Upside Down You Turn Me: When, Why and How of Prone Positioning for ARDS Patients
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OVERVIEW
Upside Down You Turn Me: When, Why and How of Prone Positioning for ARDS Patients is organized by American Association of Critical - Care Nurses (AACN) and will be held during Nov 15, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019.
Accreditation :
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC's) Commission on Accreditation, ANCC Provider Number 0012 (60 min contact hour). AACN has been approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the California State Board of Nursing, California Provider number CEP01036 for 1.5 contact hours (50 min contact hour).
Activity Summary :
Dating back more than 30 years, prone positioning is sometimes used to recruit alveoli to improve oxygenation and prevent complications of ventilator-induced lung injury in patients with ARDS. Recently, the use of prone positioning is now considered front-line therapy. With the mortality rate of the ARDS patient remaining at 40%, we need to implement evidence-based practices that work. This session discusses the physiological mechanisms of the prone position for reducing lung trauma and improving oxygenation. This session incorporates research to define the patient likely to respond to prone positioning, identify the appropriate time to initiate therapy and discuss time spent in the prone position. Evidence-based strategies for turning and sustaining the patient in a prone position are outlined to ensure safety for the patient and healthcare worker. As nurses, we have the potential to influence patient outcomes through a safe, noninvasive positioning technique.
Objectives :
• Explain the physiologic rationale for the improvement in oxygenation and reduced lung injury with the prone position in patients with ARDS.
• Analyze patient and staff advantages and disadvantages of various methods to position patients prone.
• Identify evidence-based strategies for determining when to turn, how long to remain prone and preventing airway and skin complications.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
Accreditation :
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC's) Commission on Accreditation, ANCC Provider Number 0012 (60 min contact hour). AACN has been approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the California State Board of Nursing, California Provider number CEP01036 for 1.5 contact hours (50 min contact hour).
Activity Summary :
Dating back more than 30 years, prone positioning is sometimes used to recruit alveoli to improve oxygenation and prevent complications of ventilator-induced lung injury in patients with ARDS. Recently, the use of prone positioning is now considered front-line therapy. With the mortality rate of the ARDS patient remaining at 40%, we need to implement evidence-based practices that work. This session discusses the physiological mechanisms of the prone position for reducing lung trauma and improving oxygenation. This session incorporates research to define the patient likely to respond to prone positioning, identify the appropriate time to initiate therapy and discuss time spent in the prone position. Evidence-based strategies for turning and sustaining the patient in a prone position are outlined to ensure safety for the patient and healthcare worker. As nurses, we have the potential to influence patient outcomes through a safe, noninvasive positioning technique.
Objectives :
• Explain the physiologic rationale for the improvement in oxygenation and reduced lung injury with the prone position in patients with ARDS.
• Analyze patient and staff advantages and disadvantages of various methods to position patients prone.
• Identify evidence-based strategies for determining when to turn, how long to remain prone and preventing airway and skin complications.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
SPECIALITIES
Pulmonary MedicineCritical Care Medicine
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