Beyond ICP - Using Brain Oxygen Monitoring in Managing Severe TBI
Presented by Mary Kay Bader RN, MSN, CCNS, CCRN, CNRN this presentation focuses on learning how to manage the severe TBI patient through brain oxygen monitoring in the clinical setting. The lecture will focus on pathophysiology, secondary injury, oxygen dynamics, case vignettes, a case study and the ICU phase of care.
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Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most difficult challenges that EMS responders encounter, but research has shown that specific appropriate actions in the field can make a significant difference in patient outcome. Based on the Guidelines for Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, the first scientific evidence-based protocols of their kind, this course covers the optimal assessment, treatment, and triage and transport decisions for both adult and pediatric TBI patients. This course is geared towards all levels of prehospital care providers.
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Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
Presented by Dr. Jonathan Silver this presentation aims to discuss the different types of psychiatric diagnoses related to TBI, neuropsychiatric sequelae and the pharmacological therapy used to treat specific TBI related psychiatric disorders. Risks, benefits, drug interactions and side effects will also be discussed.
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ICP Monitoring 1: Inhospital Guidelines for the Management of Severe TBI
The first in our series on the new Guidelines for the Management of Severe TBI, this session is crucial for reviewing and acquiring new knowledge about normal neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. It is particularly geared towards critical care nurses who provide acute, life-saving management of patients following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Presented by Donald Marion, MD.
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