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Determining Fetal Heart Rate During Air Transport

  • by Kris Nelson
  • Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019
  • Diagnostics

Monitoring Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) during transport can be difficult at best. Utilizing Point of Care (POC) ultrasound in M (motion) mode is one potentially reliable method in which to do this.

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When the Device Isn’t Enough

  • by Maz
  • Posted on March 11, 2019March 12, 2019
  • Critical Care

A case of a patient who presents with a “low flow” alarm to his left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and the transport team’s efforts to troubleshoot and stabilize the patient.

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