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Cardiac Tamponade: Innovative Sternotomy Simulation Model For Training Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Team, Tolu Akinpelu, Mohammed Alhendy, Malarvizhi Thangavelu, Karen Weaver, Nicole Muller, James Mcelroy, Daniel Nento, Utpal Bhalala
Cardiac Tamponade: Innovative Sternotomy Simulation Model For Training Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Team, Tolu Akinpelu, Mohammed Alhendy, Malarvizhi Thangavelu, Karen Weaver, Nicole Muller, James Mcelroy, Daniel Nento, Utpal Bhalala
Research Symposium
Introduction: Cardiac tamponade occurring after cardiac surgery is rare but life threatening and requires simultaneous resuscitation and emergent sternotomy by the intensive care team. A simulated scenario using innovative mannequin with sternotomy wound has the capability of reproducing cardiac arrest associated with postoperative tamponade. We evaluated the face validity of this innovative mannequin, the confidence level and crisis resource management skills of the team during sternotomy to manage postoperative cardiac tamponade.
Methods: The simulation case scenario was developed using innovative sternotomy mannequin for children’s hospital cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) teams. The case involved a 3-year old male, intubated, mechanically …
An Unusual Ed Case: Cardiac Tamponade Presenting As Hiccups, Devleen Baksi, Nicholas Tomasello, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
An Unusual Ed Case: Cardiac Tamponade Presenting As Hiccups, Devleen Baksi, Nicholas Tomasello, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Cardiac tamponade is an emergent life threating condition that depending on cause can quickly progress to death. The rate of accumulation of a pericardial effusion often can determine the clinical severity. Typically, shortness of breath and hypotension manifest; however, in this unusual case, the initial presenting complaint was persistent hiccups.