Cardiovascular Critical Care: Basic Principles and Monitoring
Learning Objectives
After studying this module on Cardiovascular Critical Care: Basic Principles and Monitoring, you should be able to:
- Obtains a history and performs an accurate clinical examination
- Undertakes timely and appropriate investigations
- Describes indications for echocardiography (transthoracic / transoesophageal)
- Performs electrocardiography (ECG / EKG) and interprets the results
- Recognises and manages the patient with circulatory failure
eModule Information
Expiry date: 10/2020
COBATrICe competencies covered in this module:
Competencies
- Monitors and responds to trends in physiological variables
- Recognises and manages the patient with circulatory failure
- Uses fluids and vasoactive / inotropic drugs to support the circulation
- Demonstrates a method for measuring cardiac output and derived haemodynamic variables
Faculty Disclosures:
The authors of this module have not reported any disclosures.
Duration: 8 hours
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