Resources Great book resource Hensley’s Practical Approach to Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Expectations and Keys to Success No one is expecting you to become a cardiac nurse anesthetist. But, you w...

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The ultasound sound image depth represents a side of a triangle represented by the varialbe A. If you start your needle insertion a distance of Acm from the probe and insert at a 45 degree angle y...

Resources Practical Approach to Transesophageal Echocardiography 4th edition by Scott Reeves and Albert Perrino Jr. TTE Guide PDF TEE Practice Ultrasound Physics The basics of ultrasound: ...

TXA and Amicar PDE Inhibitors Milrinone (PDEIII) Protamine See this pdf for some interesting persecptives on protamine administration such as the rate of reactions if the patient takes ...

ECMO Circuit Review VV ECMO Most common for lung issues such as ARDS Protec Duo Cannula This special VV ecmo is used when a patient is in isolated RV failure with oxygenation needs. VA ECM...

DLT Sizing Females 160cm 35F or 37F Males 170cm 39F or 41F Alternative Method for Going from One to Two Lung Ventilation Switch clamp to good lung without dropping it in order to apply high pre...

Alpha 2 Agonists Dexmedetomidine Clonidine Rapid precedex administration can stimulate postsynaptic receptors causing inc BP. Over time presynaptic stimulation will overpower this periphe...

A-OK Protocol Used in amniotic fluid embolism Atropine 1mg for vagolysis Ondansetron 8mg for serotonin receptro blockade and vagolysis Ketorolac 30mg for thomboxane production blockade B...

Auto BP Cuff There are many types of algorithms that go into generating the numbers seen on the screen. All of them use oscillations and plot a curve/give values. General guideline is no...