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Med-Surg Nuts & Bolts

Agenda and Content Outline

DAY 1

0800-0900

Interpreting Lab Values
-The CBC
-Life-threatening Electrolyte Disorders

0930-0945

The Ins & Outs of Chest Tubes
-Indications
-Assessment
-Complications

0945

Break

1000-1145

Managing Ventilators
-Modes
-Alarms
-Complications
-Keeping it trouble-free
-Case studies in troubleshooting

1145

Lunch

1245-1330

5 Steps to Rhythm Strip Analysis
-Identify sinus rhythm easily!

1330-1400

Pacemakers: Don't Miss a Beat!
-Beyond VVI
-AV Sequential
-Biventricular

1400

Break

1415-1445

Automatic Implantable Cardiodefibrillators
1445-1545 6 Easy Steps to ABG Analysis
-Respiratory and metabolic disorders
-Compensation
1545 Adjourn

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DAY 2

0800-0900

Peripheral and Central Lines
-Avoiding complications
-PICC Lines

0900-0930

Chest Pain: When to Worry
-Differentiating ACS, PE, aneurysm

0930

Break

0945-1045

Chest Pain (cont)

1045-1145

GI Bleeds: Prevention and Management

1145-1245

Lunch

1245-1330

Sepsis: Get the Bugs Out
-Identification of sepsis
-Antibiotics, fluids, steroids

1330-1430

Respiratory Failure
-Great assessment techniques
-Treatment options
1430 Break
1445-1545 Code Blue: During and After
-Manage the code with confidence!
-Aftercare and end-of-life issues.
1545 Adjourn


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