Training Resources for CPR in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices VADs

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One of the treatments used to manage advanced heart failure is an implantable Ventricular Assist Device (VAD). This video demonstrates how to assess and care for an unresponsive patient with a VAD without adequate perfusion. It includes a basic review of the device and how to ensure it is working, how to evaluate the patient following a VAD-specific algorithm which is included in the most recent ACLS guidelines, and complications that are common in VAD patients. • ------------------------------------------------------- • Subscribe to Michigan Medicine’s YouTube channel for upcoming videos and future live streams featuring our experts answering your questions. • ------------------------------------------------------- • • Follow Michigan Medicine on Social: • Twitter: / umichmedicine • Instagram: / umichmedicine • Facebook: / michiganmedicine • Follow the U-M Frankel Cardiovascular Center on Social: • Twitter: / umichcvc • Facebook: / universityofmichigancardiovascularcenter • #CPR #VAD #MichiganMedicine #PatientCare #MedEd #MedTech #Cardiology #UniversityOfMichiganHealth

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