Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Tachycardia = 3 or more VEB at a rate of > 130 beats/min. If > 30 seconds = sustained; can be monophoric or polymorphic
Ventricular Fibrillation
Ventricular Fibrillation requires a initiating stimulus in a susceptible myocardium.
Gas On Abdominal X-ray DDx
Location of gas on the abdominal x-ray may suggest the the underlying cause. Differential diagnosis
Vascular Gas Embolism
Vascular gas embolism (VGE) is the entrainment of air (or exogenously delivered gas) from a communication with the environment into the venous or arterial vasculature, producing systemic effects.
Severe Heart Failure Management
Severe Heart Failure Management
Right ventricular infarction
Right ventricular infarction. Suspect in all patients with inferior STEMI
Medication Error
Medication error occurs when a medication given inappropriately regardless of whether an adverse clinical outcome occurs; drug error incidence = 1/135 anaesthesia; can cause significant harm to patients; need to recognise and adopt techniques to minimise such events
Fire In ICU
Approach to Fire in ICU has 3 key goals: protect patients and staff; manage fire hazard; identify cause and prevention
Physiotherapy in ICU
Physiotherapists are part of the multidisciplinary ICU team. The traditional focus of treatment has been the respiratory management of both intubated and spontaneously breathing patients. Evidence of the longstanding physical impairment suffered by survivors of intensive care has resulted in physiotherapists re-evaluating treatment priorities to include exercise rehabilitation as a part of standard clinical practice
ICU Ward Round
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward round consists of scheduled discussions in which healthcare providers review clinical information and develop care plans for critically ill patients
Preload
Preload = initial myocardial fibre length prior to contraction; determined by anything that effects ventricular volume at the end of diastole
Pericarditis
Pericarditis = inflammation in the pericardium