Hemodynamics
This is the total amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute.
What is Cardiac Output?
Name two common causes of low cardiac output in an organ donor.
What are cardiac stunning and cardiogenic shock?
This medication class primarily reduces afterload.
What are vasodilators?
A donor has an SVV of 18%. What intervention should you consider first?
What is a fluid bolus (if clinically appropriate)?
This is the amount of blood pumped with each beat of the heart.
What is stroke volume?
This type of shock is caused by pump failure rather than lack of blood volume.
What is Cardiogenic Shock?
This medication is commonly used when the donor develops ventricular tachycardia.
What is Amiodarone?
Your donor has decrease CO and BP has dropped. What medication would you start?
What is Epinephrine?
This hemodynamic value measures the resistance the left ventricle must pump against.
What is TPRI?
Blood vessels become too relaxed and too wide, causing blood pressure to drop so low that organs don't get enough blood in this type of shock
What is distributive shock?
A donor has:
Best medication?
What is Vasopressin?
Your donor has a HR 175 bpm and ECG shows SVT. The donor is stable. What medication would you give?
What is Adenosine?
This refers to the amount of stretch in the ventricles before contraction.
What is Preload?
A donor has:
What type of shock is this?
What is Distributive Shock?
This medication is often chosen to reduce severe hypertension in an organ donor without significantly slowing the heart rate.
What is Nicardipine?
The donor has an EF of 18%, elevated filling pressures, and poor cardiac output.
What is Milrinone?
This dynamic measurement helps predict whether a donor will respond to fluids.
What is Stroke Volume Variation?
A donor has:
Which type of shock is present?
What is Cardiogenic Shock?
Which medication would improve contractility while lowering afterload?
What is Milrinone?
Your Donor is in heart failure. The PA pressures being monitored are increasing but your CO is decreasing. What medication would you expect to give?
What is Nitroprusside?