Objectives:

• Examine characteristics of common electrolyte disorders.
• Discuss common findings on the complete blood count.
• Plan care for the patient with chest drainage
• Evaluate assessment and monitoring principles in patients requiring positive-pressure ventilation.
• Compare and contrast pacemakers and automatic implantable cardiodefibrillators.
• Use a step-by step approach to evaluate arterial blood gases.
• Plan care for patients with central venous lines.
• Differentiate various etiologies for acute chest pain.
• List several etiologies for acute GI bleeding
• Evaluate treatment options for GI bleeding
• Describe the physiology of sepsis, septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction.
• Compare and contrast hemodynamic findings in different shock states.
• Use a five-step approach to examine cardiac rhythm strips.
• Evaluate assessment and monitoring principles in acute respiratory failure.
• Plan care for patients suffering cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Examine issues pertinent to end-of-life care.

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