Description

Cyndi Zarbano – The ICU Trio in Crisis

Faculty:: Cyndi Zarbano
Duration:: 1 Hour 32 Minutes
Format:: Audio and Video
Copyright:: Apr 15, 2016

Description

The Right Choice for the Situation! In this session, Cyndi discusses quick tips to help you remember:

Which IV Fluids & Why
How They Work & When to Use Pressor Agents
Blood Products – FFP, Platelets, PRBCs, Cryoprecipitate

Objectives

Describe how pressors work and when to use them
Identify which appropriate IV fluids should be used

Outline

Cardiac Output
- Heart Rate
- Preload
  - Diuretics
  - Vasodilators
- Afterload
  - Meds that Increase Perfusion Pressure
    - Norepinephrine
    - Dopamine
    - Epinephrine
    - Phenlyephrine
    - Vasopressin
  - Causes of Increases Afterload
    - Vasodilators
    - Ace Inhibitors
    - ARB’s
    - Calciium Channel Blocking Agents
Contractility
- Dopamine
- Dobutamine
- Digoxin
- Milrinone
IV Fluids and Blood Products
- Hypotonic Solutions
- Hypertonic Solutions
- Colloids
- Blood Products
  - Packed Red Blood Cells
- When to Transfuse
  - Platelet Transfusion
  - Fresh Frozen Plasma
  - Cryoprecipitate
  - Reversing Anticoagulation

Handouts

The ICU Trio in Crisis (0.95 MB)

Available after Purchase

Faculty

Cyndi Zarbano, MSN, BSN, CCRN, CEN, PCCN, CMSRN, CLNC Related seminars and products: 48

Clinical Review

Cyndi Zarbano, MSN, BSN, CCRN, CEN, PCCN, CMSRN, CLNC, has been a nurse for more than 25 years and a legal nurse consultant (LNC) for 12. Many of her cases in the last decade have been consulting and educating nurses who have gotten into trouble with the board of nursing and helping hem complete their corrective action stipulations. Medication errors and patient injury are a common cause of corrective action, license suspension and loss of license.

Cyndi’s clinical area of expertise has been in various intensive care/critical care roles, currently working for Mayo in Minnesota. She has been a national seminar speaker for over ten years speaking to diverse healthcare audiences throughout the country. During her presentations, she has earned the reputation of keeping attendees engaged with the use of current clinical knowledge, fascinating legal stories, and the interjection of nursing humor to keep it fun.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Cyndi Zarbano is the owner of Clinical Review Consultants. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Cyndi Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.