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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
by attaching a table ... to your airway checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist ... #TidalVolumes #Table
Post Intubation Checklist
Airway
 - Inflate balloon 
 - Note tube depth 
 - Secure the tube
Post Intubation Checklist ... tube - Confirm bilateral ... PostIntubation #Checklist ... CriticalCare #ABCs #Management
Penicillins - Table of Coverage by Generation

Natural PCN  (1st generation): Benzathine PCN, PCN G 

Aminopenicillins
Penicillins - Table ... by Generation Natural ... #Antibiotics #Table ... #PCN #Management
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist ... Oxygenation (O2 stable ... #Extubation #Checklist ... #criticalcare #management
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... checklist Evaluation ... Intubated: Initiate enteral ... limit them as able ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach ... Enteral potassium ... with questionable enteral ... Critical Care #Checklist ... #Hypokalemia #Management
Natural History of HIV Infection - Timeline of Progression
Acute:
 • Viral Transmission → High VL (steady
Natural History ... drops • Mono like illness ... AIDS Chronic: • Stable ... AIDS defining illness
"Appropriate patient positioning for lumbar puncture and location of the L4/L5 intercostal space"-McMaster Textbook of Internal
patient in the lateral ... the examination table ... perpendicular to the table ... LumbarPuncture #Management
Resuscitative Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions
When? ASAP. Within 4 minutes when possible.
Who? Pregnant patient with uterus above
increase chance of maternal ... Cardiac Arrest Management ... placenta. 6) Continue Maternal ... #Instructions #checklist
Natural history
Aneurysms may progress in size as a result of gradual wall weakening [6], with rupture
Natural history ... cm in men [7] (Table ... Table 1: Annual ... 37:1106-1117 #Management