Role of Nurses and Paramedics in Platinum minutes and first Golden hour of Emergency/Disaster

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Role OF NURSES AND PARAMEDIC S IN PLATINUM
MINUTES AND GOLDEN HOUR OF EMERGENCY/DISASTER
Dr Seema B Wasnik Dr Dipty Wasnik
SaxenaChairperson Sumantai Wasnik College of
Nursing Nagpur

• Nurses are vital to the health care delivery
  system
• They are in patient contact and can play vital
  role in emergencies

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• Nurses have a important role to play in
  cardiopulmonary resuscitation as valuable members
  of the code blue team management of anaphylaxis
  Myocardial infarction First aid of accident
  victims Diabetic ketoacidosis Convulsions
  Hyperpyrexia Drowning Aspiration Foreign body
  Shock COPD Drug overdose poisoning
  Controlling violent patient s Counseling patient
  and family members in crisis Breaking bad news
  Triage All kinds of emergency situations like
  emergency operations ,burns and uncontrolled
  bleeding , pain relief and massive blood
  transfusion

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• Nurses can deliver health care in Ambulances
• Road side to accident victims
• Home care facility
• Aged care facility
• Differently able facility
• Disaster
• Retrieval Nurse
• Wound care Nursing
• Palliative Nursing and Hospices
• Drug de addiction
• Nurse Anesthetist/Intensive Care/Surgical
• Midwifery
• School First aid post
• Nurse psychologist

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Nurses in prevention of Disease

• Prevention and control of bed sores
• ART/AIDS Counselor
• Global Health surveillance
• Research associate in epidemiology
• Counselor for prevention of breast cancer
• Counselor for prevention of Protein energy
  malnutrition
• Member of National tuberculosis, malaria, dengue
  prevention and control program me
• Control of Infection
• Safe disposal of biomedical waste
• Trainers/Tutors of Nursing students and
  paramedical staff

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History of Nursing

• Florence Nightingale, also named as lady with the
  Lamp was named after a place in Italy and since
  she worked and as awake all night Nightingale
  was added to her name .
• Her Birthday 12th May 1820 is celebrated as
  Nurses day because she was founder of modern
  Nursing and she saved many lives of wounded
  soldiers of Crimean war
• She nursed patients during polio and malaria
  epidemic as well. Both nursing and education role
  was defined by Florence Nightingale

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History of Nursing

• Qualities of Florence Nightingale
• Committed
• Caring
• Selfless
• Devoted
• Skilled
• Inspired
• Sympathetic
• Devoted

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Qualities of a Good Nurse

• If you can protect the rights of the patient s
• If you can provide physical, psychological and
  emotional support and protection to patients
• If you can sacrifice day and night for the care
  of patients following the footsteps of Lady with
  the lamp
• If you have a passion for genuine care and you
  are selfless compassionate and kind hearted
  good Samaritan

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Qualities of a Good Nurse

• If you genuinely love mankind without any
  discrimination of gender caste creed and
  nationality
• If you can fight for the patient s rights and can
  also advocate them
• If you can counsel the patient s and his/her
  family in the moment of grief

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Qualities of a Good Nurse

• If you can bring that positivity and will power
  in a patient which can enhance will power to live
  longer and healthier and fight against illness
• If you can take care of the daily needs of the
  patients like bathing, hygiene, nutrition and
  preparing bed
• If you are ready to provide pain relief to
  terminally ill

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Qualities of a Good Nurse

• If you are maintaining all the charts of vitals,
  Nutrition, input output, blood sugar, oxygen
  saturation
• If you are practicing universal precautions
• If you are willing to practice barrier nursing
• If you are updated with all the emergency skills

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Qualities of a Good Nurse

• If you are reporting critical incidences
• If you are the whistle blower when you notice
  substandard care which will harm your patient
• Are you applying Identification band to patient?
• Do you count number of mops and instruments used
  during surgery?
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  Sumantai
  wasnik College of Nursing Nagpur

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Good Nurse Qualities

• If you are knowledgeable and take part in
  continuous medical education to provide
  excellence in highest standard of health care
• If you are proficient in Basic Life support
• If you are following Infection control Protocols
  Biomedical waste disposal guidelines World
  Health organization patient safety guidelines
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  Sumantai wasnik
  College of Nursing Nagpur

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Qualities of a Good Nurse

• Are you proficient in bed side procedures like
  measurement of Pulse rate Blood pressure
  Temperature and Respiratory rate application of
  monitors, riles tube insertion and feeding
  Phlebotomy Catheter insertion incentive
  spirometry ?
• Are you Vigilant and observant and focused in
  your job ?
• If you have a charismatic personality which will
  enhance positivity, healing touch and will power
  of patient..then you must go for nursing

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• Thank you
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  Sumantai wasnik College of Nursing Nagpur