Medical equipment in the resuscitation and intensive care unit

1973 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 331-333
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Medical Equipment

scholarly journals Readiness of Primary Hospitals in Providing Neonatal Intensive Care Services in Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailemariam Segni Abawollo ◽  
Zergu Tafesse Tsegaye ◽  
Binyam Fekadu Desta ◽  
Ismael Ali Beshir
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Hospital

BACKGROUND፡ The Ethiopian neonatal mortality has not shown much progress over the years. In light of this, the country has introduced interventions such as the utilization of newborn corners and neonatal intensive care units to avert preventable neonatal deaths. This study was conducted to assess readiness of primary hospitals in providing neonatal intensive care services.METHODS: A health facility based cross-sectional study design was employed where data were collected using both prospective and retrospective techniques using a format adapted from national documents. SPSS version 25 was used for data entry and analysis using descriptive statistics.RESULTS: Data were collected from 107 of 113 (94.7%) primary hospitals due to inaccessibility of some primary hospitals. The minimum national standard requirement of a level one neonatal intensive care unit for infrastructure was met by 63% (68/107) and 44% (47/107) had fulfilled the requirements for kangaroo mother care units. The average number of neonatal intensive care unit trained nurses per primary hospital was 2.6, 0.8 for general practitioners and 2.9 support staff; all of which is less than the minimum recommended national standard. The minimum national requirement for medical equipment and renewables for primary hospital level was fulfilled by 24% (26/107) of the hospitals, 65% (70/107) for essential laboratory tests, and 87% (93/107) for clinical services and procedures. The average number of admissions during the six months prior to the data collection was 87.2 sick newborns per facility with a ‘discharged improved’ rate of 71.5%, referral out rate of 18.4% and level one neonatal intensive care unit death rate of 6.6%. The remaining newborns had either left against medical advice or were still undergoing treatment during data collection.CONCLUSIONS: The overall readiness of primary hospitals to deliver neonatal intensive care services in terms of infrastructure, human resource, medical equipment, and laboratory tests was found to be low. There is a need to fill gaps in infrastructure, medical equipment, renewables, human resource, laboratory reagents, drugs and other supplies of neonatal intensive care units of primary hospitals to garner better quality of service delivery.

ICU nurses' experiences of environmental elements and their meaning for patient care at an ICU: A qualitative content analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Petersson ◽  
Lisa Wångdahl ◽  
Sepideh Olausson
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Confined Space ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Privacy And Confidentiality ◽  
Provision Of Care ◽  
Depth Interviews

In an intensive care unit (ICU), the environment is highly technological and staff are constantly present. The aim of this study was to describe environmental elements of an ICU room that nurses consider central for their provision of care. Data were collected using photovoice – photographs and in-depth interviews – and analysed using a qualitative content analysis approach. The care environment highly affected ICU nurses, in particular some elements such as medical equipment, work stations and beds. These were considered as an aid, but due to confined space some care was abstained from, maintaining privacy and confidentiality were a challenge, which led to frustration and stress. To provide care in an environment with good lightning, reduced noise and adequate space increases the wellbeing of the nurses, which indicates that an investment in a better care environment would be worthwhile.

scholarly journals A risk assessment method based on the failure analysis of medical devices in the adult Intensive Care Unit

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Fabiola M. Martinez-Licona ◽  
Sergio E. Perez-Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Potential Hazard ◽  
Strong Basis ◽  
Fmea Method

