Table 1 Skill stations for Advanced Neonatal Procedural Skills Day
From: Advanced neonatal procedural skills: a simulation-based workshop: impact and skill decay
Number | Skill | Teacher | Task Trainer | Task |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chest Tube | Neonatologist | Chicken | Insertion of chest drainage tube via Trochar method |
2 | Defibrillation | PALSa Nurse Educators | Rhythm Generator | Recognition of shockable rhythm and appropriate voltage and procedure applied |
3 | Exchange Transfusion | NICUb Nurse Educator And neonatologist | Double UVC/UAC access set-up on mannikin | Calculating blood volume required. Confirming appropriate access and set-up. Withdrawal of blood aliquots from venous access corresponding to concomitant arterial blood transfusion via pump |
4 | Intra-osseus access | Neonatologist | Artificial bones, drills | Use of drill to insert access to appropriate location |
5 | Paracentesisc | Neonatologist with ultrasound skills | Locally designed task trainer | Selection of most appropriate and safest location under ultrasound-guidance and needle insertion/fluid withdrawal |
6 | Pericardiocentesisc | Neonatologist with ultrasound skills | Locally designed task trainer | Safest needle entry point, needle insertion/fluid withdrawal under ultrasound-guidance |