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The ICU Trio in Crisis
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The Right Choice for the Situation! In this session, Cyndi discusses quick tips to help you remember:
- Which IV Fluids & Why
- How They Work & When to Use Pressor Agents
- Blood Products - FFP, Platelets, PRBCs, Cryoprecipitate
Objectives
- Describe how pressors work and when to use them
- Identify which appropriate IV fluids should be used
Outline
- Cardiac Output
- Heart Rate
- Preload
- Diuretics
- Vasodilators
- Afterload
- Meds that Increase Perfusion Pressure
- Norepinephrine
- Dopamine
- Epinephrine
- Phenlyephrine
- Vasopressin
- Causes of Increases Afterload
- Vasodilators
- Ace Inhibitors
- ARB's
- Calciium Channel Blocking Agents
- Meds that Increase Perfusion Pressure
- Contractility
- Dopamine
- Dobutamine
- Digoxin
- Milrinone
- IV Fluids and Blood Products
- Hypotonic Solutions
- Hypertonic Solutions
- Colloids
- Blood Products
- Packed Red Blood Cells
- When to Transfuse
- Platelet Transfusion
- Fresh Frozen Plasma
- Cryoprecipitate
- Reversing Anticoagulation
Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC
Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC, has been a nurse for nearly 30 years specializing in intensive care. She earned her legal nurse consultant training through the Vickie Milazzo Institute in 2008 and has worked on nearly 250 cases for various boards of nursing. She has worked with attorneys on pre-corrective action and with nurses to meet consultation requirements to fulfill corrective action guidelines.
Additionally, Cyndi has worked as a legal nurse consultant responsible to analyze medical records, determine merit, assist with client interviews, attend medical appointments, locate testing experts, complete chronologies, review billing for accuracy, provide deposition/jury question development, and assist in court strategy development. Cyndi is a renowned national seminar speaker having spoken for numerous companies since 2008, including her own, Clinical Review Consultants. She works for Mayo Clinic in Minnesota continuing her passion for bedside nursing in critical care.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Cynthia Zarbano is the owner of Clinical Review Consultants and has an employment relationship with Mayo Mankato. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Cynthia Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationships.
