What’s New
Work Session on “Early Extubation After Cardiac Surgery”
Thank you to the 40+ people who made this another successful COAP Work Session!
Goals of Early Extubation Workshop
Demonstrate that early extubation is:
- Safe and patient-centered
- Feasible with appropriate protocols and teamwork
- Directed at throughput of patients with decreased LOS which will decrease cost
- Can happen in patients that have increased risk of prolonged intubation
Please view selected presentations and handouts:
- COAP Data on Ventilation Times -- Mary Gregg, MD, MHA, COAP Medical Director
- Hospital QI Processes: Using Data to Improve Quality -- Sharon Eloranta, MD, CHCA, Senior QI Consultant, Qualis Health
- Developing & Implementing Successful Early Extubation Protocols -- Amy Denniston, RT, St. Joseph Hospital, Bellingham
- Resources: Post Open Heart Surgery DFD
- Short Term Ventilation and Sedation Orders
- The Role of the Pulmonary Intensivist -- William Watts, MD, Pulmonologist, Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue
Work Session on “Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery”
Thank you to the 60+ people who made this another successful COAP Work Session!
- Work Session Agenda
- Blood Conservation Nationally -- Timothy Hannon, MD, MBA
- The Role of a Hospital-Based Blood Management Program: Experiences at Swedish -- Lori Heller, MD
- Perfusion Techniques to Minimize Transfusion During Cardiac Surgery -- Craig R. Vocelka, BS, CCP
- The Jehovah's Witness in Cardiac Surgery -- Jim Nelson
