Description

Handouts

Outline

Hemodynamics

• Do you need a Swan-Ganz?
• Preload/Afterload
• Contractility
• Cardiac output
• Cardiac index
• Mean arterial pressure

Respiratory Diagnoses

• Will the real cause of SOB please stand up: Complicating the respiratory diagnosis
• Clinical presentation, signs/symptoms, interventions, management of:
  • Pneumonia
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Pulmonary embolism (Air, Fat, Amniotic)
• Anaphylaxis
• Acute Respiratory Failure
• Pleural effusions
• Pneumothorax
• Foreign body aspiration

Respiratory Interventions and Medications

• Pharmacology
• ABGs: Simplifying the numbers
• Chest Tubes: Indications, set-up, troubleshooting
• Capnography: Interpreting what it tells us
• Ventilation and NPPV basics: Modes of ventilation and appropriate uses

Cardiac Diagnoses

• Bradycardic & tachycardic rhythms: Essentials that you need to know
• Is This Patient Having an MI?
  • Pericarditis
  • Myocarditis
  • Endocarditis
  • Etiology, Clinical Presentation, ECG changes, Treatment
• Aortic Stenosis
• Heart Failure
• Current best practice recommendations
• Long-term prognosis

Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Unstable Angina
• STEMI
• Non-STEMI
• Differentiating the Three

Cardiac Interventions and Medications

• Pharmacology
  • Vasopressors vs. Inotropes
  • Ace Inhibitors, Beta blockers
  • Anticoagulants
• Stabilization & Treatment procedures
  • Stents, CABG, LVADS
• What’s Trending?
  • Current trending technology
• Case Presentations & Identify Probable Diagnosis

Faculty

Robin Gilbert, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN

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Robin Gilbert, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, has over 25 years’ experience in emergency nursing. She is both a certified emergency nurse and certified pediatric emergency nurse. Robin has extensive experience working in the emergency department, progressive care, intermediate care, transitional care, step-down and, currently, as the regional manager for staff development at Central Maine Medical Center. Robin draws on her expertise to teach her own hospital staff and experienced healthcare audiences throughout the country on a variety of critical care and emergency nursing topics.

She has been an item writer for the Board Certification of Emergency Nursing (BCEN), a former Chairperson of BCEN, and most recently a contributing writer for the current CEN Review Manual. Robin is an active member of the Emergency Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Association for Nursing Professional Development, and is a reviewer for the ANCC’s Pathway to Excellence.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Robin Gilbert has an employment relationship with Central Maine Medical Center and Rumford Hospital. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Robin Gilbert has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.