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Needle Cricothyroidotomy Made Simple:

1. Chloraprep 
2. 14 gauge angiocath 
3. Saline flush 
4. 3mL syringe
5. 7.0
Cricothyroidotomy #Supplies #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Airway #Setup ... #Instructions
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
The Trauma Call ... Timeline - A trauma ... assessment of airway ... to guide early management ... Teamwork #Approach #Checklist
Resuscitative Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions
When? ASAP. Within 4 minutes when possible.
Who? Pregnant patient with uterus above
Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions ... Cardiac Arrest Management ... Compressions, Airway ... Hysterotomy #Procedure #Instructions ... #checklist #obstetrics
Resequenced Trauma Resuscitation Algorithm

Two categories of immediate life-threats in trauma:

1. Massive external hemorrhage

2. Critical airway compromise
Resequenced Trauma ... life-threats in trauma ... resuscitation should focus ... management. ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions

Do 4 minutes into arrest if uterus above the umbilicus

1. Manage Arrest
 • Compressions,
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions ... Compressions, Secure airway ... #Hysterotomy #Instructions ... Obstetrics #Emergency #management ... #checklist
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
ED Thoracotomy Instructions ... Deliver Heart • Right ... #Thoracotomy #Instructions ... procedure #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
management is in ... position: • Right-handed ... stands on patient’s right ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Algorithm for management of Multiple Trauma in Mountain Environment
Complete primary survey
 - Haemorrhage control (regional and
Algorithm for management ... of Multiple Trauma ... desmopressin) - A - Airway ... SMR - Consider POCUS ... -1 #Multiple #Trauma
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
consequence of light ... if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
the approach to trauma ... injured blunt trauma ... because “the patient might ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist