Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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Questions 1. What is the initial response to a witnessed cardiac arrest? 2. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? 3. What is the optimal airway management during cardiopulmonary…

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Hypothermia

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Questions 1. How is hypothermia defined and graded? 2. What mechanisms lead to hypothermia in surgical patients under general anesthesia? 3. Explain the physiologic responses to hypothermia. 4. Describe the…

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Pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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Questions 1. What is the etiology of cardiac arrest in children? 2. How do survival rates from cardiac arrest differ when comparing in-hospital with out-of-hospital settings? 3. What changes occurred…

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Delayed emergence, coma, and brain death

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Questions 1. What are the possible causes, work-up, and treatment for delayed emergence after general anesthesia? 2. Computed tomography scan showed a large left thalamic hemorrhage with intraventricular blood and…

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Abdominal trauma

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Questions 1. What injuries and abnormalities can be anticipated from the history? 2. Explain the primary and secondary surveys according to advanced trauma life support. 3. After the primary and…

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Burns

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Questions 1. What is the epidemiology of burns in the United States? 2. Describe how burns are classified, how the percentage of total body surface area burned is estimated, and…

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Office-based anesthesia

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Questions 1. What is office-based anesthesia? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of office-based anesthesia? 3. Discuss the important issues for consideration when setting up a safe office-based practice….

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MRI and the down syndrome child

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Questions 1. What is magnetic resonance imaging? 2. What are the magnetic field problems associated with the magnetic resonance imaging? 3. What are the specific problems encountered with physiologic monitors…

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Ambulatory surgery

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Questions 1. Are there advantages to performing surgery on an ambulatory basis? 2. Which patients are considered acceptable candidates for ambulatory surgery? 3. Are there patients who should never have…

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