Goals and Objectives
Goals
- Resident will be comfortable with initial evaluation and basic management of patients with dyspnea and respiratory distress
Learning Objectives
- Resident will be able to list and describe common acute life-threatening causes of dyspnea
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Arrhythmia
- Asthma
- COPD
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Edema (e.g. CHF exacerbation)
- Pulmonary Embolus
- Tamponade, Cardiac
- Resident will be able to describe presenting features of common acute life-threatening causes of dyspnea
- Resident will be able to list initial diagnostic interventions for patients with dyspnea
- Auscultation
- Pulse oximetry
- ECG
- CXR
- Peak Flow
- Ultrasound
- Volume Status Assessment
- Resident will be able to list initial therapeutic interventions for patients with dyspnea and their indications
- Oxygen Therapy
- NIPPV
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Nebulized Medications
- Steroids
- Nitroglycerin
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Recommended Resources
Prior to Conference
Additional Resources
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Asthma
Pneumonia
Pulmonary Edema
Pulmonary Embolism
Airway Management
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