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An analysis of training activities in the use of critical care equipment within hospitals in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Fouladinejad F.,
Roberts J. R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00430.x
Subject(s) - medicine , training (meteorology) , minor (academic) , medical emergency , intensive care , operations management , nursing , health care , intensive care medicine , engineering , physics , meteorology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
We investigated how training in the use of electromedical devices in adult and neonatal intensive care departments is organised, designed and delivered. Forty‐one departments within two Regional Health Authorities in the United Kingdom returned a detailed questionnaire, from which several nonlinear models were developed using fuzzy logic analysis. The results clearly indicate that training in the use of equipment is a very minor activity, with less than 1% of departmental time spent on providing or receiving such training. Departments that had a higher level of expertise required less assistance from technical personnel. Critical care equipment can be utilised more fully, cost effectively and safely if a formal and regular training programme is implemented.