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General Algorithms for Assessment of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) (Algorithms 1, 2 and 3)

Algorithm
General Algorithms ... for Assessment ... 1: Initial Assessment ... Ensuring adequate circulation ... Diagnosis #LVAD #Assessment
PV Card: Pediatric Assessment Triangle

#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Assessment #Triangle #Appearance #Breathing #Circulation #TICLS #Mnemonic
Card: Pediatric Assessment ... Peds #Pediatrics #Assessment ... Appearance #Breathing #Circulation
Negative Predictive Value Calculation - Probability that someone with a negative test truly does not have
Predictive Value Calculation ... Negatives #NegativePredictiveValue ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
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Rapid Pediatric Assessment ... Diagram: * Assessment ... eye contact * Assessment ... Retractions * Assessment ... of Circulation
Compartment Syndrome - 5 P's for circulation assessment

pain, pallor (pale skin tone), paresthesia (numbness feeling), pulselessness
Syndrome - 5 P's for circulation ... assessment pain
Ensuring adequate circulation to sustain life (Algorithm 3). CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; LVAD, left ventricular assist device;
Ensuring adequate circulation ... sustain life (Algorithm ... Diagnosis #LVAD #Assessment ... #Evaluation #Algorithm3
Capnography Waveforms
Sudden loss of waveform
 • ET tube disconnected, dislodged, kinked or obstructec
 • Loss of
obstruction CPR Assessment ... of spontaneous circulation
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
Initial rapid assessment ... catastrophic bleeding, assessment ... airway, breathing, circulation ... analysis, and assessment ... Call #Timeline #Assessment
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
Initial assessment ... Circulation - treat ... care unit #Assessment
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
PositivePredictiveValue #NegativePredictiveValue ... #Calculation #Table