Haemodynamic Monitoring

a review

The lecture duration is 26min.

0.5 CPD Points, 0.5 CEUs, 0.5 CME credits approval pending.
Accredited by CPDUK, CBRN and Provider Pending.

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Angela Craig
Clinical Nurse Specialist in ICU, Cookeville Regional Medical Center, USA
Lecture Summary

Hemodynamic monitoring in a critical care setting is very important to the individualized care of the patient. Using heartrate and blood pressure is not enough to determine patients preload, afterload and contractility needs. Utilizing hemodynamics of some sort (non-invasive, less – invasive) can really better outcomes in the critical care patient. It is essential though if you are utilizing hemodynamic monitoring at the bedside that you understand what the numbers mean and how you can better implement care at the bedside.

Target Audience

Critical Care Nurses

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

  • Discuss how advanced hemodynamics can benefit decision making at the critical care bedside
  • Utilize advanced hemodynamic parameters, through a case study approach, to treat and evaluate different patient disease states
  • Understand the importance of utilizing more than blood pressure and heart rate to evaluate a critically ill patient