Tuesday Teachings

Utilizing Demo Dose® Inject-Ed Trainers to Teach Medication Injection: Tuesday Teachings - Product Knowledge

Giving intramuscular (IM), subcutaneous (SQ) and intradermal (ID) injections is a vital patient care skill for nurses and medical assistants. Medical simulation training allows future healthcare professionals to learn best practices for nursing skills like medication injection so they can protect themselves and their patients from injury. However, it can be difficult for educators to choose the best injection trainers, needles and syringes for their skills labs. Our latest video below demonstrates products that are specifically designed to help educators teach safe injection techniques.

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Choosing the Right Hospital Bed for Your Simulation Lab: Tuesday Teachings - Product Knowledge

A hospital bed is a major investment for any simulation lab, and instructors want a bed that will meet the learning needs of students as well as deliver many years of reliable use. However, with so many options it can be difficult choosing a bed for your healthcare education program. This week’s episode focuses on three fantastic med-surg hospital bed options for training:

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Creating Affordable OB Simulations: Tuesday Teachings - Advancing Education

One of the most difficult tasks educators face is creating realistic simulation scenarios for students. By engaging in scenarios that closely mimic real-life clinical settings, students are afforded the opportunity to master core competencies as well as gain the confidence to perform in real practice. DiaMedical is proud to offer resources like our Tuesday Teachings video series that serve as a guide to instructors everywhere on how to create realistic and impactful simulation scenarios for students. On this week’s Tuesday Teachings episode, we discuss how educators can utilize a few key products to transform simulations and advance education, all while staying within budget. The video features products like the SimVS Fetal Monitor, Simulaids Rescue Randy Manikin, SimLabSolutions Loaded Postpartum Hemorrhage Cart and a variety of SimRx Simulated Medications and Platelet/Plasma Bags being utilized to easily replicate conditions such as Epidural Anesthesia, Preeclampsia, Umbilical Cord Prolapse and Postpartum Hemorrhage. Watch the full video below to learn how instructors can simulate these scenarios right in their classroom!

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Q&A: Answers for Common Questions About At-Home COVID-19 Tests

At-home COVID tests are a useful tool as the world braces for the latest surge in cases. They sacrifice some accuracy for speedy results, but they can help people make decisions about when to isolate themselves. At-home testing is used with social distancing, masks and hand-washing to control the spread of COVID infection. In this blog, we will look at when at-home COVID tests should be performed, how they differ from PCR tests, and what the results mean.

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Repairing Medical Infusion Pumps

There’s nothing worse than having students ready to learn about IV therapy and the infusion pump doesn’t work. Malfunctioning equipment is costly in terms of both money and time. Thankfully, regular cleaning and maintenance can help keep this from happening to you! In this blog, we will look at common infusion pump problems and how to create a maintenance plan to keep them from occurring.

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Preventing Medication Errors in IV Therapy

Finding solutions to prevent infusion therapy errors represents a pressing patient safety priority. Educators have routinely used infusion pumps with simulated IV fluids to teach students best practices for medication administration. In this blog, we will look at how simulation can be used to help students identify potential medication errors prior to administration.

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Tuesday Teachings: Creating a Closed System for IV Simulations - Advancing Education

In this episode of Tuesday Teaching’s our nurse educator, Sally O’Meara, provides tips that improve simulation experience and engagement. Learn how to created a closed system for IV simulations with simple products. At DiaMedical USA our mission is simple: improve the quality of healthcare by providing innovative tools like our Tuesday Teachings series to help educate the next generation of medical professionals.

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Tuesday Teachings: Alaris Medley Infusion Pump Training - Simulation Innovation

The Alaris Medley Infusion Pump System provides a comprehensive solution for realistic simulation in any setting. Alaris Medley modules work together to deliver infusions and protect patients from medication errors. Up to four Modules can be connected on one Point of Care unit for patient monitoring and medication delivery.

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Alaris Medley Infusion Pump System: Tuesday Teachings - Product Knowledge

The Alaris Medley Infusion Pump System provides a comprehensive solution for realistic simulation in any setting. Alaris Medley modules work together to deliver infusions and protect patients from medication errors. Up to four Modules can be connected on one Point of Care unit for patient monitoring and medication delivery.

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Preparing for Guardrails with DiaMedical USA's Educational Drug Library

While smart infusion pumps have greatly improved patient safety, IV therapy is still associated with a high frequency of adverse effects. Medication errors are more likely to occur when nurses are inexperienced or unfamiliar with smart pump safety features. Hands-on training is the best way for students to learn how to safely use the Guardrails software in clinical settings. In this blog, we will go more in depth with the DiaMedical USA Educational Drug Library.

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Infusion Pumps for Nursing Programs

Without a doubt, hands-on training is the best way for students to learn how to manage IV therapy. Students need to practice programming infusion rates and dosages into the same pumps that they will be using in clinical settings. This is especially important for modern infusion pumps that have advanced software and integrated drug libraries. In this blog post, we will look at several types of infusion pumps that can help students learn how to safely administer IV fluids and medications.

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Ventilation Simulation

The COVID-19 crisis has greatly increased the need for healthcare professionals who can manage mechanical ventilation. Utilizing ventilator simulation is a great way to prepare students in pre-hospital, med-surg and long-term care courses. This blog post will explore how educators can use ventilators, tablet-based simulators and manikins to teach these important skills.

