Tag Archives: ACLS in Kathmandu

CCNEPal goes to Norvic Hospital, Kathmandu August 2016 – some pics

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

In August 2016 CCNEPal conducted a session of the three-day course at Norvic Hospital in Thapathali, a neighborhood of Kathmandu right near the river. This was not the original plan, but turned out to be fortuitous and fun. Web page … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal begins planning for 2017 in Nepal – taking it up a notch?

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

CCNEPal began a special project to upgrade critical care skills of nurses in 2011. Since that time we have trained 2,885 nurses and doctors to perform cardiac life support skills using scenario-based teaching, which in itself is new to Nepal. … Continue reading →

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July 21st report for the summer and upcoming schedule

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

I’m back in Bharatpur, where I was a month ago. The return bus ride through eastern Terai was wonderful – like riding through The Shire. Statistics to date: As of today I taught 19 sessions, with 560 certificates awarded.  The present … Continue reading →

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Campaign to teach situational awareness to MBBS docs in Nepal Jul 21 2015

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

All #Nepal nurses and MBBS docs need to read this carefully before viewing the videos of violence against health care workers in Nepal. Specifically, CLICK HERE to see the video that shows what CCNEPal trains docs and nurses. https://youtu.be/jVDLXzwDWRA (note: … Continue reading →

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part 2 De-escalation techniques in #Nepal – eliminating the threat of “thrashing”

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

This is part two. Here is the problem for MBBS docs who are doing a year-long internship: In MBBS program, the curriculum has been science-based. They are rewarded for doing research on physiological problems related to medical diagnosis. They are … Continue reading →

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Update on seats available for CCNEPal sessions 3 (March 29, 30 and 31st) and 4 (April 5,6, 7)as of March 10th

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

As of March 13th, there are seats available in the last session of CCNEPal’s 3-day course. Session three is March 29th, 30, and 31st. officially there are no seats remaining. Session four is April 5th, 6th and 7th. Officially, there are four … Continue reading →

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March 5th 2015 list of scenarios we use in the CCNEPal sessions

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Okay, so at CCNEPal we model the course after the template published by the American Heart Association in their Instructor Manual. The course we teach at CCNEPal is NOT the “official” AHA ACLS course, though, because it is specifically adapted … Continue reading →

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March 1st 2015 update as to seats available in CCNEPal 3-day critical care course at LNC March 29, 30 and 31 and again in April 5, 6 and 7th, 2015

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

March 4th UPDATE: four seats opened up unexpectedly for session two, March 8,9 and 10th. see below for instructions as to how to register….. today I checked with LNC Library, who are handling the further registrations for the 3-day sessions … Continue reading →

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Schedule for 2-day course in Advanced Life Support for MBBS docs Feb 5th 2015

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

I have been asked to share the hour-by-hour schedule and the objectives,  for the course in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, that CCNEPal uses when we teach a class of MBBS docs. here it is, in all it’s glory. First, the … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal 3-day critical care nursing course in Kathmandu Valley February/March 2015

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

This will be a brief announcement. we expect to offer a series of the 3-day critical care skills training course in Kathmandu once again ( the fourth such series!) in February/March. This is the same 3-day course that has now … Continue reading →

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Why Should a Nepali MBBS doc take an ACLS course?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

MBBS doc “Role Development” for effective critical care – what is it? Critical care is not defined by a location (“ICU”) in a hospital. It’s more like a state of mind of the docs and nurses who provide life-saving emergency … Continue reading →

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Looking for a nurse to appear in ecg teaching videos, Jan 6 2015

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

CCNEPal is back from holiday in India. It was nice but it’s even nicer to see all my friends and to start talking about advancing critical care in Nepal again. The main thing that CCNEPal does is to teach the … Continue reading →

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ACLS equipment in Kathmandu

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

update: we decided that we simply did not have the capacity to do A full-fledged American-style ACLS course in Nepal; and we also realize that it probably won’t address the needs if we did….. Twelve days of Christmas? This week … Continue reading →

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