For a long time, in-hospital patients has been available for the emergency department, surgery department and intensive care units. Now, it has been extended to the final part of the in-hospital care chain: hospital wards. The material can be used alongside a large-scale exercise for the entire hospital or in a separate exercise for an individual ward. It includes patients for medical, orthopedic, and surgical departments.
On the front of the patient you find the patient’s age, gender, reason for admission and how many days the patient has been admitted. On the back side you will find the patient’s medical history, ongoing treatment, level of consciousness and how mobile the patient is.
(All pictures of the material below is in Swedish- the material is going to be translated to English)
Decisions must be made about whether these patients can be transferred or discharged to free up space for more critically injured patients. An evaluation template is included to assess whether the decisions made regarding the patients were ok, whether there was a health risk, or if hospital resources were overutilised.
This set differs from other in-hospital patient banks because it also includes a variety of additional materials besides the patients. Other materials included are signs for drawing a hospital ward, staff symbols, symbols for critical resources, and more. The material also includes a detailed template with information and answers that can be used by the ETS instructor, for example, if participants have questions about the latest NEWS (National Early Warning Score), lab results, etc.
The ward training material can be used for various purposes, such as:
- Practicing logistics for freeing up hospital beds in a patient-safe manner
- Testing the hospital’s and ward’s capacity to manage a major incident
- Testing the ward’s capacity to scale up in terms of surge capacity
- Practicing ward evacuation in a patient-safe manner
- Practicing ward organization in the event of a fire
- Practicing ward organization when multiple infectious rooms are present
Currently, the material is available in Swedish but is now being translated into English.