Right so, 4 weeks of ICU over 2 months. Seeing intensive care is amazing, ventilator is magic, procedures are fun and people are so damn smart and kind!
What's going on with the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)?
Here's a practicalπ§΅ for all residents and fellows during their time on rotation in the cardiac ICU.
Learning objectives
π basics of the IABP
π IABP alarms
π ways to fix them
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@Matt_DiMeglio Currently on my ICU rotation and finally got to see this in action. The audible "heart" sound on night shift is quite something. Thanks for a great tweetorial
When you spend 20 minutes walking to different wards/beds looking for you lost stethoscope
only to realise it's in the backpack you're carrying the entire time
it has been a long shift