FINALS ANAES SAQ69: BRAIN DEATH & ORGAN DONATION

00:00 A 20-year-old patient who satisfies the criteria for brainstem death has been accepted as an organ donor. a) List the main adverse cardiovascular changes associated with brainstem death. (5 marks) 1:16 b) What are the physiological goals (with values) required to ensure optimisation of this donor? (7 marks) 2:04 c) Outline the measures and drugs that may be used to achieve these goals. (8 marks) Additional Q&A 4:45 Discuss the concept of consciousness and various causes of altered consciousness 8:19 What are the four steps involved with the neurologic assessment of the unconscious patient? 8:35 What are the methods in determining level of consciousness? 10:52 Describe how would one manage a comatose patient 13:46 Define death and brain death 14:28 What are the steps in performing brain death testing? 17:03 Describe some ancillary tests for the diagnosis of brain death that you know of 18:07 What are some potential pitfalls in brain death testing? 19:38 What are some contraindications for organ donation? 19:53 What are the pathophysiological changes during and after brain death? 21:00 Describe the conduct of anaesthesia for the brain dead organ donor Special thanks to https://ketaminenightmares.com by Stuart    / @ketaminenightmares403   Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended, all data belongs to its rightful owners. For educational purposes only Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @foreverlearninganaes