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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
using Light's criteria ... your learning, revision ... pleuralfluid #analysis #interpretation ... #lights #criteria ... #algorithm #differential
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... VISUALIZATION/TUBE PLACEMENT ... ideally post NG placement ... #checklist #criticalcare ... airway #management #procedure
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Checklist PREPARATION ... Make 1.5 to 2 cm incision ... #ChestTube #Checklist ... #Procedure #Management
Surgical Chest Tube for Unstable Pneumothorax or Hemothorax
PREPARE
 • Landmark: Anterior Axillary Line, 4th or 5th
Enter: - 3cm incision ... Aim towards head ... #chesttube #placement ... #checklist #procedure
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
to confirm ETT placement ... , for safer procedural ... resuscitation, and ... right mainstem intubation ... #Capnography #interpretation
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Right mainstream intubation ... midline longitudinal incision ... Stop if: Asystole and ... #Instructions #procedure ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Call for help and ... or oesophageal intubation ... Plan appropriate placement ... for post-procedure ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... VISUALIZATION/TUBE PLACEMENT ... ideally post NG placement ... #checklist #criticalcare ... airway #management #procedure