16 results
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... Step 2: Pre-test ... & Specificity Assess ... #Stewardship #ultrasound ... #management #diagnosis
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... Checklist GATHER/TEST ... Capnograph PLAN o Assess ... POST INTUBATION MANAGEMENT ... #management #procedure
Neonatal Resuscitation - Preparation and Overview
Preparation:
 - All health professionals dealing with newborn infants should be
Airway, Breathing ... resuscitation (Airway ... 160 beats/min, best ... #Preparation #peds ... #management #pediatrics
The Vortex is based on the principle that there are three ‘nonsurgical’ techniques to establish a
If a best effort ... front-of-neck access ... If a ‘best effort ... management can ... delivery after best
Inhaled Foreign Body Management

Abdominal thrusts using the Heimlich 
manoeuvre in older children to expel an inhaled
Inhaled Foreign Body Management ... Abdominal thrusts are best ... Maneuver #Choking #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Airway ... #ForeignBody #Management
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Diagnosis and Management ... increasing upper airway ... or recession at rest ... Croup #Diagnosis #Management ... #pediatrics #peds
Delirium Tips: What NOT To Do:
 - Don't think delirium is a benign condition 
 -
- Don't order tests ... antipsychotic meds ... patients over 65 anyway ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Maintain the airway ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... using ultrasound ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Peritonsillar Abscess on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

A 19yo female presents with pain and fever. Based
Peritonsillar Abscess ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... , which is the best ... management option ... #PTA #Ultrasound
Patients with CHD are exceptionally sensitive to the effects of bronchiolitis on their volume status
Four principles
of treating a Tet ... In a Tet spell your ... directs blood flow away ... heart where the Tet ... #Management #Peds