And the mobile ECMO unit is ready for patients! Just like that … 3 years later post a pandemic and countless hours of planning! Which EMS will the first to join us?!!
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it a thousand times: The treatment for an ectopic pregnancy, a septic uterus, or a miscarriage that your body won’t release is abortion. If you can’t get those abortions, you die. You. Die.
Today's ICU #OnePager is about a confusing/complex procedure that we thankfully perform rarely: placing a Minnesota Tube (MT) for an upper GI bleed.
This OnePager reviews the components of the MT, and walks you through a step-by-step guide to placement, inflation, & removal.
This week will be sharing some of the most popular #ICUOnePagers https://t.co/FVN1KWWxBU
1️⃣ Overview of Ventilator Modes - covers all the common modes (VC, PC, PRVC, PS, APRV) & the pros/cons of each. Also covers the settings for each & how to adjust based on ABG/SpO2.
The loss obviously sucked but I’ll watch this video forever. Screamed so loud when the ball hit the back of the net that I still don’t have a voice and I damn near blacked out.
great illustration of how a jagged/sawtoothed expiratory flow curve can reveal secretions (usually this occurs in the *bronchi*, not the tubing - but same physiology!)