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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
by attaching a table ... to your airway checklist ... two aspects of post-intubation ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... failure, esp in work-up ... /management of shock ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #criticalcare
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... - Infectious workup ... Monitoring - Most ... main ones) - Antibiotics ... #Management #CriticalCare
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
oxygen supply intact ... until patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
devices, especially infants ... and children (most ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Post Proning Nursing Checklist
Head/Face: 
 - Check ETT/tracheostomy is accessible/not kinked (ETT cm at teeth …..)
Checklist Head ... - Dermal gel pads ... Proning #Nursing #Checklist ... #Post #Prone #CriticalCare ... #Management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
NSAIDs, β-blockers, Antibiotics ... periodic paralysis, post-hypothermia ... reabsorption) Workup ... Elimination (see Table ... sufficient if intact
Post-Intubation Pre-Departure Checklist - COVID19
1. If intubated, CONFIRM ETT PLACEMENT -> EtCO2
   - If
Pre-Departure Checklist ... CONFIRM MEDS & equipment ... #Intubation #Checklist ... #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Management
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Important culprits: antibiotics ... as patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... Antibiotics - ... /IV q 1 2hr if post-flu ... #Influenza #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare