Impella
This vessel size is needed to place an impella CP.
(Hint: what age does a child start kindergarten?)
What is 5mm
The recommend battery life of the AIC when unpluged
What is 1 hour
The bag of fluid needed for an impella case
What is D5W
For Single Access, at what locations should the micro puncture needle be stuck at?
What is 10 o’clock or 2 o’clock
(Remember that the stick should not be near the impella catheter)
What does double hump mean?
What is Happy Pump
The is the French size of the impella sheath
What is 14 French
There are how many soft buttons on the AIC?
What is 5?
True or False: You need to put the D5W in a pressure bag.
What is False.
When the doctor breaks scrub, what is the first thing that the scrub or nurse should look for?
T-lock is locked and Touchy valve is tightened
When Impella CP is started, what P level is it started at?
What is AUTO
What is the gold standard to verify impella placement
After impella is placed, where is the outflow cage located?
What is the Ascending Aorta/above the aortic valve
What does the abbreviation CPO stand for
What is Cardiac Power Output
True of False: Perclose sutures can be used with the impella RP
What is False
After impella is placed, where is the inlet cage located?
What is in the left ventricle
What is the goal of impella
What is to unload and rest the heart
What calculation can be used to identify. Right ventricular failure?
What is PaPi score?
(PA systolic - PA diastolic /CVP)
What is an indication for HRPCI?
What is Multivessel disease
(compromised EF, left main, use of atherectomy, last remaining conduit, complex CTO, complex bifurcation, large area of myocardium at risk, surgical turn-down)
True or False: When dressing an impella groin, we want to angle match to prevent bleeding
What is true
What ACT level is recommended before inserting impella?
What is ACT of 250 or greater
For Single Access technique, what sheath can be used?
What is Terumo 6or7 French destination
(will also accept Terumo 6fr sheath)
No Slenders!!!
With CP SmartAssist, besides motor current, what other two waveforms will you see on the placement screen?
What is AORTIC and LV
For impella RP, what bag of fluid is needed?
D5W with 50 units/ml of heparin
(25,000 units of heparin total)
True or False: When exchanging the peel away sheath for the repositioning sheath, we break away the peel away while its still in the body
What is FALSE!
The size of the Impella RP cannula is?
What is 22 French