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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Call for ultrasound ... Plan definitive management ... of underlying cause ... • Prep and drape ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Central line confirmation using 3cc bolus of saline (not agitated). Note also small PCE and ascites

Dr.
Saline #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #S4C #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #CriticalCare
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
TECHNIQUE o Scrub, drape ... the tube as it passes ... Checklist #Procedure #Management ... #CriticalCare #
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... - Mechanism: causes ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... Weakness, cramping, nausea ... tourniquet / IVF line draw ... only if no clear cause ... Terbutaline 7 µg/kg SC
ECMO Troubleshooting - OnePager Summary
ECMO Emergency Protocol - Team should train/practice & have necessary supplies at
circuit and can cause ... EMBOLISM - can cause ... drainage cannula draws ... #differential #management ... #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... the determined cause ... differential #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Point of Care Ultrasound ... cardiac output causes ... quickly (30-90 sec ... testing #diagnosis #criticalcare ... comparison #challenges #management
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram ... PSSA from case- ... Fibrillation #VFib #S4C ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... algorithm #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #