Managing Patient Emergencies – Robin Gilbert

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• Archive: ?NEVER Miss the Subtle Changes in Your Patient that Could Lead to BIG TroubleRapid Assessment Skills that Improve Outcomes for Your MOST Critical PatientsThe BEST Interventions for Cardiac, Neurological, Endocrine & Respiratory EmergenciesTools to Sharpen Your Crisis Management SkillsMrs.

• Kelp is admitted with pneumonia and right-sided heart failure.

• Twenty minutes after admission, she develops worsening dyspnea and hypotension.Are you prepared to manage her unstable condition?Do you know what respiratory measures are necessary?Do you know the best way to manage her hypotension?The patients in our hospitals are sicker than ever before.

• It is not uncommon to find patients on regular medical floors with central lines, chest tubes, pacemakers and AICDs.

• Some nursing homes are accepting patients on ventilators, and patients are now being sent home on vasoactive drips such as dobutamine.