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Chest Tube Drainage System - Chambers and Functionality
Clamp: simulates NO chest tube in at all
Chamber 1:
drainage of the fluid/air ... out - "simulates gravity ... draw the fluid/air ... System #Chambers #diagnosis ... #criticalcare
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... densities iin the left lung ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... CT • Air surrounding ... preexisting pulmonary cavity ... Monod #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
-19 Intubation Checklist ... disposable cap to cover hair ... Procedure • Most ... SARSCoV2 #Management #CriticalCare ... #Coronavirus
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
positioned to drain air ... cavity? ... AIR LEAK • Air ... • Intermittent air ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
GET INTO CHEST. ... to protect the lung ... Intrathoracic Hemorrhage Air ... #Instructions #procedure ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the differential diagnosis ... the surrounding lung ... usually contain air ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst #
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
bronchospasm with no air ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... placement for post-procedure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management