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Emergency and Critical Care Nurse Licensure Examination Review Basic life support (BLS) A means of providing oxygen to the brain, heart and other organs until help arrives…
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Renal Failure Acute Renal Failure Is a condition in which the kidneys are unable to remove accumulated metabolites from the blood, leading to altered fluid, electrolyte,…
Head Injury What is Head Injury • Literally refers to trauma to the head. This may or may not include injury to the brain. However, the terms traumatic brain injury and…
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Renal Failure Acute Renal Failure Is a condition in which the kidneys are unable to remove accumulated metabolites from the blood, leading to altered fluid, electrolyte,…
NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON Dr.Surinder S Hansra Introduction ³No-reflow´, used to describe microvascular obstruction and reduced myocardial flow after opening an occluded artery,…
MANAGEMENT OF SEPTIC SHOCK UP DATE Intended Learning outcomes Definitions. Hents on the pathophysiology. Understending the priorities in managenet. Understandings the basic…