As the 56-year-old man’s vitals continued to decline on Wednesday morning, he slipped in and out of a hazy consciousness. | SaltWire
| Posted: Jan. 27, 2023, 6 a.m. | Updated: Jan. 27, 2023, 8 a.m. | 4 Min Read
On Tuesday, the emergency room doctors and nurses and respiratory therapists at Inverness Consolidated were sharpening skills that fortunately don’t have to used as often as in urban settings. “A classroom can only teach you so much,” said respiratory therapist Leanne MacDonald after completing the simulation on Wednesday.Everyone needs to know not only their own job, but what everyone else’s role is and how to work together when the code blue button on the emergency room wall gets punched.
Staffing is tight at rural hospitals – the entire staff of an emergency room can’t just be sent away for a training weekend.“These are all advanced skills that our rural teams have that they don’t, thankfully, have to use a lot … This allows them to maximize their communication, their resuscitation strategies, making sure that they are all feeling up to date and are able to maximize the care of the patient for when that real patient presents.
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