Vicki Stevens (right) from Toowoomba Hospital and Debbie McConnel (centre) from Proserpine Hospital joined Children's Health Queensland trainer Jodie Arthur at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane for the training course.
TOOWOOMBA Hospital staff have been training hard to deliver enhanced paediatric emergency care to Darling Downs children.
Toowoomba Hospital clinical nurse educator Vicki Stevens undertook a new simulation training course at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, as part of the Simulation Training on Resuscitation for Kids program.
The course focuses on teaching staff to recognise sickness earlier and improve life support skills in the event of an arrest.
Ms Stevens will now teach what she has learnt to paediatric staff at Toowoomba Hospital.
The program was developed in response to identified gaps in professional development opportunities for clinicians in rural and regional areas, with an aim of ensuring children receive the best possible medical response regardless of which hospital they present at in Queensland.
Ms Stevens said she was looking forward to returning to Toowoomba Hospital to share her knowledge with other clinicians.
"With the support of the SToRK team I will be able to deliver training to other healthcare professionals at Toowoomba Hospital to ensure we respond in the best possible way to high pressure situations," Ms Stevens said.
"If a child becomes critically unwell it's important that everyone involved in that child's care works effectively and efficiently to provide the necessary treatment and get the best outcome."
Ms Stevens said simulation training had been invaluable for her work.
"Simulation allows clinical teams to practice working together and reflect on areas in which they could improve the care they are able to deliver," she said.
"Just as airline pilots use simulation to practise emergency drills, medical teams must ensure their skills are ready to use at any moment."
No comments:
Post a Comment