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What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
Clips 1 and 2 demonstrate ... mobile mitral valve ... upstream side of the valve ... Doppler over the valve ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... Initiate judicious infusion ... of poor organ perfusion ... #Shock #Management ... #CriticalCare
Priority-based management algorithm for the undifferentiated patient in PEA arrest
PEA (no pulse by manual palp +
Priority-based management ... Start vasopressor infusion ... electrical #activity #management ... #criticalcare
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
consultation • Valve ... growth or worsening valve ... • Aggressive management ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Mask Oxygen Delivery Devices

Simple Mask aka Hudson's Mask:
 • Flow 6-10 LPM
 • FiO2 35-50%
Face Tent:
mask uses a small valve ... The venturi valves ... have two one-way valves ... Delivery #Devices #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
Algorithm for the Management ... Seizures The management ... adjuncts and bag-valve ... ensuring adequate perfusion ... Seizure #Algorithm #Management
Post-Intubation Package Checklist
Quick Checklist
	Waveform Capnography
	Secure the Tube Well
	Confirm Lung Protective Vent Settings
	Achieve Adequate Analgesia and Sedation
	Raise
Bedside ± PEEP Valve ... PostIntubation #Checklist #CriticalCare ... #Management
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Decompensated CHF, Severe Valve ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... algorithm #treatment #management
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
draining pleural effusions ... Algorithm #Extubation #CriticalCare ... #Management
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hypoxemia - Workup and Management ... CXR, CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... Workup #diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare