Pediatric Accident & Emergency Nursing Course in Ghana

From 10 till 14 September Mrs. Tineke Sportel travelled on behalf of MeduProf-S to Ghana. She conducted Module 5 out of 6 on Accident & Emergency Nursing. Main focus of this module was on pediatric emergencies. Participants were trained on the following subjects:

• ABCDE differences in children compared to adults
• Interventions in trauma and non-trauma pediatric patients
• Triage on the pediatric patient
• Pediatric CPR
• Respiratory distress and failure
• Shock in children
• Childhood illness (meningitis, convulsion, dehydration, poisoning)

Teaching methods used were lectures, skills training and training on the job at the A&E department. The participants were all very interested, enthusiastic and active.