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Suture Needle Types:
Cutting and reverse cutting most common for skin closure
Cutting: sharp edge of needle on
: Cutting and reverse ... used for surgical applications ... soft tissue #Management ... #Materials #Classification ... #Selection
Not sure what suture to use? PBL Infographic by @MClarkMD2B During EMClerkship - J. Scott Wieters
Not sure what suture ... Michael Clark #Management ... #Sutures #Materials ... #Selection #Guide ... #Student #Algorithm
Suture Needle Types:
Cutting and reverse cutting most common for skin closure
Cutting: sharp edge of needle on
Suture Needle Types ... : Cutting and reverse ... used for surgical applications ... soft tissue #Management ... #Selection #Needles
Epistaxis Management Algorithm / Checklist

1. blow out clots 
2. vasoconstrictor spray 
3. nose clip or direct
Epistaxis Management ... Algorithm / Checklist ... posterior packing, reversal ... #Checklist #ENT ... #Management
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Torsades de Pointes - Management ... Algorithm Drugs ... • Prevents future ... Isoproterenol (non selective ... #Algorithm
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
Anaesthesia Severe ... coagulation and cultures ... Discuss ongoing management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm Lifestyle ... % - Recurrent severe ... #algorithm #DM2 ... #DMII #Classification
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
bloodstream infection - Management ... Algorithm • Temperature ... Obtain blood cultures ... complicated CRBSI: • Severe ... #Algorithm #CRBSI
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
carry treatment implications ... breakdown of glycogen stores ... , present with severe ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #treatment
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... optimal care in severe ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist