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Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support Systems: Education and Training at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital
Author(s) -
McCoach Robert,
Weaver Bonnie,
Carney Elizabeth,
Clark J. Brian,
Pauliks Linda,
Guan Yulong,
Qiu Feng,
Chang Dennis,
ReedThurston Deborah,
Myers John L.,
Ündar Akif
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2010.01113.x
Subject(s) - life support , extracorporeal , training (meteorology) , medical education , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , surgery , meteorology , physics
The following is a description of the training offered to extracorporeal life support (ECLS)‐trained staff at the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. Changes with the ECLS circuit prompted the need for an initiative to train staff in the care of patients requiring ECLS support. In addition to didactic material, we incorporated a “hands‐on” approach in designing the education. During the didactic portion, the circuit was demonstrated as a wet lab. The final step offered a voluntary visit to the animal research facility utilizing clinical case scenarios which allowed participants to articulate and demonstrate proper circuit management. The effort throughout this process was to build a competent ECLS team which will ultimately provide our patients with the greatest chance for a full recovery.