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Failure to rescue in post-cardiotomy cardiac arrest? Impacted by 🏥 Hospital volumes 📋 Use of protocol (CALS) NOT Impacted by 🫀 Patient pre-op risk 🔪 Procedural complexity CardioNerds UMN Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit Alix Barnes

Impromptu ventilator management workshop. We take care of our buddies 🫁 too!

ECMO, ECPR, hands-on cannulation! Taught by our very own IC faculty! 🫀🫁⚙️🚑

More learning over dinner!!! #CCCES25

Cardiac Arrest Pearl for Refractory VF ⚡️ For patients with a core body temp < 32C, defibrillations and antiarrhythmics are less successful ⚡️Support end organ perfusion with ECMO, rewarm and repeat defibrillation and antiarrhythmic admin as the patients core temp increases

Next up: Impella Management 🚨Suction Alarms? Think LV preload versus improper positioning ✔️ Check position with echo ✔️ If position okay, can decrease P level or give volume. Also consider RV fxn as etiology of reduced LV preload! #CCCES25 UMN Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit CardioNerds

Starting #CCCES25 Day 2 with my favorite topic - mechanical circulatory support! 🤩 ❤️‍🔥 See below ⬇️ for key takeaways! UMN Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit CardioNerds Alix Barnes

Getting some experience with automated CPR devices. Thanks ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions and Stryker!! #CCCES25 UMN Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit CardioNerds

#CCCES25 continues with embolectomy catheters for PE interventions. 🫁🩸 Hands on stations with Flowtriever, Penumbra, and AngioVac! UMN Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit CardioNerds Alix Barnes

More hands-on sessions this morning at #CCCES25! Neuro monitoring, pupillometry, IO access, mechanical CPR, & cooling devices - what’s your favorite CICU device? 🧠👀🦴🙌🏼🥶 CardioNerds UMN Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit Society Of Critical Care Cardiology

Quote of the day, “You don’t need to be dead to get lytics!” 🩸💉 James Horowitz

Hailing from the great city of Philadelphia, Dr. Robert Berg joins us to speak about the pathophysiology of cardiac arrest and CPR ❤️‍🔥🙌🏼⚡️ #CCCES25 UMN Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit CardioNerds

Learning dual sequential defibrillation from one of my fav CCC mentors Ricky Hansra, MD 🫀 ! ⚡️ Make sure the pads are not touching ⚡️Have one person touch both buttons to have best chance for synchronized timing— < 75ms with dual shock resulted in the high rates of ROSC #CCCES25