Empowering Nursing Course

Type of Course	Empowering Nursing Course
Faculty Type	Nursing student, Staff Nurse and Paramedics
Duration	3 days
Terminal Objective	To provide better patient outcome by empowering the student Nurse, Staff Nurse and Paramedics to get knowledge and skills with hands on practice in safe environment.
Learning Outcomes	Know all the medical emergencies and improvise yourself in emergency and primary care nursing Give priority to those most in need and address health inequalities and empowering yourself in recent changes and update in nursing practises. Identifying the signs and symptoms of critically ill patients and initiation of golden hour management Recent update in Nursing practise Understand your role in public health care settings.
Key Topics	TRIAGE AND ABCDE APPROACH AIRWAY AND RESUSCITATION Basic and Advanced Airway management Basic Life Support Advanced Cardiac Life Support Choking Basic and Advanced airway ( Hands on Practice) CPR and Team Dynamic ( Hands on Practice) CARDIAC EMERGENCIES Approach to Chest Pain Acute coronary syndrome Cardiac Failure and its management ECG for nurses RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES Bronchial asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Tension pneumothorax- medical emergency Sucking chest wound- management SHOCK EMERGENCIES Approach to shock (Cardio, Obstructive, Hypovolemic, Obstructive and Anaphylaxis) Iv fluid resuscitation and inotrope uses TRAUMA INJURIES Golden hour of trauma Advanced Trauma Life Support Fluid and Blood transfusion in trauma Burns and management PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES Approach to a sick child Paediatric advance life support NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES Approach to altered mental status- GCS and AVPU assessment Stroke protocol- identification and referral GASTRO INTESTINAL AND URINARY EMERGENCIES Acute abdomen- Recognition and management Acute urinary retention & Foley’s Catheterization OBSTETRICAND GYNAECOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES Cardiac arrest in pregnancy Trauma and emergency delivery SKILL ASSESSMENT Iv Cannulation Circulation-- Bleeding Control TOXICOLOGY AND SNAKE BITE General approach to poisoning and toxidromes Snake bite and antidotes DISASTER MANAGEMENT Triage and Disaster preparedness team