Re: Re: Intubation Requirements

[<ncmedix@bellsouth.net>]

Currently we operate a RN/RN or RN/EMTP team.  Our problem seems to stem from access to our OR.  We are a teaching facility and sometimes have a difficult time getting in.  We also operate 4 satellites (that may not see high acuity patients often) and they need to get to our OR for their intubation.  Does anyone else have this problem?  How are you dealing with it?
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> From: Ken Lawson-Williams <Macgyver@FlightMedicMail.com>
> Date: 2002/12/09 Mon PM 08:50:24 EST
> To: flightmed@flightweb.com
> Subject: Re: Intubation Requirements
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> Curiousity question, has your program ever considered using Paramedics instead of RT's? Obviously they would need to be oriented just like any other new team member would.... Not trying to start a war, just trying to see why different places do things differnt ways...
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> Fly Safe. 
> Ken L-W CCEMT-P/WMT
> 
> Duct tape is like the force, it has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
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> --- message from "Kie Shelley" <Kie.Shelley@cchmc.org> attached:
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• From: "Kie Shelley" <Kie.Shelley@cchmc.org>
• Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 10:16:55 -0500

Jeremy,

 

At Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's Transport Team, we require all new team respiratory therapists to complete 10 successful intubations to be deemed "intubation certified".  Of these 10, 3 must be on neonates <3 kg.  They can be done either in the OR or on transport under the observation of an accompanying transport MD.  Once certified, they are required to maintain competency by performing atleast 1 intubation per quarter on transport or in the OR.  The team is also required to review a video called "Airway Cam" yearly (by the way, this is an excellent resource for pediatric airways, and I highly recommed it).

 

Intubation certification for transport RNs is voluntary not mandatory.

 

 

Kie Shelley RRT
Transport Team
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC-1014
Cincinnati, OH 45229
(513) 636-7126 Office
(513) 636-AMBU (option #2) V.M.
(513) 736-7833 Pager
(513) 636-3919 Fax
kie.shelley@chmcc.org

>>> ncmedix@bellsouth.net 12/06/02 10:29AM >>>
Our program currently requires each team member to have one successful intubation every quarter.  If an intubation is not completed for that quarter the team member must report to the OR to complete one intubation.

I am looking for information on how different flight programs maintain intubation skills.  How many intubations are required each quarter, month, or year at your program?  Do you allow intubations to be carried over to the following quarter, month, or year?  If an intubation is not completed how are intubation skills maintained (manikin, OR, etc)?  Does your program require additional intubations for team members who perform pediatric/neonatal transports?  Any information would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Jeremy Maddux, NREMTP
Interim Program Educator
EastCare
(252) 816-6126
jmaddux@pcmh.com
ncmedix@bellsouth.net


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