COVID-19 advanced respiratory care educational training programme for healthcare workers in Lesotho: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and implement a 'low-dose, high-frequency' (LDHF) advanced respiratory care training programme for COVID-19 care in Lesotho.

Design

Prospective pretraining-post-training evaluation.

Setting

Lesotho has limited capacity in advanced respiratory care.

Participants

Physicians and nurses.

Interventions

Due to limited participation in May-September 2020, the LDHF approach was modified into a traditional 1-day offsite training in November 2020 that reviewed respiratory anatomy and physiology, clinical principles for conventional oxygen, heated high-flow nasal cannula and non-invasive ventilation management. Basic mechanical ventilation principles were introduced.

Outcome measures

Participants completed a 20-question multiple choice e

SUBMITTER: Osula VO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058317 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature