Outline

DAY 1

• Identification & Management of Crisis
  • Master “Down & Dirty” Assessment Skills
  • Impending Doom: Recognizing the “Red Flags”
  • Rapid Stabilizing Interventions
  • Managing the Decompensating Patient
• Easy Steps to ABG Analysis
  • Understanding Acid-Base Imbalance
  • Lab Results: Identify the 4 Abnormal Findings
  • A Simple Tool to Change Your Practice
• The 5 Steps to Rhythm Strip Interpretation
  • Systematically Review Rhythm
  • Identifying Critical Changes
  • Effective Management of:
    • Atrial Fibrillation
    • Atrial Flutter
    • PSVT
    • V-Tach
    • V-Fib
• Managing Chest Drainage
  • Indications for Chest Tubes
  • Circumventing Re-expansion Pulmonary Edema
  • Avoiding Common Complications
• Master Central Line Care
  • Common Complications & Solutions
  • When to Use Which Port & Why
  • Is a “Cell-Saver” an Option for your Patient?
  • The Challenges of CVP Monitoring
• Pacemakers & AICDs
  • Indications for Pacemakers
  • Understanding Pacemaker Codes
  • Types of Pacemakers
  • Device Management
  • Practical Solutions to Common Problems
• End-of-Life Care in the ICU
  • Practical Tips to Help Your Patients & Families
  • Your Role as the Patient Advocate
  • Tips for Addressing Difficult Conversations

DAY 2

• Respiratory Emergencies: Understanding Hemodynamics Today
  • Cardiac Output = Heart Rate x Stroke Volume
  • A Simple Analogy Guaranteed to Help You -Get It
  • Preload, Afterload and Contractility
  • Manipulating the Math Equation to Stabilize
• The ICU Trio in Crisis!
  • IV Fluids – The Right One for the Situation
  • 5 pressor Agents – Their Action & Use
  • Blood Products! FFP, Platelets, PRBCs & Cryoprecipitate
• Demystify Hemodynamic Waveforms
  • Correct Measurement
  • Assessment Clues to Instability
  • Central Venous Pressures
  • Arterial Lines
  • Swan Ganz Catheters
• Mechanical Ventilation for Nurses
  • Managing the Patient on a Ventilator
  • Avoiding Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia
  • Using CPAP or BiPAP
• Manage Shock
  • Assessment and Management of:
    • Cardiogenic Shock
    • Septic Shock
    • Hypovolemic Shock
• Manage the Neuro Patient
  • Using an Easy “5-point Neuro Check”
  • Stroke and Stabilization
  • Ischemic
  • Hemorrhagic
  • Delirium
  • How to Assess & When to Intervene
• Life-threatening EKG Changes
  • Clues from the 12-Lead
  • Spectrum of Coronary Artery Ischemia
  • 5-step Method for Identifying Ischemia & Injury
  • STEMI and NSTEMI – What’s the difference?
  • Location, Location, Location