Monthly Archives: July 2018

Hyperkalemia and Dialysis in a Deployed Setting



Listen to LtCol Ian Stewart, USAF, MC, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and a practicing Nephrologist at the David Grant United Airforce Medical Center explain the “Hyperkalemia and Dialysis in a Deployed Setting” Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG).  The following topics are discussed by LtCol Stewart in this podcast:

  • Primary causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) & Hyperkalemia in the deployed setting
  • Risk factors for AKI and Hyperkalemia in combat casualties
  • Rhabdomyolysis
  • Use of Renal Replacement Therapy prior to transport to a higher echelon of care
  • Monitoring practices in casualties with AKI
  • Criteria for transfer to a higher echelon of care for casualties with AKI
  • Current Research on AKI
  • Initial Treatments for AKI and hyperkalemia
  • Acute Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Methods available for Renal Replacement Therapy at different echelons of care
  • NxStage® System One TM Renal Replacement Therapy system
  • Catheter placement
  • Replacement fluids and rates
  • UltraFiltration
  • Difference between NxStage® System One TM and peritoneal dialysis
  • Performance improvement monitoring

 

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Burn Care JTS Clinical Practice Guideline



This podcast is a discussion with LTC Mario A. Rivera of the Army Nurse Corps and COL Jennifer Gurney from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR).  COL Gurney is a critical care trauma surgeon at USAISR and Chief of Trauma Systems Development with the Joint Trauma System. Learn more on the following topics as you listen to LTC Rivera and COL Gurney discuss the Burn Care Clinical Practice Guideline.

  • Burn Injury Assessment
  • Resuscitation
  • Wound Care
  • Scenarios including chemical and electrical injuries

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