Episode 196
CRACKCast E196 - Monitoring the Emergency Patient
CanadiEM Podcasts: CRACKCast, ClerkCast, CarmsCast, First Year Diaries · Dillan Radomske
December 3, 201832m 24s
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Show Notes
This updated episode of CRACKCast covers Rosen's Chapter 005, Monitoring the Emergency Patient (9th Ed.).
Core Questions:
- List modalities for measurement of BP and note which modalities are likely to over and underestimate blood pressure.
- What is pulse pressure and how does it relate to stroke volume?
- List 4 indications for an arterial line.
- What is the Beer-Lambert Law and how does it allow us to measure pulse oximetry?
- How do dyshemoglobinemias affect your measured SpO2?
- What are the 4 phases of the ETCO2 waveform?
- List 5 uses for ETCO2.
Wisecracks:
- List the pitfalls of pulse oximetry.
- Purple
- Yellow
- Tan
- Describe colorimetric ETCO2 monitoring and cite the ranges at which you would expect to see the following colours:
- How are ETCO2 values related to PaCO2?
- What are causes of elevated ETCO2?
- What does MOVIE stand for (aka - how to rock your oral exam resus questions)?