To enable health care professionals :
• To recognise the deteriorating patient
• To initiate appropriate interventions
• To initiate timely interventions

• For participants to
• Understand the importance & relevance of observations and the underlying physiology
• Be able to recognise & interpret abnormal observations
• To be able to communicate effectively to the right people at the right time
• To feel confident in recognising & managing a deteriorating patient
• To facilitate teamwork within the multidisciplinary team
• To enable nurses, doctors & physiotherapists to develop management plans together

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Deteriorating Patient
(Recognition Intervention and Management of the Deteriorating Patient.)
Monday February 4th 2013 (08.00 to 16.30)
08.00 Welcome and Introduction
08.30 Early Warning Score/ICU Outreach
09.00 Airways/Breathing/Pain
10.00 Break
10.20 Circulation –
11.10 Neurological assessment –
12.00 Urine Output
Temperature –
12.50 Lunch break
13.30 Scenarios- putting into practise
15.15 Break
15.30 Teamwork & Communication - Quiz
Recap & Question Time

Problems encountered
• The aim was for the course to be interdisciplinary –
Nurses attend. Only one doctor so far.
• I set up a team of dedicated speakers/trainers but some are not always available
• Particularly difficult to find trainers for the scenarios among this group.
• Attendees do not complete pre reading so are not as actively involved

Positives
• Good feedback from attendees
• High attendance numbers
• Instigates thought and discussion
• Those who start off anxious about taking part in scenarios often feel ok afterwards

Future plan
• Change format to online learning followed by attendance at 3 hour session including scenarios
• To encourage more active participation by attendees by necessary pre learning requirements
• Need less trainers per course.
• May be able to run more frequently

Link
• http://health.act.gov.au/professionals/general
-information/compass/login/adult-program/
• Thanks to COMPASS course for sharing info with us.