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Landmark technique for fascia iliaca nerve block for hip fractures in the Emergency Department. 

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emergencymedicine #anesthesiology ... hipfracture #nerveblock #procedure
An important part of an anesthesiologist's job is obviously to ensure patient stability during a procedure,
stability during a procedure ... and after the procedure ... checklist #anesthesia #anesthesiology
The management of hypoxia in a patient undergoing a procedure has a variety of etiologies, but
patient undergoing a procedure ... management #treatment #anesthesiology
ICU Hypotension - Evaluation Algorithm

OFTEN Mnemonic:

OWN THE PULSE PRESSURE 

FEEL YOUR PATIENT'S LEGS 

TEST FOR FLUID
PULSE PRESSURE FEEL ... RESPONSIVENESS ECHO/POCUS
Portal Venous Gas on POCUS

Adhikari's Image of the Wk: Portal vein gas! Can be an ominous
Venous Gas on POCUS ... diagnostic/therapeutic procedures ... Portal #VenousGas #POCUS
Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting

Infographic by Dr. Jesse Burk-Rafel
@jbrafel

> 8 hours - Heavy foods (fried/fatty) and
undergoing Elective Procedures ... Anesthesiology.
Surgical Chest Tube for Unstable Pneumothorax or Hemothorax
PREPARE
 • Landmark: Anterior Axillary Line, 4th or 5th
- Feel superior ... placement #checklist #procedure
Lister's tubercle aka dorsal tubercle of the distal end of the radius.  It's a bony
various clinical procedures ... ExtensorPollicisLongus #Diagnosis #POCUS
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
along ribs until feel ... #Instructions #procedure
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
dissection o Feel ... ChestTube #Checklist #Procedure