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Nursing hyperbaric patients in NHS Scotland: Challenges under pressure
Joint Event on 2nd Global Summit on Dermatology and Cosmetology & 3rd International Conference on Wound Care, Tissue Repair and Regenerative Medicine
September 09-10, 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Leanne Duffy and Michal Szygula
NHS Grampian, Scotland
Posters & Accepted Abstracts : Dermatol Res Skin Care
Abstract:
NHS Scotland Hyperbaric Medicine Service: NHS Grampian
hosts the NHS Scotland nationally designated hyperbaric
service in Aberdeen. The hyperbaric medical unit in NHS
Grampian is a BHA category 1 unit which means that we
have the ability to treat critically ill patients in an intensive
care setting. In this session we will discuss our national
treatment indications (excluding diving therapies) and set
out our processes for delivering a national service. We will
then go on to discuss the practical challenges of service
delivery.
The Nursing Challenge: Nursing patients in the hyperbaric
chamber presents particular challenges. These include
physical challenges working in a tightly confined space,
the effects of pressure on people and equipment during
the delivery of care and particular medical challenges with
the varied nature of conditions that we treat. In addition
the resources that are immediately available in a hospital
environment may not be immediately available in the
hyperbaric chamber and there are limits on the equipment
we can use due to risks from pressure and fire. We will
discuss our staffing model which supports this treatment
capability.
Biography:
E-mail:
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