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Patient Stories: Paul's Story (10 March 2013)
Claire Cox posted an article in Patient stories
In 2007, when Paul Richards was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, his family were stunned by the news. This powerful film from Patient Stories is based on the testimony of Lisa, Paul’s wife, who gives a moving account of the events that led to Paul’s death and explores the effects on their family. -
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Patient Stories: Julie’s story (22 August 2013)
Claire Cox posted an article in Patient stories
Julie Carman was involved in a road traffic accident whilst on a cycling holiday, suffering injuries to her face, jaw and legs. After making a good initial recovery and expecting to be back at work within three months – three years later she is still having treatment having experienced two further emergency admissions to hospital due to acute cellulitis and sepsis. -
Content ArticleToolkit to promote safe surgery helps peri-operative and surgical units in US hospitals identify opportunities to improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections. The toolkit has evidence-based, practical resources that reflect the real-world experiences of the frontline clinicians and subject matter experts who participated in a national implementation project.
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Content ArticleThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits to help nursing homes with electronic medical records identify residents at risk for events that could lead to a hospital visit. The tools are designed to help a multidisciplinary nursing home team prevent hospital and emergency department visits that can be avoided with good preventive care.
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Content ArticleThe purpose of this study was to describe patient engagement as a safety strategy from the perspective of hospitalised surgical patients with cancer.
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Content ArticleInteresting article, by the Patient Safety Network, around how patients can be involved in the solution and the cause of some patient safety incidents.
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Content ArticleThis action plan was produced by the Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group following a treatment delay for a patient in intensive care.
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Introduction to the SSKIN care bundle
Claire Cox posted an article in Pressure ulcers
The SSKIN care bundle can help to prevent pressure ulcers. In this video, Fiona Downey takes you through each of the elements of the bundle and explains how each relates to your patients and the care you give. -
Content ArticleReSPECT stands for Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment. The ReSPECT process creates a personalised recommendation for your clinical care in emergency situations where you are not able to make decisions or express your wishes. In an emergency, health or care professionals may have to make rapid decisions about your treatment, and you may not be well enough to discuss and make choices. This plan empowers you to guide them on what treatments you would or would not want to be considered for, and to have recorded those treatments that could be important or those that would not work for you.
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Content ArticleNHS England awarded 'Improving Access to Psychological Therapies' (IAPT) services in the Oxford AHSN region ‘Early Implementer’ funding to lead the way in setting up integrated treatments for patients with long-term conditions (LTCs) alongside mental illness. Four of the first 22 services selected nationally were in the Oxford AHSN region. This study was carried out by health economist Professor David Stuckler, formerly of the University of Oxford, now based at the University of Bocconi, Italy, supported by NHS South, Central West Commissioning Support Unit. It focused on one of the first groups of patients (more than 450 people) who started receiving new integrated IAPT-LTC treatments in 2017.
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Content ArticleIn intensive care units (ICU) and operating theatres, arterial lines are used to accurately measure a patient’s blood pressure and take numerous and repetitive blood samples. In order to prevent bacterial contamination and blood spillage from the arterial line, red arterial connectors, which are closed cap coverings, are placed on the sampling port of the arterial line. Doctors from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kings Lynn have collaborated with Eastern Academic Health Science Network and the Patient Safety Collaborative on this patient safety solution.
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Barriers to the Use of Assistive Devices in Patient Handling
Claire Cox posted an article in Assistive equipment
This study by Noble and Sweeney, published in Workplace Health & Safety, assessed barriers to the use of assistive devices in safe patient handling and mobility that contribute to health care worker injuries. -
Content ArticleNHS Improvement have published a number of case studies on appropriate use of clinical risk assessment tools, developing new evidence-based alerting systems and developing personalised risk management plans for people who use services, to manage risks positively.
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Content ArticleThis decision tree, used at the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, was developed as a ‘quick reference’ aid for nurses setting up non-invasive ventilation (NIV). It highlights key settings and signposts users to the full trust policy for more detailed explanation. It is adapted from the British Thoracic Society guidelines for acute NIV.
