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CRACKCast E198 – Brain Resuscitation

02.04.2019 - By The CanadiEM.org TeamPlay

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Core Questions: What is cerebral autoregulation? Describe your parameters for post-arrest care of a brain injured patient. List 7 interventions for management of a patient with elevated ICP. What are the equations for cerebral blood flow and cerebral perfusion pressure? Describe a protocol for induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest. In the patient with a traumatic brain injury, what is the optimal drug for and duration of seizure prophylaxis?   Wisecracks: What are Lundberg A waves? What is the relationship between PaCO2 and CBF? What is the Monro-Kellie hypothesis?    How do these values change in patients with severe coma? What is the probability that a survivor of cardiac arrest has a full neurologic recovery?

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