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The role of the coroner
Abstracts This presentation describes the methodology used and the review’s findings. Outcomes: The key outcome of the ATPR project is a set of recommendations for the future development of triage processes that address the key challenges of: • • • • • • •
facilitation and support streamlining the triage role; streaming and complexity principles; triage education and competency; quality and performance monitoring; improving the patient experience; Australian Triage Scale review; future research opportunities.
doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.107 i-STAT 1 Analyser training options in the Point of Care environment Michael Ziaras E-mail address: [email protected]. The i-STAT 1 Analyser System offers a broad menu of tests for diagnostic and treatment indicators related to disease management and clinical practice guidelines. Using just two or three drops of blood, the system provides time sensitive tests at the patient bedside in just minutes. Our menu comprises blood gases, lactate, electrolyte and chemistry assays, coagulation, and cardiac markers. This workshop would be suitable for any nursing staff who are currently using Point of Care testing in their working environment; or would like to learn about more effective use of their i-STAT 1 Analyser. In this workshop, participants will learn about, and use, the various training options, which Abbott Point of Care Division make available to nursing staff, for training on the i-STAT 1 Analyser. These options include a web based eLearning Tutorial, suitable for initial overview training; as well as ongoing refresher training on the analyser and assay cartridges. APOC also have Basic Operator and Advanced Operator training guides, available in soft and hard copy; both of which incorporate a hands on approach to training. The workshop will also feature best practice techniques used while running our wide range of assay cartridges; and discuss suitable sample types for these assays. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.108 When the crime scene moves to the ED: Caring for the victimized patient Daniel J. Sheridan E-mail address: Sher0126@flinders.edu.au. Every day in accident and emergency departments (EDs) throughout Australasia, patients present to the ED with injuries received as victims of crime or received during the perpetration of a crime. Often in our haste to provide emergency trauma nursing care, we wash away, throw away, or flush away any hope of a successful criminal prosecution. Very few nurses are trained in school or trained on the job the basics of appropriate evidence collection. Every time a victimized presents to the ED, either via ambulance or at the triage desk, the crime scene has also traveled to the
S43 ED. On and many times, in the patient is valuable trace evidence that can and should be collected by the ED nurse while also providing specialized ED nursing care. This session will provide an overview of the principles of evidence collection and preservation and nursing documentation in the medical record. Case histories will be used throughout the presentation. In addition, the presenter will discuss the rapid expansion of ED-based, nurse-run, forensic programs in the United States that provide specialized ED nursing care to patients reporting sexual assault, family and domestic violence and elder abuse. The presenter, Daniel J. Sheridan, PhD, RN, FNE-A, SANEA, FAAN has been an ED/trauma nurse since 1982 and a 28-year member of America’s Emergency Nursing Association. He is a past President of the International Association of Forensic Nurses and an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. In the States, Professor Sheridan is a nationally certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and maintains an active ED practice of conducting forensic nursing examinations on patients reporting sexual assault and domestic violence. Professor Sheridan has over 30 publications on the role of nurses working with victimized patients and has given over 600 invited lectures on forensic nursing topics all over the world. Since February 2011, Professor Sheridan has been a Visiting Scholar at the Flinders University School of Nursing & Midwifery creating a Continuing Professional Development course entitled, ‘‘Fundamentals of Forensic Healthcare: An Online Short Course’’ targeting ED nurses. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.109 The role of the coroner Mark Johns E-mail address: [email protected]. Mr Johns will discuss the role of the coroner, the relevant legislation, the nature of an inquest, what factors a coroner might consider in assessing a witness, the nature of evidence in an inquest. Mr Johns will be happy to take questions. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.110 Transforming healthcare: Action into safety and satisfaction Mary Salisbury E-mail address: [email protected]. This pithy presentation provides the journey and evidence-base underpinning the critical success factors known to strengthen and ensure the work of high performing, highly reliable, self correcting, self improving teams; team equipped to solve their most critical and difficult problems; to move action into safety and satisfaction for patient and provider alike. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.111
facilitation and support streamlining the triage role; streaming and complexity principles; triage education and competency; quality and performance monitoring; improving the patient experience; Australian Triage Scale review; future research opportunities.
doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.107 i-STAT 1 Analyser training options in the Point of Care environment Michael Ziaras E-mail address: [email protected]. The i-STAT 1 Analyser System offers a broad menu of tests for diagnostic and treatment indicators related to disease management and clinical practice guidelines. Using just two or three drops of blood, the system provides time sensitive tests at the patient bedside in just minutes. Our menu comprises blood gases, lactate, electrolyte and chemistry assays, coagulation, and cardiac markers. This workshop would be suitable for any nursing staff who are currently using Point of Care testing in their working environment; or would like to learn about more effective use of their i-STAT 1 Analyser. In this workshop, participants will learn about, and use, the various training options, which Abbott Point of Care Division make available to nursing staff, for training on the i-STAT 1 Analyser. These options include a web based eLearning Tutorial, suitable for initial overview training; as well as ongoing refresher training on the analyser and assay cartridges. APOC also have Basic Operator and Advanced Operator training guides, available in soft and hard copy; both of which incorporate a hands on approach to training. The workshop will also feature best practice techniques used while running our wide range of assay cartridges; and discuss suitable sample types for these assays. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.108 When the crime scene moves to the ED: Caring for the victimized patient Daniel J. Sheridan E-mail address: Sher0126@flinders.edu.au. Every day in accident and emergency departments (EDs) throughout Australasia, patients present to the ED with injuries received as victims of crime or received during the perpetration of a crime. Often in our haste to provide emergency trauma nursing care, we wash away, throw away, or flush away any hope of a successful criminal prosecution. Very few nurses are trained in school or trained on the job the basics of appropriate evidence collection. Every time a victimized presents to the ED, either via ambulance or at the triage desk, the crime scene has also traveled to the
S43 ED. On and many times, in the patient is valuable trace evidence that can and should be collected by the ED nurse while also providing specialized ED nursing care. This session will provide an overview of the principles of evidence collection and preservation and nursing documentation in the medical record. Case histories will be used throughout the presentation. In addition, the presenter will discuss the rapid expansion of ED-based, nurse-run, forensic programs in the United States that provide specialized ED nursing care to patients reporting sexual assault, family and domestic violence and elder abuse. The presenter, Daniel J. Sheridan, PhD, RN, FNE-A, SANEA, FAAN has been an ED/trauma nurse since 1982 and a 28-year member of America’s Emergency Nursing Association. He is a past President of the International Association of Forensic Nurses and an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. In the States, Professor Sheridan is a nationally certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and maintains an active ED practice of conducting forensic nursing examinations on patients reporting sexual assault and domestic violence. Professor Sheridan has over 30 publications on the role of nurses working with victimized patients and has given over 600 invited lectures on forensic nursing topics all over the world. Since February 2011, Professor Sheridan has been a Visiting Scholar at the Flinders University School of Nursing & Midwifery creating a Continuing Professional Development course entitled, ‘‘Fundamentals of Forensic Healthcare: An Online Short Course’’ targeting ED nurses. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.109 The role of the coroner Mark Johns E-mail address: [email protected]. Mr Johns will discuss the role of the coroner, the relevant legislation, the nature of an inquest, what factors a coroner might consider in assessing a witness, the nature of evidence in an inquest. Mr Johns will be happy to take questions. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.110 Transforming healthcare: Action into safety and satisfaction Mary Salisbury E-mail address: [email protected]. This pithy presentation provides the journey and evidence-base underpinning the critical success factors known to strengthen and ensure the work of high performing, highly reliable, self correcting, self improving teams; team equipped to solve their most critical and difficult problems; to move action into safety and satisfaction for patient and provider alike. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.111