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Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Tube Placement Checklist ... masks, gowns INSERTION ... not adherent o Direct ... Technique Nick ... #Procedure #Management
Epistaxis Management Algorithm / Checklist

1. blow out clots 
2. vasoconstrictor spray 
3. nose clip or direct
Epistaxis Management ... Algorithm / Checklist ... . nose clip or direct ... #Checklist #ENT ... #Management
Post Proning Nursing Checklist
Head/Face: 
 - Check ETT/tracheostomy is accessible/not kinked (ETT cm at teeth …..)
Proning Nursing Checklist ... taped shut - No direct ... lower back and neck ... Proning #Nursing #Checklist ... #CriticalCare #Management
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... to the OR,” but direct ... to the OR means direct ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... the Management ... erysipelas with no focus ... #SSTIs #Algorithm ... #Management #skin
Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy - Procedure Instructions Checklist
Tracheostomy is to establish a definitive surgical opening into the
Procedure Instructions Checklist ... tracheal ring ideal insertion ... level of needle insertion ... ’oclock during direct ... #management #procedure
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
hemorrhage • Apply direct ... to assess for neck ... Binder) • Use POCUS ... Consider chest tube insertion ... Survey #CABCDE #management
Resequenced Trauma Resuscitation Algorithm

Two categories of immediate life-threats in trauma:

1. Massive external hemorrhage

2. Critical airway compromise
Resuscitation Algorithm ... of airway, head/neck ... resuscitation should focus ... Resuscitation #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Management
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Wuhan Virus") • Infection ... unilateral* • POCUS ... bronchograms Nick ... Cheatsheet #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
tube against the neck ... NOT attempt re-insertion ... Inflate cuff, apply direct ... Surgical management ... #differential #management