The Goldilocks Approach to Normothermia Management: Not too hot - Not too cold just right!

Title: The Goldilocks Approach to Normothermia Management: Not too hot - Not too cold just right!

1 hour

Speaker: Mary Kay Bader RN, MSN, CCNS, FAHA, FNCS

Program Description:  

This course covers physiology associated with brain injuries and the impact temperature has on acute brain injuries.  She covers the definition & sources of fever, methods of monitoring fever, refractory fever, management of fever and goal-oriented care.  There is a section on the physiology of temperature regulation and thermoregulatory responses including shiver recognition and shiver control.  The program ends with Mary Kay reviewing the evidence-based protocol used at the facility she is employed and how the protocol came into practice on a recent case.

Educational Objectives:

By the end of this course the participant will be able to:

•        Relate the pathophysiological impact of injury to the central nervous system to temperature management
•        Identify key physiological and systemic effects temperature has on the ICU patient
•        Translate the research on normothermia into practice by developing evidence- based protocols
•        Apply the normothermia protocol interventions to an actual case study

Audience: 

Critical Care Nurses, Advance Practice Providers and Emergency Neurologic response teams working with brain injured patients.