2/1/2013 1
Robert M. Rodriguez, MD FAAEM Clinical Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, UCSF
Case 1:
40 yo Male restrained driver high speed MVA P 140, RR 40 labored, BP 100/70, O2 sat 70 Chest—wheeze, crackles Tender sternum and ribs without crepitus FAST negative Head, neck, abdominal/pelvis CT negative You expertly intubate him
Ventilation for ARDS—Pulmonary Contusion
Use PEEP for hypoxia—open lung Low tidal volume (6 cc/kg) High rate (20 or more) Control pressures (plateau < 30) Permissive hypercapnea
Continued Hypoxia on 100%: Improve Oxygenation—2 ways
Improve gas exchange in the lung
PEEP Prostacyclin/Epoprostenol Prone positioning
Improve situation in the periphery (systemic efforts)
Increase O2 delivery (Increase cardiac output)
Decrease metabolism/oxygen demand
Step 1 (lung)‐‐PEEP
Recruits (opens) collapsed alveoli Changes compliance curve Best for diffuse symmetric disease (ARDS/contusion) Not so good for differential lung disease (patchy one sided pneumonia)
PEEP recruitment maneuver
FiO2 100%, hyperventilate for 30 seconds Put on CPAP at 20 cm H2O Increase CPAP to 30 cm H2O for 10 seconds Increase CPAP to 40 cm H2O for 40 seconds Decrease CPAP to 30 cm H2O for 10 seconds Set PEEP to 20‐25 cm H2O and resume ventilation Monitor carefully –dysrhythmias