Abstract
This poster guides us through the process of understanding how the Acute Illness Management Course (AIM) originated and its effectiveness in enabling practitioners to provide quality care to acutely ill adult patients in noncritical care environments, thus reducing hospital standardised mortality rates (SMRs). Early detection of critical illness in patients on general wards and the initiation of appropriate care reduces mortality and length of stay in the hospital [1,2]. However, there is evidence to suggest that basic management of patients considered acutely ill is often substandard [3-5]. These findings led to the Greater Manchester Critical Care Network undertaking a study aimed at identifying levels of knowledge regarding acute illness management. The outcome provided a case to support the development of the AIM, a 1-day programme for practitioners designed to equip them with a structured approach to the recognition, assessment and management of acutely ill adults.
Highlights
The aim of this study was to elucidate the impact of ICU-acquired infection on ICU and hospital mortality
The goal from this study is to evaluate weaning predictor indexes in patients during weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV)
This study aims to evaluate the effects of the threshold in such situations
Summary
The aim of this study was to elucidate the impact of ICU-acquired infection on ICU and hospital mortality. Methods A total of 48 community patients (36 men, 11 women, age 50.17 ± 17.974 years, APACHE II score 13.51 ± 6.153) who were expected to stay in the ICU for >5 days were included in this study. Specific examples of feedback are as follows: ‘good update of management plan reinforces need for taking into account concurrent medication when resuscitating patients’, ‘nice simple messages with good starting points for trying to deal with these complicated patients’, ‘useful data on risk of recurrence as this is a question often asked by patients’ This feedback was encouraging as it showed how the primary care professionals planned to change their practice to improve patient outcomes as a result of the learning. The course was considered excellent by 63% of the participants and good by 36%
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