Outline

Day One

The flags are identified.

• Critical Thinking During a Crisis
• Vital Signs & ABCDs
• Methods for Establishing and Maintaining Airway
• Breathing: More Than a Rate Issue
• Circulation & Perfusion
• Differential Diagnosis – 4 Methods of Determining Cause
• Rapid Assessment Techniques
• Critical Questions to Ask Your Patient
• Identifying High-Risk Populations
• Pre-Morbid Conditions
• Age Considerations

Action for: I’m having chest pain

• Recognizing Arrhythmias – Stable, Unstable and Lethal
• 12-Lead EKG: Just the Down and Dirty
• Utilizing a Systematic Approach
• Patterns of Ischemia, Injury & Infarct
• Acute Myocardial Infarction: STEMI/NSTEMI
• Key Assessments & Interventions tPA Guidelines
• Cath Lab Intervention
• Laboratory Parameters
• Recognizing Subtle Changes
• Heart Failure
• Recent Advances in Care
• Medication Management
• Managing Intake and Output Vascular Abnormalities

Respiratory prevention, presentation, and action for people who can’t breathe.

• Assessment & Critical Interventions for:
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pulmonary Edema
  • Acute Asthma Attack
  • Spontaneous Pneumothorax
  • Allergic Reactions
  • The Patient Who Needs Assistance O2, CPAP, BiPAP
  • Indications for Intubation
  • Positive Pressure Ventilation
  • Chest Tube Management
  • Ventilator Settings Every Nurse Must Know
  • Easy ABG Analysis… Really!

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• The Differences of DKA and HHNK
• Early Recognition of Hypoglycemia
• Thyroid Storm: Physical and Psychiatric Symptoms
• Managing Adrenal Crisis
• Critical Lab Findings

Day Two

Action for: My ache belly

• Warning Signs of Acute Pancreatitis
• Upper vs. Lower GI Bleeding
• Perforated Bowel
• Early Signs of Small Bowel Obstruction – Illeus
• Interpreting the Lab Tests

Neurological prevention, presentation and action can be done.

• Elevated Intracranial Pressure
• Clues When you Don’t have a Monitor
• Ischemic vs. Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Inclusion/Exclusion for tPA
• Essential Assessments post-tPA
• Management Strategies for Seizures
• The Patient in Withdrawal
• Known vs. Suspected ETOH/Drug Abuse
• Interventions for Delirium Tremors
• Critical Labs

I can’t make urine is a topic of ren prevention, presentation and action.

• Acute vs. Chronic Kidney Disease
• Recognizing Acute Kidney Injury
• Key Assessments
• Interpreting the Lab Data

Pain, Agitation, and Delirium.

• Analgesics: Too Much or Too Little
• Managing the Bedside Procedure
• Type of Sedating Medications
• Ensuring Appropriate Monitoring
• Delirium: So Many Causes, So Many Options…
• Key Assessments & Interventions

Managing the Decompensating Patient without a pulse, blood pressure, or breathing equipment… now what?

• Identifying Cardiac Causes
• Street Drugs & Poisoning
• Critical Assessments & Interventions
• MUST KNOW Reversal Agents