Critical Care Flashcards
1
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What is critical care?
A
- Initial assessment - ABCDE
- Organ system support
- Single vs multiple
2
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What are the different levels of critical care?
A
- Level 1 care
- Ward based care
- Level 2 care
- Used to be called high dependency unit (HDU)
- Single organ support
- Level 3 care
- Intensive care
- Multiple organ support
3
Q
What are the different classifications of respiratory failure?
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- Type 1
- Oxygenation failure
- Type 2
- Oxygenation and ventilation
4
Q
Describe the management of type 1 respiratory failure?
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- Give oxygen
- On ward can give 0-15L/min
- Nasal canuli (2-4L/min, 25-30% oxygen)
- Hudson mask (4-10L/min, 40% oxygen)
- Trolley mask (15L/min, 90% oxygen)
- In critical care
- High flow nasal canuli (humidifies air so can give more oxygen than normal ward, 70L/min, 100% oxygen)
- On ward can give 0-15L/min
5
Q
How much oxygen can be given in a ward?
A
0-15L
6
Q
- Nasal canuli (2-4L/min, 25-30% oxygen)
- Hudson mask (4-10L/min, 40% oxygen)
- Trolley mask (15L/min, 90% oxygen)
A
7
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How much oxygen can be given in critical care?
A
- High flow nasal canuli (humidifies air so can give more oxygen than normal ward, 70L/min, 100% oxygen)
8
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Describe the management of type 2 respiratory failure?
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- Non-invasive ventilator – applies pressure to airways to keep them open and reduce work of breathing
- Invasive ventilator – stops air from escaping, protects the airway from secretions
- Need NG tube for feeding, cannot talk
- Tracheostomy – for long term, allows patient to swallow
9
Q
What is shock?
A
Shock = acute circulatory failure with inadequate or inappropriately distributed tissue perfusion resulting in cellular hypoxia
10
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What are the different classifications of shock?
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- Distributive (septic)
- Blood going to wrong places
- Hypovolemic
- Aetiology – blood loss, trauma, surgery
- Anaphylactic
- Blood vessels abnormally dilated so blood going to wrong places, but also pump failure (unlike distributive)
- Neurogenic
- Disruption of sympathetic nervous system causes abnormal vasodilation – blood in wrong places
- Cardiogenic
- ‘Heart failure’ – heart cannot pump blood around the body
11
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What is distributive shock also called?
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Septic shock
12
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What is septic shock?
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- Blood going to wrong places
13
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What is the cause of hypovolaemic shock?
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- Aetiology – blood loss, trauma, surgery
14
Q
What is anaphylactic shock?
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- Blood vessels abnormally dilated so blood going to wrong places, but also pump failure (unlike distributive)
15
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What is neurogenic shock?
A
- Disruption of sympathetic nervous system causes abnormal vasodilation – blood in wrong places