MarkHammerschmidt

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  1. First article update: "Vents and ABGs" is up at www.icufaqs.org...still, always,free.

    MarkHammerschmidt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all. The first in a series of article updates is up at http://www.icufaqs.org - "Vents and ABGs" has been revised to include some material on non-invasive ventilation: mask CPAP, bipap, I-pap,...

  2. +My first patient on a ballooon pump...

    MarkHammerschmidt replied to Noney's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi Noney - you might want to look at http://www.icufaqs.org - nice article we put up there on IABP, timing strips, timing errors, all like

  3. Daughter #1 becomes RN - the torch is passed!

    MarkHammerschmidt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. Quick, nice story: #1 daughter is now an RN at the age of 21, having neatly bypassed academic debt by going to the local community college - ha! Anyhow, she asked her 87-year-old patient the...

  4. Sure, the MICU FAQ site is still up...

    MarkHammerschmidt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all - sure, the MICU FAQ site is still up, at http://www.icufaqs.org - in response to someone's worry that we were gone. You kiddin'? What else would keep me out of the bars?

  5. First day in ICU!

    MarkHammerschmidt replied to Noney's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.icufaqs.org - FAQ articles for the new ICU

  6. Wow, this made me mad! Got my licks in though, didn't I?

    MarkHammerschmidt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. Hmm. I seem to have allowed myself to be provoked. I think it was overdue. Please consider, at your leisure, the following thread:...

  7. Trouble with transcutaneous pacer

    MarkHammerschmidt replied to Celia M's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    It's not that hard. You're pacing the patient for symptomatic bradycardia, right? Namely, their rate is low, so their BP is low. The transcutaneous pacer is gonna generate electrical artifact on...

  8. IV Capatibilities

    MarkHammerschmidt replied to Scis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    You could run the lido and the dopa together if they're compatible, but anything that dilutes/confuses/alters your delivery of a vasoactive drip is going to produce unpleasantness for all concerned:...

  9. ARDS in ICU any info for a student?

    MarkHammerschmidt replied to Cheri O's topic in MICU, SICU

    As I understand it, the whole thing about surviving ARDS comes from using vent strategies that result in lower lung pressures, whch is what pressure-limited ventilation is all about. I seem to recall...

  10. Nitric Oxide

    MarkHammerschmidt replied to KR's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi KR - yup, when it's run through the vent circuit, NO has a nice vasodilatory effect on stiff lungs - you should see something like a 25-30% drop in mean PA pressures, or something like that, if...

  11. IV Capatibilities

    MarkHammerschmidt replied to Scis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ack! Don't run intermittent meds through a dopamine line! You'll bolus them with the pressor, and then leave them with a line full of something

  12. Under construction at ICUFAQS..."Conscious Sedation" and "PEs"...

    MarkHammerschmidt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. Currently under construction at http://www.icufaqs.org is "Conscious Sedation", along with "PEs", while "Infections" is cooking on the back burner, evolving resistance before our very eyes....

  13. Under construction at www.icufaqs.org: "Conscious Sedation", also "PEs"...

    MarkHammerschmidt posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi all. Currently under construction at http://www.icufaqs.org is "Conscous Sedation", also "PEs", while "Infections" continues, slowly, on the back burner, having turned into a real bear of a...

  14. Under construction at www.icufaqs.org: "Conscious Sedation", and "PEs"...

    MarkHammerschmidt posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi all. Currently under construction at http://www.icufaqs.org is "Conscous Sedation", also "PEs", while "Infections" continues, slowly, on the back burner, having turned into a real bear of a...

  15. Help! Ventilators

    MarkHammerschmidt replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    May I humbly suggest my website, which has a series of FAQ articles on various subjects for ICU nurses - there's a pretty good file on vents and abgs: http://www.icufaqs.org Good