Content provides essential aspects of patient safety and medical errors in respiratory care. The core focus is on the respiratory therapy aspects of patient safety and the discussion of respiratory medical errors, including sources, locations, and significance. Respiratory medication, documentation, equipment errors, ways to avoid errors, enhancing care coordination, and improving respiratory communication and outcomes are reviewed.
This 2-hour course satisfies Florida Board of Respiratory Care course requirements under 64B32-6.006, F.A.C.
On Demand
Course Type: Video, Audio
CEUs/Hours Offered: AARC - CRCE/2.0; CE Broker/2.0 Medical Errors, CE Broker #20-994286; IACET/0.2
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe common sources of respiratory medical errors.
- After this course, participants will be able to discuss locations where respiratory medical errors are most likely to occur.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain the meaning and significance of a respiratory medical error.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the occurrence of respiratory medication errors, including the significance of missed treatments.
- After this course, participants will be able to discuss the importance of accurate and timely respiratory documentation.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe respiratory safety issues related to equipment use.
- After this course, participants will be able to list ways to improve communication in patient safety and reduce respiratory medical errors.
Course created on February 7, 2023
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-20 Minutes | Sources of respiratory medical errors |
| 20-35 Minutes | Locations where respiratory medical errors occur |
| 35-50 Minutes | Understanding the significance of a respiratory medical error |
| 50-65 Minutes | Respiratory medication errors and missed treatments |
| 65-75 Minutes | Respiratory documentation |
| 75-90 Minutes | Respiratory safety issues related to equipment use |
| 90-115 Minutes | Improving communication in patient safety Reducing respiratory medical errors |
| 115-120 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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Claire Aloan
MS, RRT-NPS, FAARC
Claire Aloan, MS, RRT-NPS, FAARC, is a respiratory therapist and retired program director at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Her work focuses on disease management for patients with chronic pulmonary disease in acute and post-acute care settings. With an extensive leadership background in education and management, she has held multiple elected positions for the New York State Society for Respiratory Care (NYSSRC). Additionally, Claire has been recognized by AARC for numerous achievements, given her active involvement over the years.
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American Association for Respiratory Care
This non-traditional program has been approved for a maximum of 2 contact hour(s) Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063. Course # 189167000
CE Broker
Continued Respiratory Therapy is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-30700. This course is offered for 2.0 hours. If you are a licensed respiratory therapist in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina or Texas, CE Broker may be of interest to you. For Florida respiratory therapists, this course is registered in the Medical Errors category.
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