*** Proof of Product ***
Exploring the Essential Features of “Marcia Gamaly – Managing the Emergency and Trauma Patient: Secrets to Improving Your Practice in the Emergency Department – PESI”
Speaker: Marcia Gamaly, PhD(C), MSN, MHA, RN-BC, CEN, PCCN
Duration: 6 Hours 33 Minutes
Format: Audio and Video
Copyright: Oct 27, 2017
Media Type: Digital Seminar
Description
- Improve management of medical emergencies in the ED bay
- Latest updates in AMI management in the ED
- What EVERY nurse should know about sexual assault victims
- Facts about antiplatelets and anticoagulants
- Demonstration of emergency nursing skills
- Everything you need to know about obstetrical emergencies
- Sepsis management in five simple steps
You can achieve these professional goals…
- You are ten hours into your 12-hour shift. You have had challenging cases all day, and get a report that you will be receiving a Level 1 trauma patient in 6 minutes. Imagine approaching this patient with improved confidence in your ability to accurately assess the patient, anticipate their care needs, and manage complications when they arise.
- Don’t fear calls from risk management or the patient safety officer! Develop confidence in the care you provide and document on each and every patient.
- Improve patient outcomes and your ability to provide care by learning essential skills EVERY emergency nurse needs to know!
- Immediately apply content learned using real-life critical thinking scenarios that are easily remembered!
Speaker
Marcia Gamaly, PhD(C), MSN, MHA, RN-BC, CEN, PCCN
Marcia Gamaly, MSN, MHA, RN-BC, CEN, PCCN, has over twenty years of nursing experience at the bedside and in staff development. Marcia currently works as a clinical nurse educator at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. In her current role, she oversees and plans the educational needs of over 250 nurses and supports staff on a variety of units, including a step-down, neuro-tele and medical-surgical units. She has developed and presented on a variety of topics including certification courses for critical care, progressive care, medical-surgical, oncology and emergency nursing. Other presentations include telemetry skills day, medical-surgical skills day, cardiac dysrhythmia interpretation, post-operative care and heart failure. Additionally, Marcia is an instructor for BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC, ENPC and ASLS and works as a per-diem emergency department staff nurse.
She is a doctoral student at Villanova University, with a research interest in bariatrics. She is certified in medical-surgical nursing, progressive care nursing, emergency nursing, and professional staff development. She is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Marcia combines her role in clinical education with hands-on experience to deliver a high-level learning opportunity that is patient-focused and outcome-driven. The meaningful insights she has to share will be applied easily at the bedside to improve your own care of patients!
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Marcia Gamaly has an employment relationship with St. Mary Medical Center and Lower Bucks Hospital. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Marcia Gamaly is a member of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses; America Association of Critical-Care Nurses; American Nurses Association; American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; and Emergency Nurses Association.
Target Audience
Nurses, and other Healthcare Professionals
Objectives
- Compare and contrast spinal cord syndromes.
- Plan care for the patient experiencing chest pain.
- Distinguish differences between life-threatening maxillofacial and neck traumas.
- Recommend management strategies for the patient presenting with acute stroke symptoms.
- Determine the hemorrhagic risk of patients receiving anticoagulants.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to treat acute and chronic pain.
- Formulate appropriate nursing care for the transgender victim of sexual assault.
- Choose appropriate patient-specific interventions for the bariatric patient.
Outline
Trends in Emergency and Trauma Nursing
- Current trends
- Core measures
- Hospital scorecards
Head and Neck Trauma
- Neurological trauma
- ESSENTIAL SKILL:
- ED management of the stroke patient
- Maxillofacial and neck trauma
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Proper application and management of cervical collar
- ESSENTIAL SKILL:
- NIHSS scoring
Thoracic/Abdominal/Genitourinary Trauma
- Thoracic trauma
- ESSENTIAL SKILL:
- Assessment of the patient with a chest tube
- Abdominal trauma
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Intra-abdominal pressure assessment and management
- Genitourinary trauma
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Chest tube insertion and chest tube management
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Chest auto-transfusion
- ESSENTIAL SKILL:
- Pelvic fractures
Extremity Trauma
- Musculoskeletal trauma
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Hare traction
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Conversion of Hare traction to Bucks traction
- ESSENTIAL SKILL:
- Hemorrhage management
Special Considerations
- Psychosocial issues
- Obstetrical emergencies
- The bariatric patient
- Pediatric emergencies
- Shock
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Defibrillation, cardioversion and pacing
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Rapid infuser
- HANDS-ON SKILL VIDEO:
- Essential dysrhythmia recognition & treatment
Trends in Care
- Chest pain
- Antiplatelets versus anticoagulants
- Pre-hospital care
- Sexual assault
- Sexual assault of the transgender patient
- Forensic issues
- Ultrasound guided peripheral IV placement
- Pressure injuries
- Insulin pumps
Skills Demonstration
Please see the full list of alternative group-buy courses available here: https://lunacourse.com/shop/
