Heart Failure - Level 4V

Hector Fernandez is a 62-year-old male patient with a history of heart failure who was brought to the Emergency Department via EMS. He subsequently arrested, was resuscitated, and is now in the ICU on a mechanical ventilator. In State 1, as students are completing their focused assessments, they can assess the patient’s ventilator settings against the Provider Orders by entering the Ventilator tab and viewing the ARISE Virtual Ventilator. Students should notice that the settings do not match the orders and call the Respiratory Therapist. In State 2, the ABG’s result. Students should evaluate the ABG’s and call both the Provider for new orders and the RT to make the changes. In State 3, the Respiratory Therapist has made the ordered ventilator changes and students can reassess the ARISE Virtual Ventilator settings.