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Emergency Department (ED) Unit Directors/Charge Nurses (CONDT EU 0001)

Directors:

David Bertoty, Amber Egyud
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Author(s):

Michael DeVita, Clifton Callaway, Charissa Pacella, Susan Stuart, Armando Rotondi, Rich Pietroski

Administrators:

John Lutz, Kayla Stalma
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Description:

This course will educate ED Unit Directors/Charge Nurses with the general activities that will occur and the processes and competencies required within their department in relation to Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) situations (Condition T). "Condition T" is a program aimed at obtaining donor organs from deceased emergency department patients after failed resuscitative attempts. According to the Condition T process, when efforts to revive patients fail, emergency department staff per routine contact the local organ recovery organization to determine whether the patient has a positive donor designation status. If so, family members are notified while the Condition T is activated. A team separate from the professionals that attempted to resuscitate the patient are summoned to prepare the cadaver so that it is possible to recover the abdominal organs.

This course will define Condition T and explain why it is ethical and important. It will address the legal and ethical issues related to:

donor status,
non-involvement of the clinical team,
family visitation, and
the potential family and public response.

It will ensure that the ED Unit Directors/Charge Nurses are fully educated in their unitżs role in pre-mortem care, post mortem identification and Condition T triggering, documentation of times for sequence of events, movement of the cadaver to the Condition T room, and the impact on the ED, including anticipated resource requirements and the expectations for time in the ED.

This course represents a Competency for ED Unit Directors. It is required upon hire and for annual updates.

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