Healing Hearts: Empowering Pediatric Critical Care Providers

In the cardiac lesion series, pediatric Intensivist, Dr. Laura Ortmann, describes the background of the cardiac lesion, what it looks like clinically, the most common complications post-operatively, and how the lesion is managed. In this episode, she will discuss the Cardiac Lesion: Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery or ALCAPA. Be sure to tune into all of the cardiac lesion series during the month of February with Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week!

Tune into another episode in the wellness series. Join Sarah Wheeler, wellness coordinator at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, and Brooke Sukup, Board Certified Lactation Specialist, as they discuss lactation and the resources at Children's Hospital and Medical Center for both expectant and new moms, managers who support these moms, and staff nurses who work with moms and are fielding questions. They will review resources available and provide some background on lactation.

In the cardiac lesion series, pediatric Intensivist, Dr. Laura Ortmann, describes the background of the cardiac lesion, what it looks like clinically, the most common complications post-operatively, and how the lesion is managed. In this episode, she will discuss the Cardiac Lesion: Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return or TAPVR.

Sarah Wheeler, wellness coordinator, and David Huskey, chaplain and thrive coordinator, discuss the concepts of burnout and moral distress. They discuss how our Thrive program at Children's Hospital and Medical Center helps empower staff to reach their fullest potential. Furthermore, they introduce a self-care plan that can be accessed at https://www.childrensomaha.org/for-providers/healing-hearts/. If you have questions about establishing a similar program at your organization or resources Thrive has to offer, email dhuskey@childrensomaha.org

In the last episode of the shock series, Dr. Sidharth Mahapatra, MD, PhD, FAAP, discusses the other shock states and important characteristics as well as unique clinical management.

In this second episode of the shock series, Dr. Sidharth Mahapatra, MD, PhD, FAAP, describes septic shock. He discusses important assessments, clinical management, and the importance of early intervention for the pediatric population. References: Brown, R. M., Wang, L., Coston, T. D., Krishnan, N. I., Casey, J. D., Wanderer, J. P., et al. (2019). Balanced crystalloids versus saline in sepsis. a secondary analysis of the smart clinical trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 200(12), 1487–1495. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201903-0557oc Sepsis alliance. Sepsis Alliance. (2021, April 26). http://www.sepsis.org/ Weiss, S. L., Peters, M. J., Alhazzani, W., Agus, M. S., Flori, H. R., Inwald, D. P., et al. (2020). Surviving sepsis campaign international guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 21(2).https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000002198

Join Dr. Sidharth Mahapatra, MD, PhD, FAAP, a pediatric intensivist at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, as he leads a three-part series on shock. In the first episode, he gives an overview of shock and the pathophysiology. He will also introduce the coming episodes of the series.

Join Sarah Wheeler, MS, wellness coordinator at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, as she introduces a new wellness series that will discuss what the wellness program at Children's has to offer. She will introduce the six dimensions of the wellness program and future episodes you can anticipate. Each episode will give a takeaway point about how they can empower you to reach your fullest potential.

Now that you have learned about arterial blood gases in the previous episode, learn about venous blood gases and what differentiates them. Dr. Laura Ortmann, pediatric intensivist, will help you learn the differences in values and analysis to become a blood gas expert.

Introducing a new bonus series: Transport Tidbits. Join members of our transport team at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center as they talk through various diagnoses in each episode. They will cover four things in each short episode: (1) an overview of the condition, (2) assessment of the condition and diagnostic tests, (3) priority interventions for this patient (including medications), and (4) the biggest risk for decompensation in this patient. They will also highlight pertinent questions for you, the inpatient bedside team, to ask when receiving handoff and admitting this patient from the transport team. In this first episode Calicia Patton, the transport shift coordinator, will give the behind the scenes of the transport team!