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Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Connect to pleural drainage ... Checklist #Procedure #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... insertion #placement
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK ... attempt surgical drainage ... #Shock #Management ... #CriticalCare
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
shock, cryptic ... shock. ... host response to infection ... types #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK ... INITIAL MANAGEMENT ... ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ... Prompt removal/drainage ... #Diagnosis #Management
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Diagnosis and Management ... host response to infection ... SEPTIC SHOCK is ... Patients w/ septic shock ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare
Six-step approach to ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement

I. Identify anatomy of insertion site and localization of
venous catheter placement ... Identify anatomy of insertion ... Guided #POCUS #Placement ... Catheter #Venous #Management ... #CriticalCare
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
used to guide placement ... NOT attempt re-insertion ... Surgical management ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
- PEG tube placement ... ERCP incomplete drainage ... ERCP complete drainage ... setting of active GI infection ... Gastroenterology #Management