Full Course Description

Essential Assessment, Interpretation and Intervention Strategies

OUTLINE

Identification & Management of Crisis

- Master “down and dirty” prompt assessment skills
End the “Red Flags”
- Rapid stabilizing interventions for the unstable patient
Manage the decompensating patient
- Better outcomes through quick intervention

Easy Steps to ABG Analysis

Acid base imbalance
4 abnormal findings when reading your lab result
A simple tool to rapidly and efficiently interpret ABG’s!

The 5 Steps to Rhythm Strip Interpretation

Systematically reviewing the major components of a rhythm strips
Identifying rhythm changes and management of:
Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Paroxysmal Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
V-Tach and V-Fib

Managing Chest Drainage

Indications for chest tubes
Circumventing re-expansion pulmonary edema
Avoiding common complications of chest drainage

Master Central Line Care

- Common issues experienced with central lines
- Using which port for what on a triple lumen PICC
- Use of a “cell-saver” to reduce lost hemoglobin during blood draws
The challenge of CVP monitoring

Pacemakers & AICDs

Indications for pacemakers
Meaning of pacemaker codes
Types of Pacemakers
Device management
Practical solutions to common pacemaker problems

OBJECTIVES

Identify 5 essentials components of a “down and dirty” assessment in your patient when they have a sudden decomposition in health status.
State 3 rapid interventions that can stabilize a patient who is symptomatic with a low blood pressure.
Recognize the most common causes of arterial blood gas abnormalities.
Quickly identify the 3 most common dysrhythmias using rhythm strip interpretation.
Manage the risk to avoid re-expansion pulmonary edema in the patient with a chest tube for pleural effusion.
Review the correct technique for opening an occluded central line lumen.
Summarize the difference between failure to capture and failure to sense in a pacemaker and how each is resolved.

Program Information

Outline

Identification & Management of Crisis

- Master “down and dirty” prompt assessment skills
End the “Red Flags”
- Rapid stabilizing interventions for the unstable patient
Manage the decompensating patient
- Better outcomes through quick intervention

Easy Steps to ABG Analysis

Acid base imbalance
4 abnormal findings when reading your lab result
A simple tool to rapidly and efficiently interpret ABG’s!

The 5 Steps to Rhythm Strip Interpretation

Systematically reviewing the major components of a rhythm strips
Identifying rhythm changes and management of:
Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Paroxysmal Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
V-Tach and V-Fib

Managing Chest Drainage

Indications for chest tubes
Circumventing re-expansion pulmonary edema
Avoiding common complications of chest drainage

Master Central Line Care

- Common issues experienced with central lines
- Using which port for what on a triple lumen PICC
- Use of a “cell-saver” to reduce lost hemoglobin during blood draws
The challenge of CVP monitoring

Pacemakers & AICDs

Indications for pacemakers
Meaning of pacemaker codes
Types of Pacemakers
Device management
Practical solutions to common pacemaker problems

Objectives

Identify 5 essentials components of a “down and dirty” assessment in your patient when they have a sudden decomposition in health status.
State 3 rapid interventions that can stabilize a patient who is symptomatic with a low blood pressure.
Recognize the most common causes of arterial blood gas abnormalities.
Quickly identify the 3 most common dysrhythmias using rhythm strip interpretation.
Manage the risk to avoid re-expansion pulmonary edema in the patient with a chest tube for pleural effusion.
Review the correct technique for opening an occluded central line lumen.
Summarize the difference between failure to capture and failure to sense in a pacemaker and how each is resolved.

Target Audience

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants, Respiratory Care Practitioners

Copyright : 10/05/2016

Advanced Management of Complex and Critically Ill Patients

OUTLINE

Understand Hemodynamics Today

Cardiac Output = Heart Rate x Stroke Volume
- Use a simple analogy to learn the components and finally Get It
Preload, Afterload and Contractility
Manipulating the mathematical equation to stabilize

The ICU Trio in Crisis!

IV Fluids - picking the right one for the situation
5 pressor agents - How they work when to use them
- Blood products! FFP, Platelets, PRBC’s and Cryoprecipitate

Demystify hemodynamic waveforms and

Correctly Measuring Each

Assessment clues to hemodynamic instability
Central Venous Pressures
Arterial Lines
Swan Ganz Catheters

Mechanical Ventilation for Nurses

How to manage patients on ventilators
Avoiding Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia (VAP)
Using CPAP or BiPAP

Manage Shock

Assessment and management of:
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Septic Shock
- Hypovolemic Shock

Manage the Neuro Patient

Use a “5-point Neuro Check” to easily identify changes in condition
Stroke and Stabilization
- Ischemic
- Hemorrhagic
- Delirium
- How to assess & intervene

Life-threatening EKG Changes: Clues from the 12-Lead

Spectrum of coronary artery ischemia
5-step method for finding myocardial ischemia and injury
STEMI and NSTEMI - What’s the difference?
Location, location, location!

End-of-Life Care in the ICU

The needs of the patient
Practical tips to help your patients and families with the end-of-life journey