Full Course Description

All Things Pulmonary: An Intensive Online Course Created by Nurses for Nurses

OUTLINE – DAY ONE

The Pulmonary Triad

Oxygenation, Ventilation & Perfusion
Math Made Easy!
- V/Q Match vs. Mis-Match
- Calculating Shunting
- Oxygen Delivery DO2
- Oxygen Consumption VO2
- Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
- SVO2 Monitoring
- StO2
Putting it All Together

Easy Steps to ABG Analysis

Acid Base Imbalances
The 4 Abnormal Results
Rapid Interpretation Tool

Respiratory Assessment Clues You Should NEVER Miss!

Common Adventitious Breath Sounds
What are the Causes & When Are They Heard?
- Crackles/Rales – Wet vs. Dry
- Wheezes – Not Always Airway Obstruction
- Rhonchi – Differentiating the Differences
- Stridor – Emergency Treatment
- Pleural Friction Rub
Advanced Assessment Skills
Transmitted Voice Sounds
Inspection & Percussion
Changes on the Chest X-Ray

And the Assessment Indicates…

Bronchitis Acute vs. Chronic
Emphysema
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Pulmonary Drug Cabinet: From A to Z

Anti-Cholinergic Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Bronchodilators
Combo-Drugs
Inhalers & Spacers
And More!

Airway Management Techniques

Managing Obstruction
Airway Adjuncts
Know Your Role in Intubation
The “5-Point Check”
Rapid Sequence Intubation

Managing Chest Tubes

Indications for Chest Tubes
Emergent vs. Urgent
Avoiding Common Complications

OUTLINE – DAY TWO

Know the Goal: CPAP & BiPAP

Advantages & Disadvantages
Contraindications
Assessing the Fit
Determining the Settings

Mechanical Ventilation for Nurses

Responding to the Alarms
Management Strategies that Improve Outcomes
- Patient Comfort
- Decreasing Workload
- Frequent Assessment
- Cardiac Output Clues
- Suctioning
Pressure vs. Volume Control
Advanced Modes & Ventilator Extremes
ECMO

Complications of Mechanical Ventilation

BaroTrauma & VoluTrauma
Oxygen Toxicity
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Weaning Patients Off the Ventilator

Why, When and How
Causes of Weaning Failure
Setting up for Success!
ABCDE Bundle

Restrictive Lung Diseases

Pulmonary Edema
- Signs & Symptoms
- Treatment
- Systolic Dysfunction
- Diastolic Dysfunction
ARDS
- Progression Mnemonic
- Staging
- Presentation
- Lab Findings
- Changes on the Chest X-Ray
- Respiratory Support
  - Oxygen Control
  - Early Intubation
  - Exogenous Surfactant
  - Proning
  - Liquid Mechanical Ventilation

Emergency Management of Asthma

Assessment Findings
Identifying the Trigger
Steroid Considerations

The Patient with Pulmonary Embolisms

The Likely Causes
Prevention Measures
Signs & Symptoms
Diagnosis & Treatment

Managing the Patient in Shock

Critical Assessment Clues
Interventions
Complications
Sepsis

OBJECTIVES

Evaluate key components of a quick physical assessment designed to pinpoint causes of an acute respiratory emergency.
Discuss immediate interventions for patients experiencing an acute respiratory emergency, including techniques for emergent airway management.
Analyze evidenced-based interventions for the patient with a pulmonary embolism.
Explain the role of the newest oral anticoagulation agents in the treatment of pulmonary embolism.
Differentiate between cardiac and non-cardiac pulmonary edema in terms of clinical presentation and treatment.
Identify complications of ARDS, including lung trauma, pneumonia, and multisystem organ failure.
Manage the emergent treatment of a tension pneumothorax using the current practice standards.
Differentiate between heart failure and COPD exacerbations to be able to implement optimal treatment strategies.
Analyze how ARDS pathophysiology presents related to atelectasis, compliance, oxygenation, ventilation, perfusion, and other assessment data throughout the clinical course of the disease state.
Demonstrate individual interventions and overall strategies to minimize the impact of ARDS pathophysiology and promote a return to homeostasis.
List common etiologies of ARDS pathology.
Recognize differing ventilator modes for patients with ARDS to get the best patient outcomes.

Program Information

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