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Needle Cricothyroidotomy Made Simple:

1. Chloraprep 
2. 14 gauge angiocath 
3. Saline flush 
4. 3mL syringe
5. 7.0
Cricothyroidotomy #Supplies #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Airway #Setup ... #Instructions
Surgical Chest Tube for Unstable Pneumothorax or Hemothorax
PREPARE
 • Landmark: Anterior Axillary Line, 4th or 5th
• Landmark: Anterior ... Sterile gloves & drapes ... SarahFoohey #chesttube ... #placement #checklist ... #procedure #instructions
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Tube Placement Checklist ... TECHNIQUE o Scrub, drape ... @nickmmark #ChestTube ... #Checklist #Procedure ... #Management #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
on patient or drapes ... or in patient’s airway ... • Remove all drapes ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Resuscitative Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions
When? ASAP. Within 4 minutes when possible.
Who? Pregnant patient with uterus above
Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions ... Cardiac Arrest Management ... Compressions, Airway ... Hysterotomy #Procedure #Instructions ... #checklist #obstetrics
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions

Do 4 minutes into arrest if uterus above the umbilicus

1. Manage Arrest
 • Compressions,
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions ... Compressions, Secure airway ... #Hysterotomy #Instructions ... Obstetrics #Emergency #management ... #checklist
Lateral Canthotomy - Procedure Instructions
1) Identify the lateral canthus.
Cleanse the area with antiseptic and anesthetize with
Canthotomy - Procedure Instructions ... the lower eyelid away ... to expose the inferior ... Canthotomy #Procedure #Instructions ... #Management #Ophthalmology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
used to clear obstructions ... to the lung or airways ... injury to lung or airways ... • For air -> anterior ... @nickmmark #ChestTube
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Maintain the airway ... Plan definitive management ... • Prep and drape ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy - Procedure Instructions Checklist
Tracheostomy is to establish a definitive surgical opening into the
Tracheostomy - Procedure Instructions ... Checklist Tracheostomy ... Sterilize and drape ... anterior neck Landmarks ... #management #procedure