Emergency Management of Severe Brain Injury
11:45 am - 12:45 pm, Majestic Room - 6th Floor
Course Code: PBLD-17
Speaker: STAFFAN B. WAHLANDER, M.D.
Dr. Wahlander - Is on the speakers bureau for Hospira, Inc.
Objective(s):
The participants will be able to:
° Manage increased intracranial pressure;
° Discuss controversies that may arise regarding hyperventilation, blood pressure management, osmotherapy, barbiturates and chemical paralysis;
° Employ emergency anesthetic management of airways, fluid resuscitation balance and effects of anesthetics/muscle relaxants on intracranial pressure in severe traumatic brain injury.
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