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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
summary of what is going ... EKG. ... remain on floor vs ICU ... Elicit concerns and ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Delirium in the ICU ... medication list and ... interruption (e.g ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
rapidly over a short ... 3 NSTEMI - During ... is reflected by ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Text: The Only EKG
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
Pfor every QRS and ... 500 DANGER - Short ... QT <300-360 ms: ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
at least 1.2 mg/kg ... on exhalation port ... BVM: Hold mask ( ... PPE (use ethanol hand ... SARSCoV2 #Management #CriticalCare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
ECG is vital while ... #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... #icu #clinical ... #pharmacology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy (e.g ... Management during ... Delivery • Stable ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
replaced by T wave inversion ... downsloping - Coving ... Osborne waves - Short ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram