In these unprecedented times when our healthcare system is trying to increase capacity for a potential surge in COVID 19 patients, nurses in non critical care settings may be called upon to help out in ICUs, HAUs, and tele units.
BCIT has designed a new online course that has compressed the high-acuity/critical care specialty curriculum and made the course free and open to nurses who wish to upskill. This course is not a replacement for the full specialty education certificates – rather this will help floor-nurses grasp the fundamentals of these concepts so that they can assist in specialty units.
Pathways
Level 1 – Any RN assisting in the care of the mechanically ventilated population
Level 2 – Any RN assisting in the care of the high acuity patient population
Level 3 – Any RN Assisting in the care of the telemetry patient population
Course Content
Module 1: Foundational Acute Practice
Oxygen supply and demand
Comprehensive assessment
Arterial blood gas analysis
Hemodynamic monitoring
Module 2: ECG Interpretation, the Basics
Myocardial Electrophysiology and Conduction
Normal Electrocardiogram Complex
Systematic ECG Analysis
Cardiac Rhythms: Sinus, Arterial and Ventricular
Impact of Cardiac Rhythms on Hemodynamics
Interventions
Module 3: Oxygenation and Ventilation
A: Non-Invasive Ventilation (CPAP and BiPAP)
B: Invasive Ventilation (Mechanical Ventilation)
Module 4: Shock States-signs and symptoms
Hypovolemic
Cardiogenic
Septic