| Autor: |
Nunan J; Ultrasound fellow, Royal Berkshire Hospital., Lister T; Head of Medical Physics, Royal Berkshire Hospital., Howgill H; Acute Medicine Nurse, Royal Berkshire Hospital., Parreno MMM; Practice Educator, Acute Medical Unit, Royal Berkshire Hospital., Brown G; Department of Medical Physics, Royal Berkshire Hospital., Walden A; Consultant, Royal Berkshire Hospital. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Acute medicine [Acute Med] 2024; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 37-42. |
| DOI: |
10.52964/AMJA.0970 |
| Abstrakt: |
Nursing staff, healthcare assistants (HCAs) and other healthcare professionals on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) were taught a Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) skill during a twenty minute session. Practitioners learned how to take bladder volume measurements with the Butterfly iQ, a portable ultrasound device which provides a visually-aided method of volume measurement. A Likert scale was used to measure the confidence that staff had in performing volume measurements with the AMU automated scanners, and with the semi-automated Butterfly iQ. After the teaching session, confidence reported by practitioners in using the semi-automated visual method was significantly higher than confidence reported in using the automated non-visual scanners (t < 0.001). Minimal time and expense was required to teach practitioners how to perform this skill. Training nurses in POCUS for bladder visualisation and bladder volume calculation is easy and practicable. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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