Levered Impact
Cadaveric Donor Management
Ventilation 101 (full day class)
The definitions and equations you need to titrate the vent!
Predicting CO2, IBW and why you care, Volume vs. Pressure modes, Flow, cycle times, I:E ratios, Time-averaged pressures, Waveforms and Intrinsic-PEEP, phase durations, obstructive vs. restrictive disease, and more.
Get the tools to manipulate your vent like a pro
Ventilation 201 (Prerequisite: Ventilation 101 - full day class)
Recruitment Techniques
From Pathophysiology to ARDSnet style ventilation, to inverse ratio,
to step up PEEP, to APRV, donor positioning, diuretics, PA and RVSP
pressures, pearls, pitfalls, and more.
How to craft a safe continuous recruitment plan
Ventilation 301 (Prerequisite ventilation 201)
Titrating APRV in Cadaveric Donors
Avoid trauma, maximize endogenous base, curate a low-flow state, these are goals we can integrate into the larger context of a case with such tasks as getting an ECHO and the ABGs that meet OPTN requirements so you can make offers.
Conservative APRV for safe, continuous recruitment!
Acid-Base
ABG interpretation, Anion gaps, Lactic Acidosis, Bicarb dosing and
how to mix the bicarb drip you want.
Fluid and Electrolyte Management
Trade offs between crystalloid and colloid choices in the context of a brain dead donor, MIVF rates, and going from chasing lytes to their proactive use to enhance donor stability.
