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Perianesthesia from Nancy McGushin
Perianesthesia Respiratory Emergencies in the Post Anesthesia Patient from Nancy McGushin
Faculty:Nancy McGushin
Duration:49 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video
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Description:
Post-operative complications can be fatal if not recognized and treated rapidly. If you care for patients who receive sedation, anesthesia and analgesia in the operative, interventional or diagnostic setting, this seminar is for you. Utilizing the latest evidence-based practice guidelines, you will learn to better understand the factors associated with respiratory emergencies in the post-operative patient, and improve your patient’s outcomes.
OUTLINE
General anesthesia’s effects on the respiratory system
- Muscle weakness
- Irritability
- Loss of protective reflexes
- Airway manipulation
Types of Respiratory emergencies
- Upper airway
- Muscular weakness
- Foreign matter issues
- Lower airway
- Laryngo/ Bronchospasms
- Hypoventilation
- Pulmonary edema
- Cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic
- Pulmonary embolism
- Aspiration
- Pneumothorax
Treatment Options for respiratory emergencies
- Airway maneuvers
- Artificial airway
- Suction
- Intubation/reintubation
- Oxygen therapy
- Diuresis
- Anticoagulation
OBJECTIVES
- Describe the effects of general anesthesia on the respiratory system
- List the types of respiratory emergencies that may occur in the post anesthetic period
- Explain treatment options for each type of respiratory emergency
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About Author
Nancy McGushin
Nancy McGushin has been a certified postanesthesia nurse (CPAN®) since 1994. She currently serves as the Perianesthesia Nurse Educator at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where she provides unit-based education and competency training for colleagues in the Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Preoperative Holding and Postanesthesia Phases I (PACU) settings. Nancy worked for fourteen years in inpatient PACU settings and for nine years in preanesthesia and postanesthesia care in a free-standing ambulatory surgery center. Her nursing career also includes experience in medical-surgical and neurosurgical critical care nursing, as well as staff development and nursing management.
Nancy is dedicated to providing perianesthesia nurses with the knowledge they need to safely care for their patients. She is an active member of the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses (ASPAN), a member of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and an affiliate member of the Ohio Nurses Association (ONA).
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