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Bedside ECMO training

I currently work in a Pediatric ICU. Our current night shift staff has a very large amount of nurses with less than two years experience. Recently we have had an influx of high acuity patients, with many requiring ECMO. That said, we are in desperate need for more bedside (not ESLO) ECMO trained nurses. I am attempting to gather information to present to our leadership as to the best and safest practice to provide this training. How is training provided in your hospital? (It doesn't have to be PICU, it can be adult as well... I just need to know!) Thanks!

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    2 8-hour classroom days plus 100 precepted hours on pump. And a boatload of continuing ed (neo/pedi program)

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    2 8-hour classroom days plus 100 precepted hours on pump. And a boatload of continuing ed (neo/pedi program)

    She is talking about bedside nurse for an ECMO patient, not running the pump.

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    Ooh in that case... none. Very scary. Most of the time I just preferred people to not touch things. Saw some complications

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    Are you talking VA or VV ECMO? Our VV ECMO training is a lot less involved than our VA.

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    I will try to find out for you...I recently was sitting pump orienting while a bedside nurse was on orientation-it may have been 24-36 hours for "orientation".

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    My experience is only with adult ECMO, but to orient to the "patient side", as opposed to the pump side is usually a shift or maybe two of shadowing, sometimes half a shift.

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    Our ECMO team members have a minimum of 2 years NICU experience, then undergo pump training. When a baby is on ECMO, both the baby nurse and pump nurse are fully ECMO trained. I gather that is not the norm elsewhere?

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