COVID-19 TRAINING

Clinical Crisis Skills Training for Wards

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New England Journal of Medicine
- Laryngeal Mask Airway in Medical Emergencies
YouTube
- Glidescope video (Video laryngoscope)
- McGrath MAC video (Video Laryngoscope)
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN):

Department of Veterans Affairs
- 12 Lead EKG Interpretation
- EKG Interpretation and Response (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- EKG Interpretation and Response: Anatomy of the Heart (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- EKG Interpretation and Response: Ventricular Dysrhythmias (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- EKG Interpretation and Response: Sinus Dysrhythmias (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Ventricular Dysrhythmia (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Commonly Used IV Cardiac Medications for Adults Pocket Reference Card
- Dysrhythmias Recognition Pocket Reference Card
Practical Clinical Skills
- Online ECG Training
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN):
- AANC Coronavirus Updates
New England Journal of Medicine
- The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Transport of the Infectious Patient within the Healthcare Facility Checklist
- Transport of the Infectious Patient within the Healthcare Facility Cognitive Aid
- IV Start and Antibotic Administration - Didactic
- IV Start and Antibotic Administration - Scenario
- IV Start and Blood Administration - Didactic
- IV Start and Blood Administration - Scenario
- GI Abdominal Assessment and Labs - Didactic
- GI Abdominal Assessment and Labs - Scenario
- Falls, Inpatient - Didactic
- Falls, Inpatient - Scenario
- Post Operative Anaphylaxis - Didactic
- Post Operative Anaphylaxis - Scenario
- Post Operative Transfusion Reaction - Didactic
- Post Operative Transfusion Reaction - Scenario
- Inpatient End of Life - Didactic
- Inpatient End of Life - Scenario
- Medication Interruptions - Didactic
- Medication Interruptions - Scenario
- Medication Administration: Metered-Dose Inhalers (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Handling and Moving Patients Safely (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Proning an ARDS Patient
Age-Friendly Health Systems
- What Does it Mean to Be Age-Friendly?
Anatomy TV
- Anatomy TV (Need Unity player installed)
Bates
- Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination (need Open Athens account)
CDC
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance in 2019
The Center for Aging Research and Education
- Geriatric Simulations Tookit
Clinical Key
Department of Health and Human Services
- Long-term Care and Patient Safety
HealthinAging
- The 5Ms of Geriatrics
Institute for Safe Medication Practice
- Medical Abbreviations That Have Contradictory or Ambiguous Meanings
- Start the New Year Off Right by Preventing These Top 10 Medication Errors and Hazards
The Joint Commission
- 2020 Nursing Care Center National Patient Safety Goals
Lippenscott
- Interdisciplinary Care Plans: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
McMaster University
- Medicine Basecamp
National Institutes of Health
- COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines - Introduction
NCBI
- Team Based Models fo rEnd of Life Care: An Evidenced-Based Analysis
- Ten Principles of Good Interdisciplinary Team Work
OnlineMedEd
- COVID‐19 Response: Information & Resources (requires Chrome browser)
Ovid
- Pathophysiology (requires Open Athens logon)
Point of Care Elsevier
- Ostomy Pouching: Colostomy or Ileostomy INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Nasogastric Tube: Insertion, Irrigation and Removal INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Feeding Tube: Small bore Insertion, Care and Removal INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Urinary Catheter: Condom INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Urinary Catheter: Suprapubic Catheter Care INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Urinary Catheter: Indwelling (Foley) Catheter Care INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Urinary Catheter: Straight and Indwelling (Foley) Catheter Insertion anf specimen collection (Male) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Urinary Catheter: Straight and Indwelling (Foley) Catheter Insertion anf specimen collection (Female) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Wound Exudate Management: Pouches and Drains INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
Portal of Geriatrics Online Education
University of Leicester
- The Virtual Autopsy
University of Toronto
- Quick ICU Training - University of Toronto has the most experience with severe SARS, and has produced these excellent videos.
Vanderbilt University
- Hospice and Pain Management
YouTube
- The Power of Huddles
- Bright Spots - The Victory Lane Story (Huddles Focusing on the Positive
Department of Veterans Affairs
- COVID-19: Prone Positioning for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARD):
  Handout
  Presentation
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN):
- Prone Positioning for ARDS Patients
Journal of the Intensive Care Society
- VAP Bundle
UpToDate
- Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Consequences of Mechanical Ventilation
- Disruptive Behavior: Withdrawal - Didactic
- Disruptive Behavior: Withdrawal - Scenario
Point of Contact Elsevier
- Suicide Assessment and Precautions INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
Department of Veterans Affairs - SimLEARN
- Stroke: Hemorrhagic - Didactic
- Stroke: Hemorrhagic - Scenario
- Stroke: Ischemic - Didactic
- Stroke: Ischemic - Scenario
- Chest Pain - Scenario
- Chest Pain - Didactic
- Delirium
  Acute and Post Acute Care for COIVD Related Delirium
  Altered Mental Status (Delirium) in COVID-19 Cognitive Aid
  Understanding Delirium
  Osmosis (YouTube) Delirium-causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, & pathology
- Airway Care: Tracheostomy Care, Tube Change, and Artificial Airway Cuff Management (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Meeting Oxygenation, Fluid and Electrolyte Needs (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Pain Management: Physical and Cognitive Treatment, and Treatment for Special Populations (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Pain Management: The Pain Process, Patient Assessment, Pharmacological Treatment, & Classification of Pain (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Infection Control in Healthcare: Precautions (w/Video) (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- The Control of Infectious Diseases (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- The Human Immune System: Overview of Anatomy and Function (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- The Human Immune System: The Immune Response (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- The Human Immune System: When It Turns Against the Body (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 1: History and Virology of Pandemic Influenza (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 2: Recognizing Influenza, Treatments, and Patient Education (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Pandemic Influenza: The Role of Healthcare Workers Part 3: Infection Control and Public Health Measures (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Psychotropic Medications: Antianxiety Agents (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Psychotropic Medications: Antidepressant Agents (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Psychotropic Medications: Antipsychotic Agents (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Psychotropic Medications: Mood Stabilizing Agents (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- The Confused Resident: Strategies for Quality Care (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Communications: Nurse-Patient Relationship (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Communications: Peer Relationships (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- SARS and Other Emerging Diseases (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Anti-Infective Medication Therapy: Antifungal and Antiviral Agents (w/Video) (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Anti-Infective Medication Therapy: Assessment of an Infection (w/Video) (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Anti-Infective Medication Therapy: Assessment of an Infection and Nursing Implications (w/Video) (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- The Respiratory System - Overview
- The heart: All you need to know
Veterans Affairs (VA) Intranet Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) (internal to VA use only)
- General overview of delirium risk factors, signs and symptoms, screening tools and mitigation strategies
VA SharePoint(internal to VA use only)
- VA COVID-19 Employee Support Toolkit
Washington VAMC
- Home Rehabilitation Program for COVID-19 Patients
Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy
- Leveraging New Models in Addressing Hospital Deconditioning and Physical Impairment to Establish a COVID-19 Hospital Throughput Framework
American Delirium Society
- List of validated delirium screening instruments
American Heart Association
- Spot a Stroke Poster
- What is Cardiac Rehabilitation?
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information & Exchange
- The Rehabilitation Provider's Guide to Cultures of the Foreign-born
Chinese Medical Journal
- Recommendations for Respiratory Rehab in Adults with COVID-19
Clinical Key
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center
- Delirium Prevention and Safety: starting with the ABCDEFs
The Gerontological Society of America
- Perspectives on the Delirium Experience and Its Burden: Common Themes Among Older Patients, Their Family Caregivers and Nurses
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
- Delirium: The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
The John A. Hartford Foundation
- Dissemination Center - Dedicated to Improving the Care of Older Adults
John Hopkins Medicine
- Family in the Rehab Process
The Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
- Lab Test Changes in the Elderly
Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting
- Geriatric Syndromes and their Implications for Nursing
Medline Plus
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
National Institutes of Health
Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE)
- "Need to Knows" for Delirium
Nursing 2020
- Caring for Patients with Delirium
Professional Care Management
- Supporting the Support System
SAGE Journals
- Nurses, Patients, and Family Caregivers Perceptions of Compassionate Nursing Care
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Role of Family in the Process of Rehabilitation of Older Adults Hospitalized in a Nursing Home
UpToDate
Wiley Online Library
- Acute Care transfers and Functional Outcomes
YouTube
Department of Veterans Affairs - SimLEARN
- Diabetes - Didactic
- Diabetes - Scenario
Clinical Key
- Hyperglycemia Management
- Hypoglycemia
Hormone Health Network
- Hypoglycemia
Point of Care Elsevier
- Blood Glucose Monitoring INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
Department of Veterans Affairs
- PPE and Respiratory Protection While Caring for COVID-19 Patients:
  CSP Masks in Health Care Setting PDF
  Sequence for Putting on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE PDF)
  Competency Checklist for COVID19 PPE (N95 FACEMASK) DOCX
  Competency Checklist for COVID19 PPE (PAPR) DOCX
  VHA COVID19 PPE Guidance (V19 05272020) PDF
- Donning & Doffing Interactive Avatar Training (must use Google Chrome browser)
- Donning & Doffing Powered Air Purifying Respirator - PAPR (must use Google Chrome browser)
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Nasogastric Tubes (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Thoracentesis (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
New England Journal of Medicine
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Basic Oxygen Administration (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Nasal Cannula or Oxygen Mask Application (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Oxygen Therapy and Oxygen Delivery (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Pulse Oximetry (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
- Pulmonary Management Pocket Card
My American Nurse

NPJournal
- Pulse Oximetry: Uses and Limitations Article
Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation
- Pulse Oximeters and Oxygen Saturation
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) - Overview
American Heart Association (AHA)
- CPR resources
- Oxygenation and Ventilation of COVID-19 Patients
Garden City Hospital
- ABCDs During a Code Blue Response in an Adult Patient
LUCAS
NCBI Cureus
- Mock Code: A Code Blue Scenario Requested by and Developed for Registered Nurses
Zoll AutoPulse
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Whole Health Self Care Resources
Department of Veterans Affairs - Health Prevention
- VHA Health Promotion Disease Prevention Programs
Department of Veterans Affairs - PTSD
- Resources for Managing Stress
Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Health Library
- Keys to Managing Stress
- Stress Management
Department of Veterans Affairs - SimLEARN
- Wound Care - Didactic
- Wound Care - Scenario
- Pressure Ulcer prevention (NFED) INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
- Pressure Injury: Risk Assessment and Prevention INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
Point of Care Elsevier
- Pressure Injury: Risk Assessment and Prevention INTERNAL TO VA USE ONLY
Wiley Online University
- Patient Participation in Pressure Injury Prevention: Giving Patients a Voice
YouTube
- Pressure Wound Video Series Pt.1 : The Braden scale

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