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NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

The denial of the reality of covid is also evident in approaches to providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers. A coughing patient, and perhaps even an infectious patient who is simply breathing generates more exposure than someone on a ventilator. NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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So like as an example, in New York State, if someone has no healthcare proxy that they’ve designated, there is a legal structure by which we can assign a surrogate, whereas other states don’t have that same structure. Let’s say they’re in the ICU now on a ventilator. So there’s no healthcare surrogate.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. And that helped them focus on that instead of, say, the blood pressure, the vasopressors or the ventilator settings that day.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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And I think the crisis that we’re in right now in healthcare delivery, the idea of laying down my badge, I think that’s maybe a metaphor for being a sheriff, but what about being a healthcare provider? I’d be willing to take some time on a mechanical ventilation machine to live longer.”

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

And for a few reasons, which I’m sure we’ll get into, I think it’s probably most effective upstream of the acute care setting, more in the nursing home setting or for patients who are not presenting in the hospital or emergency department setting. It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section.

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Making every word count: The role of AAC in LTC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

For many individuals we serve who present with chronic, progressive and/or neurological conditions, this is what they face daily. Consider the case of a resident recovering from a traumatic brain injury and temporarily reliant on a ventilator. End-of-life care in LTC often presents unique communication challenges.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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

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