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Block (Charting) Beats!
Mike Check
Sound the Alarm!
100

Normal PaPi score in patients?

What is greater than 0.9?

100

The computation you perform to verify your Cardiac Index and Output are accurate.

What is Fick Method?

100

This is how many hours your block charting is good for.

What is 4 hours?

100

Proper placement of your IABP catheter tip.

What is 1-2cm distal to left SC artery?

What is 2nd to 3rd ICS on CXR?

100

How you set your Augmentation alarm in IABP.

What is 10 points below baseline?

200
Highest P-level in Impella.

What is P9?


200

Normal SVR value.

What is 800-1200 dynes-sec/cm3?

200

This is the value you chart when it comes to I&Os.

What is Max Dose?

200

Height of flushbag from your transducer in your IABP set-up.

What is AT LEAST 3 feet?

200

Low speed limit on Heartmate 2.

What is 400 rpms lower than set rate?

300

Amount of bedrest hours a patient needs after IABP catheter removal.

What is AT LEAST 4(-6) hours?

300

Lowest Flows you can have in Impella RP.

What is (1.5-) 2 LPM?

300

The times when you can do Block Charting.

What is immediate post-op, critical patients, (and unable to follow titration orders)?

300

How you verify Impella RP placement.

What is X-ray?

300

You set your alarms on your Centrimag how much below and how much above your set flows.

What is 1 liter below and 1 liter above set flows?

400

Ideal amount of time to perform defibrillation in CALS.

What is under 2 minutes?

400

The amount of Epi you can give during a CALS.

What is less than an amp?

400

Meds that you can use with Block Charting.

What is Epinephrine, Dopamine, Levophed and Neosynpehrine?

400
Another method for visualizing your Impella other than Ultrasound/Echo.

What is Fluoroscopy?

400

You perform THIS on your LVAD as part of your safety check.

What is LVAD Testing?

500

Low speed limit on HM3?

What is 200rpms lower than set rate?

500

Ideal amount of time to perform resternotomy in CALS.

What is under 5 minutes?

500

Location where you can do (under what) your Block Charting.

What is Adhoc under Critical Care Folder?

500

You check THIS before discontinuing a PA Catheter.

What is an X-ray?

500

When you see THIS on your ECMO cannula, it can mean suction event---or it's simply dry.

What is chattering/chugging?

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