Objectives

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

1| Demonstrate the leads and pad placements for: defibrillating, cardioversion, and pacing.  

2| Perform and demonstrate how to prepare the syringe and tubing for the Alaris Syringe Pump.

3| Demonstrate the proper application of the Twice as Tough wrist and ankle restraints.

4| Discuss proper PPE use for patients with specific contact or airborne precautions

5| Discuss and describe the signs a stroke patient may exhibit.

6| Demonstrate the use of the Broselow tape in a pediatric resuscitation.

7| Discuss and demonstrate how to load the tubing in the Belmont Rapid Infuser.

8| Discuss how to use the sepsis bundle worksheet.

9| Discuss AIDET and what it stands for and why we use it.

10| Discuss the ways that fall risk patients are identified in the department.

11| Demonstrate the setup of the Posey alarm for high risk fall patients.

12| Discuss and demonstrate how to set up updraft treatment

Faculty

Wendy Bardwell, MSN, RN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Emergency Department
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 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. 

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.