Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1| Perform the setting up and demonstration of using the Lucas compression device

2| Perform the set up of an arterial line and discuss how to zero out the arterial line and document it.

3| Describe the set up of a central venous pressure line and where to document values in CIS.

4| Describe the meaning of values on the monitor for the vent. 

5| Describe the process for sedation vacation, and spontaneous breathing trial.

6| Perform the set up of a POSEY alarm for high falls risk patients.

7| Describe the new process for the inpatient stroke protocol.

8| Describe how to request a neurology consult and use the teleneuro monitoring system.

9| Describe the process for TNK administration and monitoring.  

Faculty

Kimberly Godin, RN, BSN
Clinical Educator Med/Surg/ICU
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.
 

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

None of the other planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physician
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.