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Content ArticleKat Dalton, Critical Care Outreach Sister in Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, reflects on her experience training nurses using non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in ward areas. The Trust’s NIV steering group reviewed how they could improve NIV care and keep up with current national recommendations. The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD)’s report ‘Acute Non-invasive Ventilation: Inspiring Change’, published in 2017, highlighted 21 recommendations for acute NIV care, including that: “All staff who …make changes to acute non-invasive ventilation treatment must have the required level of competency as stated in their hospital operational policy. A list of competent staff should be maintained.” With this in mind, and as part of the NIV steering group, Kat volunteered to take on training nurses using NIV in ward areas.
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Content ArticleEngaged and involved patients are key to achieving a healthcare system that is responsive to their needs and values. The British Medical Association(BMA) patient liaison group (PLG) wants to promote patient and public involvement (PPI), also known as PPE (patient and public engagement). GPs and practice managers can use this tool kit to involve patients and the public in healthcare planning and delivery.
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Content ArticleResuscitation in the pre-hospital setting is very challenging. To give the best possible care, teamwork needs to be optimal. Tom Evens, an emergency physician with Londons Air Ambulance and former coach of the Olympic UK rowing team, shows us how performance psychology will help you in providing critical care at the roadside. Presented at the ResusNL Conference 2019.
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Content ArticleBlog by the Practice Team at the Nursing Times.
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Content ArticleThis ‘Erice Call for Change’ is a report from a group of experts, patients and patient representatives who met in Erice in September 2019 following previous similar meetings after the original Erice Declaration (1996). The aim of the meeting was to discuss the challenge of causal complexity and individual variation in modern healthcare. The group’s concern was the impact that new clinical decision-making tools, based on statistical correlations in large databases, could have on individual patient care if they replace other types of clinical investigation and knowledge. The group calls for a change in the approach to the care of the individual patient, and indicates some specific challenges to overcome for such changes to happen.
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Content ArticleIt is now very common for clinicians to carry out consultations with patients over the telephone. If you have time to prepare for the consulation Steve Turner has some suggestions. The aim being to help all patients / users of health and care services lead on their own care. This is a rolling blog. Steve Turner is a nurse prescriber and clinical educator and Associate Lecturer at Plymouth University.
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Content ArticleThis document records the findings of an online survey sent to 7,106 members of the RCN’s Emergency Care Association network exploring their experiences of corridor care.
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Content ArticleEditor of the award-winning site Feministing.com, Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with experts within and outside the medical establishment, and personal stories from women across the country to provide the first comprehensive, accessible look at how sexism in medicine harms women today.
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Seeking treatment for an eating disorder: GP leaflet
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Eating disorders
This leaflet has guidance for the person who has or may have an eating disorder, anyone supporting them, and their GP. It’s based on the guideline on eating disorders from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which the GP should use when making decisions about patients’ healthcare. -
Content ArticleThe location of care for many brain-injured patients has changed since 2012, following the development of major trauma centres. Advances in management of ischaemic stroke have led to the urgent transfer of many more patients. The basis of care has remained largely unchanged, however, with emphasis on maintaining adequate cerebral perfusion as the key to preventing secondary injury. Organisational aspects and training for transfers are highlighted, the Association of Anaesthetists have included an expanded section on paediatric transfers. This guideline has also provided a table with suggested blood pressure parameters for the common types of brain injury but acknowledge that there is little evidence for many of the recommendations. These guidelines remain a mix of evidence-based and consensus-based statements.
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Content ArticleThis document should be used to guide clinicians on the appropriate use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), non-invasive ventilation (NIV), here referring to bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) and high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO, such as OptiflowTM) in patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Published evidence, clinical guidelines and personal communications with colleagues in China and Italy have informed this document. The guidance is not designed to be prescriptive but to provide a useful aid to use alongside clinical judgement. It can be adjusted to suit individual clinical environments. Decisions relating to the escalation of ventilatory support (whether as a trial of treatment, as a ceiling of care, or as a possible bridge to ongoing invasive ventilation) need to be made early and by experienced clinical decision-makers.
