Crisis Management In Health
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Emergency Management In Health should not be separated from the unit, which handles emergency and hospital usually familiar with the names and conditions of the emergency room (ER). And understanding the ER is one part of a hospital that provides initial treatment to patients who suffer from pain and injury that could threaten its survival. Can be found in the ER doctors from different specialties with a number of nurses and physicians assistants. Blog Nursing'll time try to share something about crisis management and hopefully can provide benefits.
First aid is to support rapid and transient time, as a person who suffers injury or sudden illness. An important goal is to provide first aid care, which will benefit the people as a preparation for further treatment if necessary later.
In connection with the world, then we will know the nursing care nursing emergency. What is meant by the terms of service emergency nursing is a professional service that is based on science and methodology of emergency nursing as a bio-psycho-social-spiritual comprehensively addressed to clients / patients who have real problems or risks to environmental conditions can be controlled. Developed a number of activities carried out in such a way as to prevent death or disability which may occur.
Can exemplified by the cases that fall into the emergency category as cardiac arrest (cardiac arrest), ventricular fibrillation, tension pneumothorax. In such cases, the above alert level is usually used color-coded red and these circumstances require immediate action in the resuscitation room.
We return to the emergency management after we reviewed a little over an emergency. There are some general principles with regard to crisis management.
Principles of Emergency Management, such as:
- Be calm, but nimble and think before acting (not panic).
- Aware of the role of nurses in the face of the victim or witness and guardian.
- Do a quick and accurate assessment of life-threatening problems (stopping breathing, no palpable pulse, bleeding, poisoning).
- Systematically assess thoroughly before taking action. Keep the victim in a flat position or appropriate (if there orthopnea), protect the victim from the cold.
- If the patient is conscious, explain what happened, provide assistance to help soothe and reassure.
- Avoid lifting / moving unnecessary move if the unsafe condition.
- Do not drink if abdominal trauma or general anesthesia estimate the possibility of action in the near future.
- Do not be moved (transported) before first aid is complete and there are appropriate means of transport.
In any emergency, which were approved by the leaders of each hospital, and of course use established SOPs sister on duty in case an emergency immediately act in accordance with the procedures applicable in hospital. This role is very closely linked with efforts to save the lives of patients directly.
In the third required emergency preparedness, namely:
- Ready mental, in the sense that "emergency can not wait." All related elements, including nurses must realize that arrhythmias can bring death within 1-2 minutes. Apnea or airway obstruction can be fatal within 3 minutes.
- Ready knowledge and skills. Nurses must have sufficient knowledge of theoretical and pathophysiology of various diseases important organ. Addition to the first aid skills of hand.
- Ready devices and medications. Emergency patients can not be separated from the power / logistics equipment and emergency medicine.
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