CRACKCast E198 – Brain Resuscitation

Core Questions:

1. What is cerebral autoregulation?
2. Describe your parameters for post-arrest care of a brain injured patient.
3. List 7 interventions for management of a patient with elevated ICP.
4. What are the equations for cerebral blood flow and cerebral perfusion pressure?
5. Describe a protocol for induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest.
6. In the patient with a traumatic brain injury, what is the optimal drug for and duration of seizure prophylaxis?

Wisecracks:

1. What are Lundberg A waves?
2. What is the relationship between PaCO2 and CBF?
3. What is the Monro-Kellie hypothesis?   
   1. How do these values change in patients with severe coma?
4. What is the probability that a survivor of cardiac arrest has a full neurologic recovery?