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Ventilator Alarms
Increased Rate - Patient is tiring on a weaning mode or experiencing pain/anxiety
 - Reassess
Ventilator Alarms ... balloon, & add air ... - Auscultate lungs ... bronchodilators/order CXR ... thenursealyx - http://covid19
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
more info about ventilator ... v2.3) updated to reflect ... influenza) • CFR ... symptoms Imaging • CXR ... consolidations w/ air
Air Bronchograms in Pneumonia on Lung Ultrasound

Pearl: When lung looks like liver, it's never a good
Air Bronchograms ... in Pneumonia on Lung ... Pearl: When lung ... CXR in video for ... Eric Abrams, MD
COVID-19 Lung POCUS 

This is a POCUS of a patient with COVID-19.
No prior pulmonary disease; had
COVID-19 Lung POCUS ... a patient with COVID ... CXR: diffuse interstitial ... Eric Abrams, MD ... Subpleural #Clinical #Lung
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
COVID-19 Intubation ... disposable cap to cover hair ... exhalation port of ventilator ... cuff prior to ventilation ... Care @iBookCC #COVID19
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... positive pressure ventilation
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
like illnesses, COVID ... Weakness: May require ventilator ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... : Arms or legs ... • Mechanical ventilation
Typical COVID19 chest x-ray versus normal. The image on the right shows multi-focal patchy airspace opacities.
Typical COVID19 ... image are the lungs ... being filled with air ... @KurteL10 #COVID19 ... #ChestXRay #CXR
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
capnography assesses ventilation ... Capnography measures ventilation ... Assessing ROSC during CPR ... AND REBREATHING/AIR ... the heart to the lung
Lazarus Reflex on Physical Exam

The Lazarus sign is a reflex movement observed in brain-dead or brainstem
Lazarus Reflex on ... Lazarus sign is a reflex ... briefly raising the arms ... can occur after ventilator ... Long-term survival