Ventilator Ventures
This measurement reflects the pressure in the alveoli at the end of exhalation, often used to improve oxygenation
What is PEEP?
This class of medications is used to relax smooth muscle in the airways, commonly used in treating asthma and COPD
What are bronchodilators?
When this is unfortunately contaminating a blood gas sample it causes pO2 and pH to appear higher than they are
What is an air bubble?
The CEO and CMO of Sidra
Who are Dr. Iyabo Tinubu-Karch and Prof. Ibrahim Janahi?
The result of RR x Vt
What is MINUTE VENTILATION?
The total number of 'breaths'/ min when setting a Hz of 9 on HFO
What is 540 (9 x 6O breaths/min)
A potent drug that acts more peripherally as vasoconstrictor, often used in critical care to increase blood pressure
What is norepinephrine?
The main nerves innervating the Diaphragm
What are the phrenic nerves?
The Core Values in Sidra
What are (6):
Trust, Care, Teamwork, Transparency, Innovation, and Efficiency?
P1V1=P2V2 (a Hint-->Gas Law)
What is Boyle's Law?
Name of our newly introduced 'Mass Casualty Ventilator'.
What is The GO2VENT® (Gas Operated Ventilator) disposable resuscitator!
These are three Potential Negative effects of giving inhaled nitric oxide
(must get all three)
1. Methemoglobinemia
2. Rebound pulmonary hypertension
3. NO2 inhalation (cytotoxic)
If you do not have this, you cannot call an ECG rhythm "sinus"
What is a P-wave (atrial Depolarization)
or
Rhythm that originates from the sinus (sinoatrial) node
The number of departments in total Duane is responsible for?
What is 13!
(RT, OT, PT, SLP, Site Management, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health and Wellness Education, Child Life, Orthotics/ Prosthetics, Casting, Case Management, Home Care, Social Work)
What the formula: (PaCO2 – PECO2) / PaCO2 results in?
What is (Deadspace/ Tidal Volume Ratio) or VD/Vt?
Maneuver on the ventilator done to determine appropriate PEEP to set
What is an Expiratory Pause Maneuver?
(find the AutoPEEP, if any)
OR
Use PV Loop (find opening pressure)
How long not to suction for (as per policy) after administering Surfactant to a Patient
What is 8 hours?
In normal transition from neonatal circulation in-utero to post birth, this opening closes to stop blood flowing across the atria
What is the foramen ovale?
The amount of International Patient Safety Guides (IPSGs) for JCI
Wha is 5! (reduced from 6 previously)
-Identify patients correctly. Improve effective communication. Improve the safety of medications. Ensure safe surgery. Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections.
MAP-ICP
What is the formula for cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP)?
These are the three factors driving CO2 clearance in HFOV
(Must get all three)
What are Amplitude (ΔP), Frequency (Hz) and the bias flow?
An aminoglycoside used for the management of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the lungs
What is tobramycin?
The carbon-based chemical used in attempts at Liquid Ventilation
what are perflurocarbons?
This was found to be the most commonly missed component of a Room Safety Check (as per our Staff Simulation Results)
What is a Proper Site to Source!
(FYI, airway cards not filled or correct another common one)
[Na+] + [K+] - [Cl-]+[HCO3-]
What is the formula for calculating the Anion Gap?