CRACKCast E198 – Brain Resuscitation - a podcast by The CanadiEM.org Team

from 2019-02-04T13:00

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Core Questions:

  1. What is cerebral autoregulation?
  2. Describe your parameters for post-arrest care of a brain injured patient.
  3. List 7 interventions for management of a patient with elevated ICP.
  4. What are the equations for cerebral blood flow and cerebral perfusion pressure?
  5. Describe a protocol for induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest.
  6. In the patient with a traumatic brain injury, what is the optimal drug for and duration of seizure prophylaxis?

 

Wisecracks:

  1. What are Lundberg A waves?
  2. What is the relationship between PaCO2 and CBF?
  3. What is the Monro-Kellie hypothesis?   
    1. How do these values change in patients with severe coma?
  4. What is the probability that a survivor of cardiac arrest has a full neurologic recovery?

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