Welcome to the Atomic Anesthesia podcast hosted by CRNA professor Dr. Rhea Temmermand and Co-Founder Sachi Lord. On this show, you'll hear clear, clinically grounded discussions designed for nurse anesthesia residents and CRNAs who want to feel more confident in complex pharmacology, physiology, and real-world anesthesia decision-making.
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The pump, the cannulas, the cardioplegia, the drips. CABG can feel like too many moving parts to keep straight for boards. In Week 3 of our 12-week SEE/NCE series, we tie every step of the case back to one idea, myocardial oxygen supply versus demand, so the decisions finally make sense.
In this episode:
- Coronary perfusion pressure, the coronary territories and why tachycardia is the enemyPreoperative medications, monitoring and the hemodynamic goals for inductionCardiopulmonary bypass basics, heparin dosing, ACT targets and protamine, plus why you never draw up protamine ahead of timeCardioplegia: how it stops the heart, and antegrade vs retrograde deliverySeparating from bypass, vasoplegia and post-bypass ventricular dysfunctionThe major complications, from bleeding and tamponade to stroke and AKI
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- SEE/NCE Study Plan — a structured, week-by-week plan to pass your boardsNon-Opioid Pharmacology Cheat Sheet — every non-opioid analgesic you need to know, one pageGPCR Cheat Sheet — G-protein coupled receptors decoded for anesthesia
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