18) cardiopulmonary rescucitation. basics of fluid therapy and parenteral feeding Flashcards
indication?
- Cardiopulmonary arrest CPA
- Clinical signs:
➢ Gasping/ agonal breathing
➢ Lack of spontaneous breathing
➢ Lack of palpable pulse
➢ Lack of cardiac sounds
considerations before performing cpr
- Underlying disease
- Owners will
- Timing, must be within 3-5 minutes after CPA
- Equipment
- Trained staff (3 + n)
basic cardiac life support is done with?
ABCDEF method!
airways breathing circulation drugs ECG fluid therapy
airways?
➢ Clean the airways
➢ Endotracheal intubation
➢ Mouth-to-nose resuscitation until intubation and positive pressure ventilation with 100% oxygen can be performed
breathing?
➢ With AMBU-balloon
➢ Ventilation: 10 breaths/min, volume of 10mL/kg and inspiration time of 1sec, ideally with portable bag-valve-mask apparatus
➢ Acupuncture of Jen chung point
circulation?
➢ Thoracic compression
➢ Right lateral recumbency
➢ Medium-large breed: both hands on the widest points of the thorax
➢ Medium breeds: one hand over the heart (4th to 6th IC space)
➢ Small breeds and cats: 1 hand over the cardiac area, thumb on the other side of the chest
➢ Rhythm 80-100/ min (staying alive!), compression to ventilation rate 30:2
➢ in animals without any abdominal disease → can do interposed abdominal compression to also improve the venous return
➢ Open-Chest Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Emergency thoracotomy)
drugs?
➢ Intravenous application → lift the limb over the heart, 2-3 min!
➢ Intratracheal application
o Safe with: atropine, epinephrine/adrenalin, lidocaine, naloxone, vasopressin
o Use 2-2.5 x dose (epinephrine/ adrenalin even 3-10x)
o Drug must be solved in 5-10 ml sterile water or saline
o CAVE: severe pulmonary disease (edema)
o Adrenalin (tonogen inj) → alpa2 adrenergic stimulating effect → peripheral arteriolar vasoconstriction → cerebral and coronarial perfusion increased
0.01 mg/kg IV → repeated dosage (max 0.1mg/kg)
o Atropine (atropine inj. → heart rate incr., vascular resistance incr., blood pressure incr. → most effective in case of vagotonia induced asystole
0.04 mg/kg IV → repeated (max 3 times)
ECG? check for:
◼ Sinus bradycardia
◼ Asystole
◼ Ventricular fibrillation, flutter
◼ Pulse-less electrical activity
fluid therapy if the animal is hypovolemic?
◼ → isotonic balanced crystalloid solutions should be rapidly administered, shock dose: dog 90ml/kg, cat 45ml/kg
◼ synthetic colloids (hatastarch HAES, hydroxyethyl, starch, dextran 70, stroma-free hemoglobin) will rapidly expand intravascular volume with less infusion volumes required (don’t give infusion to euvolemic animals!), shock dose: dog 5ml/kg, cat 2-3ml/kg
◼ hypertonic saline (NaCl 3%
if animal is euvolemic:
◼ crystalloids in bolus with max speed, dog 2ml/kg bolus, cat 10ml/kg bolus
Monitoring of critically ill patients
- Temp, pulse, respiratory rate, capillary refill time, blood glucose
- Critically ill patients:
➢ SIRS
➢ Septicemia
➢ CHF
➢ Severe respiratory disease
➢ Cerebral diseases (seizures)
➢ Multiplex trauma
➢ Coagulopathies, toxicosis, anesthesia
➢ Ill puppies < 2kg
monitoring after CPR
- end-tidal CO2 during CPR
o <10 mmHg indicates esophageal intubation
o 12-18 mmHg indicates return to spontaneous circulation (ROSC)
o >45 mmHG indicates hypoventilation of increased CO2 delivery to lungs after ROSC - Routine ECG during CPR
- monitor closely after CPA: ECG, blood pressure (dopamine, dobutamine or other pressor agents as blood pressure support), neurologic status, pulse oximetry, ETCO2, venous blood gases
- anaerobic metabolism occurs during shock and CPA → blood lactate levels rise → needs treatment
postresection care?
- efforts to normalize venous oxygen content, lactate, blood pressure, central venous pressure, PCV and oxygen saturation
- mannitol or furosemide often indicated to reduce cerebral edema
- mechanical ventilation in hypercapnic or hypoxic animals
- when needle vasopressors and positive inotropes
- postoperative care after open-chest CPR
- recurrence very likely → treatment of underlying cause crucial
Where can the fluid deficit be? + why
- Intravascular → Hypovolemia ➢ Subsequent to severe dehydration ➢ Acute hemorrhage ➢ Maldistribution (e.g. shock, GDV) ➢ Anaphylaxis - Interstitial and intracellular → Dehydration ➢ Lack of fluid/food intake ➢ Excessive loss of fluid (but not from vascular like bleeding!) → vomitus, diarrhea, PU
evaluation of the hydration status/level of dehydration:
history physical exam ➢ Skin turgor ➢ Position of the eyes (enophthalmos) ➢ Perfusion parameters: ◼ Color of mm (also shiny or dry?) ◼ CRT ◼ Heart rate ◼ Pulse quality ◼ Vena jugularis distention - Measuring the body weight - Easy and quick laboratory assays (PCV, TP, USG, lactate) - Measurement of the total body water (multifrequencial bioelectric impedance analysis
