Dr. Paul Langlois – Advanced Critical Care Nursing Symposium Day 2

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 Dr. Paul Langlois – Advanced Critical Care Nursing Symposium Day 2

You can take your practice to the next level by cutting-edge strategies for the most challenging & complex patients

You must be up-to-date on all the cutting-edge information in order to work in the constantly changing environment of critical care.-Edge strategies and interventions for high-acuity patients. This conference is engaging and informative. Expert Dr. Paul LangloisAPN, PhD. CCRN, CCNS. CNRN. This will test your knowledge. He will talk about the most difficult, but common cases critical care nurses deal with every day.

• Heart Failure
• STEMI & NSTEMI
• Pneumonia
• ARDS
• Ischemic & Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Renal Failure
• Multi-Failure of the system

This comprehensive program will equip you with practical and immediately applicable strategies that can improve patient outcomes and increase your knowledge. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your peers, learn from an expert in the field, and leave with a renewed commitment to achieving excellence in critical care nursing.

OUTLINE

Case Study: Patient admitted with Pneumonia and is currently on a Ventilator

• Diagnosis
  • Hospital Acquired vs. Community
• Results of a Physical Assessment
• Interpreting the ChestX-Ray
• Gram Stain vs. Culture & Sensitivity
• Pneumonia caused by Bacteria
• Antibiotics
  • Top Choice for Empiric Antbiotics
  • What is an Antibiogram and how does it work?
  • When to Change from Empiric To Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics
• Analyse of blood gas
• Four criteria for ventilator-associated pneumonia
• Different modes of Mechanical Ventilation
  • Criteria for Intubation
  • SIMV, AC, Bi-Level, CPAP, NIPPV

Case Study: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

• Berlin Definition: Diagnosis
• Pain Medications
• Sedating Medicines
• Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
• Prone Positioning

Case Study: Ischemic Stroke and Hemorrhagic Stroke

• Diagnosis: Ischemic & Hemorrhagic
  • FAST Assessment
• Interpreting the CT Scan, MRI & Brain Angiography
• Transient Ischemic Attack: Implications
• Stroke vs. Bell’s Palsy
• Critical Labs
• Blood Pressure Control: How & When
  • Labetalol
  • Nicardipine
  • Metroprolol
• Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis
• Mechanical Thromboectomy
• Aneurysm Clipping vs. Coiling
  • Risks & Benefits
• TPA Administration for Ischemic Stroke
• Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
  • Intraparenchymal Catheter
  • External Ventricular Drain
  • Interpreting Ventricular Waveforms

Case Study: Renal Failure in a Patient

• Diagnosis
  • Laboratory Values
    • BUN
    • Creatinine, Creatinine Clearance
    • Electrolyte Replacement
  • Results of a Physical Assessment
• Dialysis Modes
• Indications & Contraindications
• Venous Access: The location is a priority
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
• SCUF, CVVH CVVHD CVVHDF
• Intermittent Dialysis

Multi-Case Study: A case study of a patient who was admitted to Multi.-Failure of the System

• Systemic Inflammatory Reaction Syndrome (SIRS).
• Sepsis
  • Guidelines from The Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Septic Shock
• Fluid Resuscitation
  • Which Fluids
  • How Much & How Quickly
• Antibiotic Pharmacology to Treat Infections
• How to start
• Six Vasopressors Worth Considering
  • Phenylephrine
  • Norepinephrine
  • Epinephrine
  • Dopamine
  • Dobutamine
  • Vasopressin
• Bleeding Alterations With Multi-Organ Failure
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment

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OBJECTIVES

• Examine new technologies and determine if they are appropriate for safe and proper use.
• Examine current management strategies and clinical guidelines for critical care issues, including SIRS, sepsis, and septic shock.
• Discuss the symptoms of patients in different stages of sepsis and early fluid resuscitation points.-Therapy based on the body.
• You should distinguish between hemorhagic stroke and ischemic stroke.
• Recognize dangerous drug-Prescription medications can interact with other drugs.
• List the top pharmacologic options to maintain blood pressure control in hemorhagic stroke patients.