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ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Right Atrial Pressure Does Not Determine Cardiac Output – Part 2

PulmCCM

Kenny MD [ @heart_lung ] In part 1 , right atrial pressure [P ra ] and cardiac output/venous return [CO/VR] were considered as two hemodynamic measures bound at the operating point [OP] of the circulatory system. OP is operating point. Shows what happens when Ppc, Pmsf, Rcardiac and Rvr all vary [grey operating points].

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Crafting And Refining Your Massive Transfusion Protocol – Part 3

The Trauma Pro

Presentation at your transfusion committee is fine, but this data is most suitable for presentation at the trauma operations committee. You can download a copy by clicking here. Ideally, the information from every MTP activation gets passed on to the trauma program. And if significant variances are present (e.g.

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ECG Blog #376 — A 15yo with Fever.

Ken Grauer, MD

IF dual AV nodal pathways were operative in today's case — then the BLUE arrow P waves in Figure-10 may be conducting with a very long PR interval — and — it may be that the WHITE arrow P waves are the ones that are not conducted because of this unusual pattern of Mobitz I.

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Boating trauma

EM SIM Cases

Intubation for clinical course and pain management need to be addressed with disposition to the operating room. Boating Trauma Download [link] ECG Source = [link] Treatment includes tourniquet application to the limb and rapid blood product administration.

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REBEL Cast Ep122 – Delayed vs Rapid Sequence Intubation in Agitated Trauma Patients

RebelEM

REBEL Cast Ep122: Delayed vs Rapid Sequence Intubation in Agitated Trauma Patients Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: Bandyopadhyay A et al. that would not be possible in an agitated/combative patient. Re-oxygenation with BMV can increase airway-related adverse events (i.e.

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ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Right Atrial Pressure Does Not Determine Cardiac Output – Part 1

PulmCCM

Additionally, this model clarifies that the dependent variable is the ‘operating point’ [OP] which is composed of both CO and P ra , simultaneously. The dependent variable is the operating point [i.e., Download his free textbook here and check out the remainder of this series. the mean systemic filling pressure; 2.)

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PODCAST #20 – Dr Helgi Johannsson – Wrongfooted by Checklists

Rural Doctors Net

Instead there is institutional resilience through ensuring that the environment is suitable – using same kit in the resus room as in theatre, and mandating that any RSI ‘on the floor’ utilises a trained ODP from theatre [note to non-UK readers – ODP is a trained operating department practitioner ].