Do Experienced Nurses Benefit From Training on Bleeding Control in the Community Setting?

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INTRODUCTION: Nurses' preparedness to provide hemorrhage control aid outside of the patient care setting has not been thoroughly evaluated. We evaluated nurses' preparedness to provide hemorrhage control in the prehospital setting after a proof-of-concept training event.

METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of evaluations from a voluntary hemorrhage control training offered to a group of experienced nurses. Education was provided by a nurse certified in Stop the Bleed training and using the Basic Bleeding Control 2.0 materials. The training lasted approximately 1 hour and included a didactic portion followed by hands-on practice with task trainer legs. Participants were surveyed after training to assess their preparedness to provide hemorrhage control aid using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree); comments and feedback were also requested. Mean (SD) was used to analyze Likert scale data. Content analysis was performed to identify common themes in qualitative data.

RESULTS: Forty-five experienced nurses participated in the voluntary training. Nursing experience included obstetrics, pediatrics, critical care, acute care, community health, and psychiatric/mental health. Only 39% of participants reported having previously completed a similar course. After training completion, participants reported an increase in their preparedness to provide hemorrhage control aid (mean 3.47 [SD = 1.40] vs mean 4.8 SD [.04], P < .01). Major themes identified included wanting to feel prepared to help others, refreshing skills, and knowing how to respond in an emergency.

DISCUSSION: Regardless of background and experience, nurses may benefit from more advanced hemorrhage control education to prepare them to provide aid in prehospital emergency settings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Journal of emergency nursing - 50(2024), 2 vom: 30. März, Seite 187-191

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jones, Allison R [VerfasserIn]
Hallman, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Watts, Penni [VerfasserIn]
Heaton, Karen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bleeding control
Emergency preparedness
Hemorrhage
Journal Article
Nursing
Trauma

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jen.2023.10.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364909471