Legacy Health Tele-Baby Resuscitation TAO 2013 Telemedicine Neonatal Resuscitation: Partners in Saving Lives – Virtually Pat Scheans, NNP pscheans@lhs.org Lauren Rose, MD lrose@lhs.org Lori Wakashige, MPA: HA lwakashi@lhs.org Legacy Health Tele-Baby Resuscitation
Background Extensive Resuscitation is Rare ~1% of births (AAP/AHA Neonatal Resuscitation Program-NRP, 2010) Difficult to Maintain Competence/Confidence (Jukkala and Henly, 2009) Community pediatricians rarely lead complex neonatal resuscitations Called in emergently- arrive after initial critical care General Community Pediatrics Focus: Outpatient Medicine Neonatal resuscitation/critical care expertise concentrated at centers with NICUs
Past Nursery Team Initiates Resuscitation Potentially uneven skill sets/skills levels Nursery Team Calls Pediatrician/Code Team Help arrives many minutes into the resuscitation Members may be unfamiliar with NRP algorithm Transfer Initiation and Neuroprotective Cooling Delayed Until After Resuscitation Pediatrician arrives>baby stabilized>calls made 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Present Hub & Spoke Structure NNP via Telemedicine Robot NNP NRP leader at Randall Children’s Hospital & satellite site NRP team NNP via Telemedicine Robot NRP expert leadership within seconds to minutes Remote Hands-off Leader Improves Care Whole picture: observes, analyzes, directs (Plaat, 2008) Prevents “task-saturation” (Hermansen & Hermansen, 2005) Communication and teamwork improve safety (Joint Commission, 2005) 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Future
Remote Leadership 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Benefits Experienced leader Enhanced communication and teamwork Improved NRP algorithm adherence Faster transport/ Streamlined care to NICU 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Task Saturation Perform Procedures Lead Team NRP Leader Drug Dosing Compressions Ventilations Drug Dosing IV Access Intubation NRP Leader April 23, 2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Teamwork NNP RN Ped RT 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Outcomes- 10 Months 21 Events- Approximately 2% of Deliveries Reasons for Tele-Baby: 1/3 “crash” c-section or emergency issue 1/2 respiratory distress non-reassuring heart tones, other Response Time Within Seconds to Minutes ½ Remained at Level 1 Nursery ½ Transferred to Level 3 NICU 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Faster Time to Initiation of Cooling Decreased Time to Turning Warmer Off Increased Speed of Identifying Cooling Need 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Streamlined Care into NICU Audio-Visual Assessment Connect with NICU via Tele-Baby Transport Team Dispatch NICU Care 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Other Subjective Outcomes Better Teamwork and Communication Easily Identifiable Leader Improved Staff Confidence Improved Family Satisfaction 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Feedback Tele-Baby RN leader “I felt calmer as soon as she beamed in” “The continuity of care is wonderful” “I felt calmer as soon as she beamed in” “I don’t ever want to be without it” NNP Pediatrician 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Learning Points Personnel Equipment Credentialing Consultation Billing Documentation Equipment Back up (Robot, NNP computer) 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Hub NNP Team Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
Spoke RN Team 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH
References American Academy of Pediatrics/American Heart Association. (2010). Textbook of neonatal resuscitation, 6th ed. Lake Grove Village Il: AAP/AHA. Hermansen M.C., & Hermansen, M.G. (2005). Pitfalls in neonatal resuscitation. Clinics in Perinatology, 32(1), 77-95. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2004.10.002 Jukkala, A., & Henly, S. (2009). Provider readiness for neonatal resuscitation in rural hospitals. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing, 38, 443-452. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2009.01037.x Plaat, F. (2008). Neonatal resuscitation – the team needs a leader. Clinical Risk,14, 43–45. doi: 10.1258/cr.2008.080014. Yates, G., Bernd, D., Sayles, S., Stockmeier, C., Burke, G., & Merti, G. (2005). Building and sustaining a system wide culture of safety. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 31(12), 684-689. Retrieved from http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jcaho/jcjqs/2005/00000031/00000012/art00005 4/23/2017 LEGACY HEALTH