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Teaching Students How to Care for Asthma Patients

Approximately 25 million Americans have asthma. This is a condition that causes periods of wheezing and shortness of breath and life-threatening exacerbations. Nursing and respiratory therapy students need to learn how to assess patients with asthma and administer appropriate bronchodilator therapy. In this blog, we will look at how instructors can use the SimLabSolutions Asthma Management Training Bundle student asthma training.

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Tuesday Teachings: SimVS Hospital System - Product Knowledge

The SimVS Hospital Virtual Simulation System provides a comprehensive solution for realistic simulation in any setting. SimVS is focused on providing effective portable monitoring solutions for all specialties and can be used with standardized patients, manikins, or full body simulators.

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Tuesday Teachings: Simulating Cyanotic Distress - Advancing Education

In this episode of Tuesday Teaching’s, our nurse educator, Sally O’Meara, provides tips that improve simulation experience and engagement. Learn how to simulate cyanosis and simulate diaphoretic skin with simple products. At DiaMedical USA our mission is simple: improve the quality of healthcare by providing innovative tools like our Tuesday Teachings series to help educate the next generation of medical professionals.

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Tuesday Teachings: SimVS Respiratory Care Training - Simulation Innovation

The SimVS Hospital Virtual Simulation System provides a comprehensive solution for realistic simulation in any setting. SimVS is focused on providing effective portable monitoring solutions for all specialties and can be used with standardized patients, manikins, or full body simulators. In this Tuesday Teaching's episode, Sally O’Meara will show the features included in the SimVS Hospital System and how it can be used in a variety of patient care scenarios. At DiaMedical USA our mission is simple: improve the quality of healthcare by providing innovative tools like our Tuesday Teachings series to help educate the next generation of medical professionals.

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BiPAP Ventilation for Healthcare Programs

The COVID-19 crisis has created a huge need for nurses and respiratory therapists with ventilator management skills to care for patients with respiratory failure. BiPAP is a form of non-invasive ventilation that can be used to prevent intubation for patients with COVID pneumonia. Instructors can use refurbished ventilators and simulation scenarios to help students quickly gain the skills needed to provide BiPAP therapy to patients. In this blog, we will look at how BiPAP machines are used to treat COVID patients and how instructors can include BiPAP management skills in their nursing and respiratory therapy programs.

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Ventilators for Healthcare Training

Acutely ill patients receiving breathing support and mechanical ventilation require a trained medical team of respiratory therapists, nurses and emergency medical professionals to care for them. The COVID-19 crisis has created a huge need for ventilators and healthcare professionals who can manage them in acute care settings as well as long term care facilities and medical transport. Instructors can use simulation to help students quickly gain the skills needed to safely care for patients receiving assisted ventilation. Ventilators and simulators enable students to practice hands-on techniques and improve their performance without putting real patients at risk. As the students gain experience with the ventilators during their training programs, they hone the skills that are needed to ensure better outcomes for their patients. In this blog post, we will describe various types of ventilators and simulators that instructors can use to help their students learn how to safely manage patients who require mechanical ventilation.

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Are You Prepared for Allergic Emergencies?

Allergic reactions can happen anywhere, at any time, to anybody. While some allergic reactions cause mild symptoms like an itchy rash, others may require immediate medical treatment. Knowing what to do for an allergic emergency can help save someone’s life. In this blog, we’ll look at how to recognize anaphylaxis and help someone who is having an anaphylactic reaction.

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Tuesday Teachings: Loaded 6 Drawer Emergency Crash Cart

Save Time, Money and Lives With the SimLabSolutions Loaded 6 Drawer Emergency Crash Cart. In todays episode our nurse educator, Sally O'Meara will breakdown the supplies included and how it can be used in a variety of patient care scenarios. At DiaMedical USA our mission is simple, improve the quality of healthcare by providing innovative tools like our Tuesday Teachings series to help educate the next generation of medical professionals.

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Introducing Tuesday Teachings With DiaMedical USA

DiaMedical USA is excited to announce the release of our Tuesday Teaching video series. This new series will highlight specific products, discuss best practices for healthcare education and even outline simulations you can recreate right in your classroom! At DiaMedical USA our mission is simple, improve the quality of healthcare by providing innovative tools like our Tuesday Teachings series to help educate the next generation of medical professionals.

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The Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) Procedure

The COVID-19 virus is leaving many patients with difficulty breathing, maintaining adequate oxygen levels and lung damage. When lung damage occurs, oftentimes the lungs are left filling with liquid, the throat swells or bleeding happens. When obstructions like this begin, it’s very difficult for the lungs to successfully deliver oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide. The fastest process used to save patients in these emergency scenarios is the Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) procedure.

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AED Features: What Should I Look For in an AED?

AED features can be compared to purchasing a new car. When acquiring a new car, most individuals carefully analyze the various choices and amenities. They choose which characteristics are necessary and which are not, such as comfort, quality, convenience, safety, appearance, and fuel efficiency. People who live in hot areas frequently avoid heated steering wheels in favor of air conditioning. Some consumers are concerned with safety features such as automatic emergency braking and adaptive cruise control, while others are interested in wireless phone connections and high-quality sound systems.

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