Clinical Risk Management in Anaesthetics - Doc
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ASSESSMENT TASK 1 CASE STUDY,ANZCA AND ACORN GUIDELINE,STANDARDS
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK...............................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTIONClinical risk management is the practice that helps in reducing issues and medication errors.There are many professional bodies such as ANZCA and ACORN who have made some specificguidelines for the nursing staff. These principles help patients in getting high quality careservices in hospitals. Current study is based on case study of Helen who has been admitted forlaparoscopic cholesystectomy. She has COPD as comorbidity. Present study will describe thepolicies and guidelines of these professional bodies. Furthermore, it will explain the riskmanagement strategies in anaesthetics and PACU nursing. TASKCaseHelen is 67 year old lady she has been admitted to hospital for laparoscopiccholesystectomy. She was suffering from bed abdominal pain and anaemia. She has significanthistory of diabetes and other chronic diseases. Doctors have prescribed general anaesthetic foroperating her. It is responsibility of medical professionals that to communicate the operationalprocess for her illness to the patient so that individual can get prepared for treatment. Doctorshave advised for the laparoscopic cholesystectomy (Aleman-Ortega and et.al, 2017, vol 4,no 30,pp 11). It is very important for the medical professionals that to check medical condition andhistory of patients before giving them anaesthesia. ANZCA or ACORN standardsAustralian and New Zealand college of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) has prepared guidelines toimprove the quality for people who are undergoing anaesthesia. The purpose of ANZCA is toensure that anaesthesia practices remain safe. Professional organisations always try to implementeffective strategies through which doctors can minimize risk of patients and can improve theirhealth as well (Ireland and Osborne,2016, vol 4, no 29,pp54).AS/NZS 4187:2014 Reprocessing of reusable medical devices is one of the major updatedstandard which ensure that medical professionals reuse such equipments that do not harm others.National health and medical research council has prepared some ethical guidelines for healthcare organizations (ACORN Standards, 2018). These guidelines help in avoiding involvement ofdeceased organ donor. ACORN always concentrates on need for consistent approach in organ1
procurements. These standards ensure that professionals meet anticipated needs of individuals.Furthermore, nurses are required to spend time with patients and have to communicate with themproperly. This can support in promoting high quality care. Nurses have to be accountable fortheir each decision taken during providing treatment to patients. Main standard of ACOR is toensure safe physical environment in hospitals so that bacteria’s, virus don’t affect other’s health.Despite of making number of guidelines still many cases occur in hospitals where nursingstaffs fails to give correct dose of anaesthesia to users that becomes the reason for death of aperson. In certain clinical situations, it becomes essential for health and social care sector toadopt stringent practices so that professionals can minimize the risk of transmission of infection.This policy is applicable to all the areas where anaesthesia is used.DISCUSSIONTracheal intubation technique is considered most effective treatment process for thelaparoscopic surgery. This helps in protecting the person from gastric secretions. On other handIreland and Osborne, (2016) explained that awake fibreoptic intubation (AFOI) is safest optionfor the patient who is suffering from laparoscopic cholesystectomy problem (Ireland andOsborne, 2016,vol4, no 29, pp 54). In this illness individual face too much pain in abdominalthus, doctors have to inject breathing tube that helps in maintaining oxygenation in the body.Foran, (2017) argued that tracheal intubation is the first choice of doctors for airway forlaparoscopy. Medical professional have to apply this process in the case of Helen as well (Foran,2017, vol 1, no 30, pp53). All these standards and guidelines support medical professionals inimproving their working capabilities (Althiabat, 2017). It aids in identifying medical needs ofpatients and treating those people as per their requirements. ANZCA and ACORN alwaysensures improvement in quality and taking new initiatives for minimizing medication errors(Foran, 2017, vol,1, no30, pp53).. Statistical records show that 10.8% of patients have experienced adverse events, half ofthem have gone through serious issues and some of them were at preventable condition. In theyear 2016, approx 400000 adverse events have taken place in medical sector and 34000 patientsdied. (ACORN Standards, 2018). Risk management strategies in anaesthetics and PACU nursingIt is very difficult for nurses to assess pain of patients those who are critically ill,especially in the case of such individual those who cannot communicate well. When such2
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