GE Healthcare Works With Experts To Develop A Cardiac Vital Signs Educational Program For Clinicians
The online course is designed to help clinicians enhance patient care where non-invasive and invasive technologies are used, such as ED, ICU, OB, Pediatrics, Telemetry, PACU, Pre-hospital, Cathlabs, Cardiac Care, MICU and SICU.
Clinicians can use stroke volume measurement as a tool to help them assess and proactively manage patients. Building on a solid foundation of evidence-based medicine and the results of research done with non-invasive and invasive technologies, noted critical care and hemodynamic monitoring experts and founders of the ICU-USA online learning platform, Thomas Ahrens, DNS, RN, CCNS, FAAN and Robert Taylor, MD, FCCM, FCCP present dynamic, interactive courses addressing significant patient care issues.
This self-paced program models actual clinical applications and outcomes, giving the clinician an interactive learning experience, such as allowing clinicians to enter a "virtual" hospital to assess and treat patients. The course uses "virtual reality" patient rooms supplemented with a comprehensive "virtual library" to aid clinicians in researching their clinical decisions. Ahrens and Taylor provide a look at patient care from the perspective of nurses and physicians.
Taylor said, "Many clinicians do not fully understand the fundamental concepts of hemodynamic monitoring and, often, experts disagree on therapeutic strategies for hemodynamic profiles."
Aherns said, "With cardiac output and stroke volume providing such excellent information on patient status, managing hemodynamics becomes important to any clinician, from pre-hospital to pharmacy, critical care and beyond, even to sleep centers. For the first time, almost any pediatric or adult patient can be monitored in any clinical setting."
Ahrens continued, "Stroke volume, peak velocity and flow time are among the hemodynamic parameters describing biological signals indicative of the cardiovascular system and its function. The objective is to recognize early indicators of a hemodynamic crisis and proactively manage before a significant and dangerous event occurs.
Applying these principles can minimize patient risk, and allow a wider population to be monitored, thus optimizing patient care. Cost reductions are also a benefit as non-invasive monitoring techniques are less expensive than invasive monitoring procedures, incur less risk, and can positively impact length of stay."
Michael Reed, manager of GE Healthcare's Clinical Systems Service Global Education business unit said, "Increased knowledge and better patient care are the reasons we are expanding our program to include continuing education for clinical and technical professionals. The course is designed to help clinicians understand and recognize what hemodynamic variables to measure, how to measure them, and how to employ effective therapies that can help clinicians provide better patient care. The benefits to the patient, the clinician and the hospital are potentially significant."
GE's website provides more information on the "New Cardiac Vital Sign: Assess and Manage Stroke Volume" course at: http://www.gehealthcare.com/clinicaled
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