Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, will be facilitating workshops and providing simulated sessions on personal protection principles for the management of a patient with Ebola.
This program is linked to the broader Ebola Virus Disease training strategy that aligns with the directives issued by the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario.
Screening hospitals & paramedic services
Personal protection principles for frontline healthcare workers – Ebola workshop and simulation sessions (1-day)
Registration
Please click to register for the 1-day screening hospitals and paramedic services workshop
Questions? Please email ebola@sunnybrook.ca.
Who should attend?
Ebola screening hospitals and paramedic services for Ebola may invite 1 or 2 approved participants per organization.
General topics
- General preparedness
- PPE overview and principles
- Pre-donning, donning, doffing and self-decontamination
- Scenarios
- Observer role: Observing, coaching and mitigating risk
- Adult learning best practices
What to expect?
- Practical demonstration of adult learning theory applied through simulation
- Supportive environment with applied coaching
- Demonstration of resources and tools
- Access to expert consultation
- Access to resources and learning materials
- Maximum of 20 participants per session
- Lunch provided
- Opportunity to shape Ontario’s response to the management of a patient with Ebola
Location and logistics
- Please bring your personal protective equipment.
If you do not have personal protective equipment please note within registration. - Please join us at the Emergency Medical Assistance Team’s warehouse in Etobicoke.
Directions to be provided in workshop confirmation email. - Payment – Respective organizations will be responsible for arranging and covering costs associated with travel, accommodation, etc.
- Lunch will be provided.
Dates
Contact ebola@sunnybrook.ca for upcoming workshop dates
Course outline
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome and schedule
8:15 – 9:15 Group sharing – personal protective equipment and systems: Identifying and mitigating risks and failures
9:15 – 9:30 Divide participants into Groups A and B
9:30 – 11:30 Technical skill teaching development and demonstration
Group A will perform the technical skills of pre-donning, donning, doffing and the self-decontamination process for both basic and advanced PPE. The learner will be partnered with an observer and a trained safety leader leveraging respective decision-support tools.
Group B while donned in PPE, will perform progressive role-based workplace simulation circuits that may include:
- Screening for/Assessing the need for Ebola testing
- Temporary management of the person under investigation
- Transfer of a person under investigation
- Doffing, decontamination and waste management
11:30 – 12:00 Group A and B will have separate hotwash debriefs
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch will be provided
12:45 – 15:00 Groups A and B to switch technical skills stations and perform new activities
15:00 – 15:30 Group A and B will have separate hotwash debriefs
15:30 – 15:45 Workshop evaluations
15:45 – 16:00 Wrap up
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Workshop dates
For information about future sessions, please email ebola@sunnybrook.ca
Terms and conditions
Sunnybrook is facilitating the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Workshop and simulation sessions (the “Workshop”) in order to promote the sharing of current Ebola best practices among health care workers, under the direction of the Ministry of Health. The Workshop should not be construed as inclusive of all proper methods of care in all circumstance, or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are specific to the facts or circumstances involved in an individual case, and can be subject to change as scientific knowledge and technology advance and as practice patterns evolve. The Workshop is being provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice or formal health training, and must not under any circumstances be used as a substitute for clinical judgment.
Neither Sunnybrook nor any Participant makes any representations, warranties or guarantees of any kind regarding the Workshop, including the quality of the services or accuracy of information. Sunnybrook and each Participant disclaim all responsibility and accept no liability for the consequences or any reliance upon the information provided in the Workshop. Use of any advice or information obtained through the Workshop shall be at the user’s own discretion and risk. In consideration for Sunnybrook facilitating the Workshop, Sunnybrook and its employees, agents and associated physicians, are hereby released and discharged from any liability, loss, damage, effects, or injury, including death or damages to property, which may occur as a result of reliance on any information or training provided in the Workshop.
Participant Institutions must ensure that all Participants are covered by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”) or other form of worker compensation, and carry personal health insurance if they are not currently covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (“OHIP"), during the Workshop. Responsibility for the health and safety of the Participant at all times remains with the Participant and his/her Participant Institution.
BY REGISTERING FOR THE WORKSHOP, THE PARTICIPANT AND PARTICIPANT INSTITUTION HEREBY AGREE WITH THE FOREGOING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
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