Nursing Workforce Readiness: Refractory Hypoxemia in the ICU
SimXA 52-year-old male, Michael Johnson, with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes, is intubated and mechanically ventilated in the ICU for progressive shortness of breath following severe pneumonia. The patient is sedated and on assist-control ventilation, but despite initial settings, the patient’s condition worsens, with the patient hypotensive...
A 52-year-old male, Michael Johnson, with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes, is intubated and mechanically ventilated in the ICU for progressive shortness...
Tracheostomy Complications—Displacement (Fresh Tracheostomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient is a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a percutaneous tracheostomy performed two days ago and he continues to require mechanical ventilatory support. You are called to the bedside by the ICU nurse because...
The patient is a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a...