Nursing Students General Students
Published May 9, 2006
Kelly_the_Great
553 Posts
Does anybody have any suggestions on learning hemodynamics?
Mnemonics, study guides, etc.????
Please, any help would be greatly appreciated. :)
Daytonite, BSN, RN
1 Article; 14,604 Posts
can't help you with the mnemonics, but i'm listing all the links i have for hemodynamic monitoring. you might try posting on the icu and critical care forums because that is where these procedures are frequently done.
http://classes.kumc.edu/son/nurs420/unit4/hemomon.html - a tutorial on hemodynamic monitoring from the university of kansas school of nursing
https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/mpb/medphysiology/week5/vascular.2.pdf - cardiac output
https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/mpb/medphysiology/week5/vascular.3.pdf - arterial/venous function, pulse pressure
https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/mpb/medphysiology/week5/vascular.5.pdf - more on cardiac output and blood loss
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/anesthesiology-elective/cardiac/cvcphys.cfm - the physiology of central venous catheter from the university of virginia school of medicine. check the site index for videos of procedures
Daytonite, thank you sooo much! :flowersfo
You're welcome. I hope you understand it better than I do. We had to learn how to care for Swan lines and do wedge pressures when I worked on a stepdown unit and were all sent to class for this. I bought a nice book on hemodynamic monitoring at the time. It was all for cross training. Anyway, I guess my heart just wasn't in it. I was more excited about chest tubes and ventilators.
CardioTrans, BSN, RN
789 Posts
also try http://www.pacep.org
http://www6.medical.philips.com/cmsmedia/hemo_1/
http://www.edwards.com/Products/CCEducationMap
try those........... hope they help.
Also check out the sticky in the CCU forum. Tons of links there for you.