ICU SAQs · Ethics, EOL & communication
The aeromedical retrieval — the physiological stressors of the flight
A CICM First-Part SAQ on retrieval physics — the Boyle-law gas expansion at the altitude, the Dalton-Henry hypoxia, the temperature, the noise and the vibration, the confined space, and the no-surprises-in-the-air preparation.
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Describe the physiological stressors of the aeromedical transport (the altitude, the oxygen, the temperature, the noise, the vibration) and the preparation of the patient.
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Describe the physiological stressors of the aeromedical transport (the altitude, the oxygen, the temperature, the noise, the vibration) and the preparation of the patient.
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- [9]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.