Hemodynamic Monitoring Part I: Waveform Recognition
Program Sections
1. Pressure Monitoring Systems
2. The Multi-Lumen Catheter
3. Arterial Blood Pressure Waveforms
4. Central Venous Waveforms
5. Right Ventricular Waveforms
6. Pulmonary Artery Waveforms
7. Pulmonary Artery Wedge Waveforms
8. Respiratory Influence on Waveforms
This section presents the component parts of a pressure monitoring system, a graphicexample of a complete arterial pressure monitoring system and pulmonary artery pressure monitoring system, and examples for troubleshooting the system.
The Multi-Lumen Catheter
The Multi-Lumen Catheter section includes indications for PA catheterization, risks/complications of PA catheterization, vascular access - insertion sites for PA catheterization, component parts of the multi-lumen PA catheter, and catheter insertion and flotation through the heart. Also included in this section are the pulmonary zones of perfusion.
Through graphics and computerized animation, the user is shown catheter insertion through the heart and the characteristic waveforms produced.
Arterial Blood Pressure Waveforms
This section presents the indications for arterial cannulation, vascular access - insertion sites for arterial cannulation, risks/complications of arterial cannulation, interpreting the arterial waveform, electrocardiogram correlation with arterial waves, and abnormal arterial waveforms.
The arterial waveforms are set in motion just as in a real-life situation! more
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