews the appropriate actions and interventions that staff in non-critical units must perform during a code blue, with a focus on the nurse’s role before, during and after the code team arrives. Join Holly Feist RN BN MN ACCN for this presentation and have all your critical questions answered.
• Staff Nurses, Nurse Practitioners & Nurse Clinicians in all Acute Care settings
• Acute Care Educators and Managers
• Nurses planning to seek positions in Acute or Critical Care settings
• Respiratory Therapists, EMT’s
Holly Feist, RN, BN, MN, ACCN is currently an Assistant Professor and Course Coordinator in the Advanced Studies for Critical Care Nursing (ACCN) Program – Emergency Stream at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Holly has worked in emergency and intensive care units and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the PICU at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. She continues to pick up shifts in those settings. Holly’s graduate studies focused on educating acute care nurses about the phenomena of urgency in relation to rapid response systems (RRS). She was instrumental in piloting the first documented introduction of an RRS that responds to ED calls and she has presented on this topic globally. In her spare time Holly enjoys reading, making handmade cards, walking her adorable dogs, playing with her nephew and travelling the globe. Holly enjoys engaging with others about their experiences in the ER and ICU and you are invited to contact her at hfeist@mtroyal.ca.
