Elena Conoscienti: Sternal Wound Infection in Open Heart Surgery

Paediatric sepsis remains one of the leading causes of preventable mortality for children. Global incidence exceeds 50% for the neonatal and paediatric population, with up to one third developing ongoing, sometimes lifelong sequelae. Early recognition and management is key to optimising outcomes, however can be difficult to recognise in the early stages. Paediatric sepsis is not isolated to the Emergency Department, but rather a journey that begins at home and encompasses the multidisciplinary team and families. This session will contextualise the many elements of paediatric sepsis and provide you with the tools to ensure your patient arrives at the emerald city.

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Hemodynamic monitoring in a critical care setting is very important to the individualized care of the patient.  Using heartrate and blood pressure is not enough to determine patients preload, afterload and contractility needs.  Utilizing hemodynamics of some sort (non-invasive, less – invasive) can really better outcomes in the critical care patient.  It is essential though if you are utilizing hemodynamic monitoring at the bedside that you understand what the numbers mean and how you can better implement care at the bedside. 

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Learning objectives for this talk:

• Discuss strategies for the timely treatment of the septic patient based on the evidence
• Review the 2021 Guidelines for Sepsis and Septic Shock
• Understand the importance

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This presentation will provide an overview of delirium such as the definition of delirium, types of delirium, risk factors of delirium and the current clinical guidelines for delirium care in ICU setting. The challenges and barriers to implement delirium assessment among critical care nurses are discussed. The delirium care education program and strategies are highlighted as well as the utilisation of the delirium prediction model in ICU clinical practice is also presented in this presentation.

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Learning objectives for this talk:

Learning objectives for this talk:

Learning objectives for this talk:

• Contrast use of human-centred co-design in healthcare with other co-design approaches
• Describe common principles and methods for co-design
• Appraise factors expected to influence the success of human-centred co-design in a busy hospital setting
• Critique the relevance of human-centred co-design to knowledge translation and implementation science

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This presentation describes the patient care priorities when receiving a post-operative cardiac surgery from the operating room. Newer surgical approaches are listed followed by a description of outcome predications based on two scoring systems. The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass are described. Standards for routine care of the post-operative patients are presented.  Complications are provided along with the recommendations for resuscitation should cardiac arrest occur.

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This presentation provides an overview of critical care nurse transition. It summarizes theoretical perspectives that provide useful lenses to understand transition in nursing practice.  A brief overview of synthesis studies on new nurse and new graduate nurse transition into critical care is provided.  Additionally, a recent longitudinal study with a cohort of new graduate nurses hired into an IC is discussed.  Recommendations that may be useful to consider for the recruitment and retention of nurses into critical care is also highlighted.

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Learning objectives for this talk:

• Discuss instruments that capture frailty and identify a vulnerable population
• Review the evidence of frailty and its impact on outcomes following critical illness
• Outline opportunities to improve care of individuals assessed as frail in the ICU

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