IEN Package 2 - Acute care, Cardiology and ER workshop (May 17, 19 and May 25, 2024)

This is a combined 3 workshops- 3 days 

1. Rural Acute Care Review – 1 day (May 17, 2024)
2. Cardiology review – 1 day (May 25, 2024)
3. Rural-Urban Emergency Review  – 1 day (May 19, 2024)

1 - Rural-Urban Acute Care Review – 1 day 

The workshop Objectives: 

a. Acute care unit expectations and guidelines 

b. Admitting and assessment 

c. Discharge teaching and process 

d. Patient transfers – interfacility and in hospital 

e. Policy and procedures awareness 

f. Unit-specific competency checklist 

g. Unit specific Disease conditions 

h. Unit-specific interventions 

i. Unit-specific medications 

j. Unit-specific surgical procedures 

k. Unit-specific diagnostic procedures and process 

l. Hand over report 

m. Time management 

n. Daily unit flow – staff-to-patient ratio 

o. Daily routines 

p. Unit-specific vitals machines, bedside monitors, and glucometer education 

q. VTE prophylaxis 

r. Mobility assessment 

s. Fall prevention, risk management, and identification. 

t. Tubes and drains assessment and management review 

u. Unit culture/background 

v. RLS process

2- Cardiology review – 1 day 

Workshop Objectives: 

a. Common Disease conditions 

● Pump 

● Valve 

● Muscle 

● Vessels 

● RCA/LAD/Cx/LM 

b. Acute coronary syndrome

● Angina – Stable/Unstable 

● NSTEMI 

● STEMI 

● CHF 

● Pericardial Effusion 

c. Arrhythmias (Stable/Unstable) 

● Bradycardia 

● Tachycardia 

● SVT 

● Atrial fibrillation/flutter 

● Heart blocks 

● Cardiac Tamponade 

d. Common diagnostic procedures/Labs 

● Stress test 

● MIBI 

● Angiogram 

● Echocardiogram 

● Device interrogation 

● ECG 

● Telemetry 

● Cardiac enzymes/Panel

e. Procedures/complications/management 

● PCI (Angioplasty) 

● Valvuloplasty 

● Device insertion (Pacemaker, CRTD, ICD etc.) 

● Cardioversion 

● CABG 

● Valve replacement 

● LVAD 

● Cardiac Ablation 

● Pericardiocentesis/Pericardial drains

 f. Cardiac drugs review 

● ACE inhibitors 

● Antiplatelets agent and Dual antiplatelet 

● Anticoagulant 

● Beta-blockers 

● Statins 

● Thrombolytic 

● Antiarrhythmic 

● Calcium channel blockers

● Diuretics 

● Vasodilators 

● Nitrates 

● ARBs

3 - Rural Emergency Review – 1 day

The workshop Objectives: 

a. General Expectations in Rural ER 

b. Scope of Practice and competency review 

c. Understanding the layout and process of admitting and triaging 

d. CTAS (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale) Review

e. Introduction to Trauma room, Resuscitation and Observation rooms 

f. Flow of patients/admitting/coordinating 

g. Transportation and communication 

h. Working along the side of paramedic 

i. Making use of available resources

j. Crash cart and defibrillators 

k. Ventilators 

l. Airway management and equipment 

m. Continuing competency education 

n. Bedside monitors/ functions 

o. Isolation and precautions practices 

p. Critical thinking 

q. Time management 

r. Different types of Diagnostic Modalities and referral systems 

s. Trauma care 

t. Roles and responsibilities 

u. Task delegation 

v. Crisis intervention 

w. Code white 

x. Drug overdose management 

y. Policy and procedure 

z. OBG/Pediatric/Adult emergency management