Patient Care from an Emergency Critical Care Perspective

This session examines patient care through the perspective of an emergency and critical care technician. Participants will explore strategies to improve efficiency during clinical rounds, transition from task-oriented care to case ownership, and manage the mental and emotional challenges associated with high-acuity patient care.

• Understand why we would ventilate a patient
• Understand nursing care needs of a ventilator patient
• Understand complications the can occur when ventilating a patient