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Volume 6

General Medicine: Open Access

ISSN: 2327-5146

Emergency Nursing 2018

Cancer Nursing 2018

July 16-17, 2018

July 16-17, 2018 | London, UK

26

th

CancerNursing&NursePractitionersConference

&

5

th

Annual Congress on

EmergencyNursing&CriticalCare

JOINT EVENT

Rural emergency, trauma, and critical care management: Preparing facilities to care for critically-ill

patients

Lucus Christoffersen

Idaho State University, USA

R

ural emergency departments have a unique role in the care of critically-ill patients. Nurses serve as the primary caregivers

in these intense and time-sensitive situations. With the increase of hospital accessibilty for rural populations, do the

facilities have the capabilities to care for critically-ill patients? Do nurses and care providers have the necessary education and

training to care for patients that require high-levels of care and extra resources? This lecture will discuss some of the vital tasks

that nurses and health care providers should perform to make sure that they are prepared to receive and care for critically-

ill patients at their facilities. Some of the topics include facility preparation, training and education, how to deal with small

team dynamics, and collaboration with larger facilities. This lecture helps give managers and leaders at rural facilities helpful

information that they can use to better plan and prepare their staff and facilites for critically-ill patients.

Biography

Lucus Christoffersen is anAssistant Professor at Idaho State University, teachingAdult Health Nursing to undergraduate nurses, with the clinical components. He has been

active in teaching certification courses and working as the President for Utah Emergency Nurses Association.

chrilucu@isu.edu

Lucus Christoffersen, Gen Med (Los Angeles) 2018, Volume 6

DOI: 10.4172/2327-5146-C2-005