Backgrounds and Objective: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) receives patients whose situation demands high complexity tasks. Their recovery depends on medical care, their response to medications and clinical procedures, and the optimal functioning of the medical devices devoted to them. Adverse events in ICU due to failures in the facilities, particularly medical devices, have an important impact not only on the patients but also on the operators and all those involved in their care. The origins of the technological failures seem to be more oriented to the interaction between the equipment and the operator: once the medical equipment is functioning, we must guarantee its correct execution to meet both the clinical service's objectives and the expectations of those involved in care, including the patients themselves. We present an approach to quality management based on failure analysis as the source of risk for medical devices' functioning and operation in the ICU. We decided to address it through a systematic approach by using the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method and the Ishikawa diagrams' support to obtain the causes graphically. Material and Methods: We used the risk analysis framework as a basis of the methodology. By obtaining the causes and sub causes of technological failures in the ICU for adult patients, we applied the FMEA method and the Ishikawa diagrams to analyze the relationship between cause and failure. The ICU devices came from the Official Mexican Standard and WHO information related to the ICU operation and facilities. The data from the causes of failure came from specialized consultation and discussion forums on medical devices where these topics were addressed; we searched for over five years in Spanish forums. We proposed a calculation of the Risk Priority Number based on the information subtracted from the forums. Then, we defined an indicator showing the priority level that can be used to address the issue. Results: In general, the results showed that most of the medical equipment failure causes have medium and high-risk priority levels and, in some cases, the cause presented as the most prevalent didn't match with the reported in official documents such as technical or operation manuals. The most frequent causes found are related to electrical system issues and operation skills. We presented three study cases: defibrillator, vital sign monitor, and volumetric ventilator, to show the risk level designation. The conclusions inferred from these cases are oriented to training strategies and the development of support material in Spanish. Conclusion: The development of risk management methodologies that aim to monitor and solve potential hazard situations in critical areas is valuable to the health technology management program. The FMEA method showed to be a strong basis for the risk assessment processes, and its application to the ICU medical technology allowed the creation of the evidence supporting the decision-making process concerning strategic solutions to guarantee patient safety

scholarly journals The Current Situation and Influencing Factors of the Alarm Fatigue of Nurses’ Medical Equipment in the Intensive Care Unit Based on Intelligent Medical Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yunxia Zhao ◽  
Minlin Wan ◽  
Huisong Liu ◽  
Mei Ma
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Alarm Fatigue ◽  
Analysis Experiment ◽  
The Masses

After rapid development and reform, the health level and medical diagnosis and treatment capabilities of Chinese residents have been significantly improved, and high-quality medical resources have significantly improved the life safety and health of the masses. As the most concentrated area of medical equipment in the hospital, the intensive care unit produces the most alarms during the operation of the equipment. The intensive care unit nurses are responsible for heavier nursing work, and the problem of alarming in other departments is more prominent. Therefore, this paper presents an analysis and research on the current situation and influencing factors of the alarm fatigue of nurse medical equipment in the intensive care unit based on intelligent medicine. This article uses a variety of related methods such as literature data method and questionnaire survey method to deeply study the theoretical knowledge of intelligent medical treatment, medical equipment alarm fatigue device, and so on. The logistic regression analysis method is introduced to classify its influencing factors, and the analysis experiment on the influencing factors of the medical equipment alarm fatigue of nurses in the intensive care unit is designed. The nurses’ cognition of clinical alarms and the analysis of clinical alarm fatigue questionnaire data are studied. The alarm fatigue of nurses in the intensive care unit is at a severe level, which needs to be taken seriously in the intensive care unit. Unmarried, high-level positions, long working years, high professional titles, and high education are negatively correlated with alarm fatigue ( P < 0.05 ), and those without an alarm habit are positively correlated with alarm fatigue ( P < 0.05 ), and the number of night shifts per month is related to alarm fatigue. There is no correlation between them ( P > 0.05 ).

The Psychosocial Aspects of Feeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1507-1515
Author(s):  
Lauren L. Madhoun ◽  
Robert Dempster
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Hospital Discharge ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Oral Feeding ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
The Family

Purpose Feeding challenges are common for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). While sufficient oral feeding is typically a goal during NICU admission, this can be a long and complicated process for both the infant and the family. Many of the stressors related to feeding persist long after hospital discharge, which results in the parents taking the primary role of navigating the infant's course to ensure continued feeding success. This is in addition to dealing with the psychological impact of having a child requiring increased medical attention and the need to continue to fulfill the demands at home. In this clinical focus article, we examine 3 main areas that impact psychosocial stress among parents with infants in the NICU and following discharge: parenting, feeding, and supports. Implications for speech-language pathologists working with these infants and their families are discussed. A case example is also included to describe the treatment course of an infant and her parents in the NICU and after graduation to demonstrate these points further. Conclusion Speech-language pathologists working with infants in the NICU and following hospital discharge must realize the family context and psychosocial considerations that impact feeding progression. Understanding these factors may improve parental engagement to more effectively tailor treatment approaches to meet the needs of the child and family.

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