Tag Archives: Advanced Cardiac Life Support

How to register for critical care training sessions in Pokhara May 2016

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

UPDATED with more specific info Wednesday May 4th and 12th ACLS training registration can be done at: Registration desk Paschimanchal Community Hospital Buspark, Prithvichowk, Pokhara – 9, Kaski, Nepal. Phone no. 061 530722 Email: pchospital2071@gmail.com Please share widely. CNEPal will … Continue reading →

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April 18, 2015 #Criticalcare Road Trip through #Nepal

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

CCNEPal is a small #NGO with one mission: teach Advanced Cardiac Life Support  in #Nepal. For months, we planned a “road trip” outside the Kathmandu Valley with twelve sessions. We made 500 sets of handouts, printed 500 certificates, pre-positioned our teaching … Continue reading →

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Mentoring ACLS Instructors in Nepal 2015 – CCNEPal invites – YOU!

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

What has CCNEPal done? CCNEPal has been teaching ACLS skills in Nepal since 2011 and in that time we have given certificates to about 1,600 nurses and doctors who have taken the 3-day (nurses) or 2-day (doctors) course. We have … 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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Equipment List to Teach BLS and ACLS in Nepal and any place

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Improvising Equipment CCNEPal teaches BLS and ACLS since 2011 in Nepal, and we travel around the country. One time we planned to travel to Biratnagar and the local contact person asked: “How many CPR manikins do you bring?” My answer was, … Continue reading →

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March 2015 dates for 3-day sessions at Lalitpur Nursing Campus announced

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

UPDATED Feb 19th We are still registering students for these sessions! From here on, go to Lalitpur Nursing Campus in Sanepa, to the library, and register there. Session 1, March 1st, 2nd and 3rd – all seats taken, class is … Continue reading →

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What is A.C.L.S. and why should every MBBS doc enroll in A.C.L.S. course?

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

“Critical Care is not a geographic location like the ICU of a hospital. Critical care is a set of knowledge and skills that a doctor carries with them. And nurses too!” _Joe Niemczura, CCNEPal A.C.L.S. (or just plain ACLS) is … Continue reading →

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Schedule for 2-day version of Cardiac Life Support course

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

MBBS? Medical Officers? CCNEPal will be available to train MBBS students in Cardiac Life Support, and is working to schedule this with some hospitals (I will announce more when dates are confirmed). for nurses When we teach this to nurses, … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal plans for 2014

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

time flies It seems like I only got home to Hawaii yesterday, but will be leaving for Kathmandu tomorrow. In truth, there are seven months before summer 2014 break. In the past I start planning in November or thereabouts. There … Continue reading →

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the key to ecg for acls is – the six basic rhythms

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Onliest six rhythms Yes, Virginia, there are only six cardiac rhythms. The protocol is based on this construct. Believe and achieve! Just a quick note to accompany this YouTube link. You can practice mega-code without a fancy manikins and fancy … Continue reading →

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May 31 about Advanced Life Support in Nepal

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Please share this widely, among every nurse you know. I welcome your comments. Be sure to click on the hyperlinks, I spent time putting them in and some are meant to be fun. Update – for the sessions to be held at … Continue reading →

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about fear of participating in ACLS

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

Fear of ACLS My blog post yesterday was prompted by a nurse who said she was afraid of doing ACLS. She felt fear. Ahhhh… I know this fear……. we all do. I suppose more questioning is needed. We are dealing … Continue reading →

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May 19 about teamwork in critical care nursing

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

And here in Kathmandu we begin teaching this week CCNEPal 2013’s first 3-day course will begin tomorrow. Most of our courses will be open to “the general public” of nurses – I promise that there will be a registration process … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal 2013 – gearing up for summer 2013

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

We now have an official name for this project. Previously I have just called it Kathmandu Critical Care Nursing Education summer 2013. It will now be called CCNEPal – Critical Care Nursing Education Project Nepal which will be more “catchy” Summary: Until … Continue reading →

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The Most Interesting Man in the World?

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Indulge me in a pleasant fantasy…. Surely you have seen this TV commercial? The Stay Thirsty Grant Here is the truth: I probably am actually pretty boring, if the truth must be told.  But there is one thing I do that … Continue reading →

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Link to the Professionally-edited YouTube Video

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

please consider subscribing to my current blog, Honolulu 2011-2012 A late entry to this blog. One day a professional photojournalist came to class. She took footage of the mega-code drills, including small teams working on resuscitation protocols. She also interviewed me. She … Continue reading →

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Presenting the certificates, tying it up with a red ribbon

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

The Final Exam Yesterday was the final exam for the big Wednesday class, I made 75 copies of the exam but didn’t really expect everyone to attend. 73 showed up. There was load shedding when we arrived and the classroom … Continue reading →

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Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree…. I don’t particularly listen to country music, but the old chestnut from Tony Orlando and Dawn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBL2kzKg4nY has been going through my head to day, and I were in Honolulu I would … Continue reading →

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Joe is just as pretty as he always was, and wins a beauty contest to prove it

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Time Travels back and forth The dilemma is always whether to use this as a chronology or not. Yesterday was a get-your-chores-done kind of day, picking up photocopying for my last cohort, meeting with people to plan events, grocery shopping, … Continue reading →

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Three Cups of Tea in Kathmandu Nepal

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

please consider subscribing to my current blog Daybreak sounds of urban Nepal In the sleepy mornings of Jawalekhel, somebody about a block away meditates each day using a base drum and another instrument that chips away rhythmically with a hollow almost-Cuban … Continue reading →

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The Light at the End of the 2011 Tunnel for Kathmandu Critical Care

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Pani 6 It’s raining as I write this, cool and delightful weather. The fridge at the Guest House was repaired while I was gone, I cooked spaghetti and meat for myself last evening. I am sharing the Guest House with … Continue reading →

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Smart Phones rule the world

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Day Three in Bhairawa –  If you haven’t been to the YouTube channel, check it out – I uploaded a nearly-six-minute Mega-code video last evening. Go to youtube and type in “Joe Niemczura” – it’s the Joe Niemczura channel!  And … Continue reading →

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The Truth About Butterflies. duuno why I did this, but – I did.

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

So I just posted the blog about yesterday’s class, this morning but feel energized right now so I am jotting down today’s while it is still fresh. As we ended the class Friday, the students had wheedled about dispensing with … Continue reading →

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A break in the teaching marathon. ABGs in KTM.

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

My six-day teaching marathon is now history. Tomorrow is a day off, then two more days in which I will wrap up the fist of my five cohorts of students. There will be other similar weeks in which I teach … Continue reading →

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