Assessing And Supporting A Deteriorating Unwell Adult

Assessment of a whole person: airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure, communicating with healthcare staff

What you'll learn

Students will learn how to assess a deteriorating or unwell adult

Through guided seminar videos students will learn the theory, structure and relevance of an A-E assessment to assess an unwell adult

Students will be introduced to the practical skills needed to assess an unwell or deteriorating adult

Learners will be introduced each of the practical clinical assessments which comprise a standard A-E assessment

Students will have the opportunity to learn about practical airway assessment during the video demonstrations

Students will have the opportunity to learn about practical breathing assessment during the video demonstrations

Students will have the opportunity to learn about practical breathing assessment during the video demonstrations

Students will have the opportunity to learn about practical disability assessment during the video demonstrations

Students will have the opportunity to learn about practical environment assessment during the video demonstrations

Students will be introduced to the physical and mental state changes in deteriorating or unwell adults

Through theoretical presentations and practical seminar videos students will learn about the structure of the NEWS2 scale, how to calculate and complete it

Drawing on new knowledge of A-E assessment, NEWS2 scores and pathophysiology students will be able to develop and prioritise problem lists for individuals

Students will learn the specific structure and individual sections of the practical communication tool SBARD

Students will develop a grounded understanding of the disease initial process and presentation of ten common life-threatening conditions

Students will be taught key differences between signs and symptoms of disease, their objectivity and subjectivity and associated risk factors

Through theoretical seminars students will learn the normal parameters for vital signs of adults and to recognise changes in vital signs of unwell adults

Learners will be taught about the physical physiology of health adults and how these change with life-threatening conditions in unwell adults

Students will be taught to both recognise and be able to explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with heart attack

Students will be taught to both recognise and be able to explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with pulmonary embolism

Students will be taught to recognise and explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with pleural effusion

Students will be taught to recognise and explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with stroke

Students will be taught to recognise and explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with sepsis

Students will be taught to recognise and explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with shock

Students will be taught to recognise and explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with pulmonary oedema

Students will be taught to recognise and explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with pneumonia

Students will be taught to recognise and explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with pneumothorax

Students will be taught to recognise and explain the changes, signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with seizure

Students will be introduced to key terminology underpinning physiology in healthy and disease states

Students will be able to consolidate their learning of key terminology with access to a thorough glossary of terms

Through workbooks and interactive presentations students will have opportunities to consolidate and further learning regarding assessment of unwell adults

Students will be able to continue to learn from downloadable useful learning resources including Condition Cards, A-E and SBARD tables

Students will learn about where to seek further training and information regarding the development of practical skills

Students will be provided with a full bibliography of materials used in the construction of this course, available as a downloaded pdf

Through case-based learning designed to simulate real-world scenarios students will learn to apply new A-E assessment skills

Through case-based learning students will learn to integrate their knowledge of specific pathophysiology and develop clinical reasoning

Through case-based learning students will improve their decision making skills

Through case-based learning students will have the opportunity to learn about and practice using the SBARD communication tool in a non-urgent situation

Students will learn the theoretical approaches to and be introduced to the practical skills needed to improve outcomes for individual unwell adults

Requirements

No previous knowledge or experience of healthcare or studying is needed

An interest in helping unwell or deteriorating adults in any public or private, healthcare or non-healthcare environment

An interest in developing knowledge regarding bodily processes in good and poor health and how to support others

An interest in learning about ten common life-threatening conditions, their signs, symptoms and risk factors

A desire to learn how to thoroughly and effectively assess unwell adults

An interest in learning to communicate with health services professionals when supporting an unwell adult

Description

Do you want to improve your knowledge of how the body works?When did you last see someone become unwell at work, at home, in the gym, the supermarket and not known what to do?Do you seek to know how yours and the bodies of the people around you respond to serious, life threatening, conditions?Have you heard about common conditions including heart attack, pulmonary embolism and stroke and wanted to know more?Do you find learning about bodily responses to serious conditions from a textbook challenging?Do you need engaging, fun, and witty education with clear learning outcomes and goals to work towards?Have you ever found it difficult to summarise  and effectively communicate key information under pressure?Do you work or have experience within athletic events or organising? Or working alongside health and safety officers, leisure sector staff? Perhaps you're a healthcare worker or corporate event manager?Do you work in healthcare and want to improve your knowledge of seriously unwell adults?If you find any of these questions interesting or you find yourself curious to find out more; you'll enjoy exploring our course. This course is designed to be approachable and logical throughout; with information explained in simple and in accessible ways, whether you work in corporate marketing, the leisure sector or any healthcare environment. You will benefit from this education, and you will be more confident in assessing and supporting a deteriorating or unwell adult. We hope you find our course helpful, informative and eye-opening.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction: to the course and ourselves

Section 2: Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Environment (A-E) assessment

Lecture 2 A - E assessment

Section 3: Pathophysiology

Lecture 3 Pathophysiology associated with ten life threatening conditions

Section 4: Practical A - E assessment

Lecture 4 Introduction

Lecture 5 Disclaimer - Watch before the other practical videos

Lecture 6 Airway

Lecture 7 Breathing - respiratory rate

Lecture 8 Breathing - work of breathing and breathing pattern

Lecture 9 Breathing - Auscultation

Lecture 10 Breathing - chest expansion and tactile fremitus

Lecture 11 Circulation - pulses (introduction)

Lecture 12 Circulation - pulses (upper limb 1)

Lecture 13 Circulation - pulses (upper limb 2)

Lecture 14 Circulation - pulses (upper limb 3)

Lecture 15 Circulation - pulses (lower limb 1)

Lecture 16 Circulation - pulses (lower limb 2)

Lecture 17 Circulation - interpretation of pulses

Lecture 18 Circulation - capillary refill time

Lecture 19 Circulation - blood pressure (automatic)

Lecture 20 Circulation - blood pressure (manual)

Lecture 21 Circulation - temperature

Lecture 22 Disability

Lecture 23 Environment/Exposure

Section 5: Case-based learning

Lecture 24 Case-based learning

People who can both speak and read English,Those interested in learning how to assess and help unwell adults regardless of experience or career,Anyone with an interest in physiology in the context of ten life-threatening conditions,Health and safety officers,Qualified and unqualified health care personnel,Healthcare students,Athletic event staff and organisers,Corporate event staff and organisers,Organisations seeking to improve employee welfare,Leisure sector staff and organisers