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Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... the tube as it passes ... Checklist #Procedure #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... insertion #placement
Balloting the ETT cuff refers to exerting gentle bouncing pressure over the suprasternal notch while palpating
incorrect ETT placement ... Thus, in some cases ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Confirmation #Placement
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
likelihood and clinical ... impact of basic management ... supraglottic airway placement ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Diagnosis and Management ... acute or chronic Clinical ... Renal - acute: • Early ... • Potassium replacement ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... ManagementEarly ... with early enteral ... the underlying cause ... #CriticalCare
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
used to guide placement ... initial tracheostomy placement ... Confirm proper placement ... This can cause life-threatening ... #criticalcare #
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
or iatrogenic causes ... . central line placement ... help and inform clinical ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Tracheostomy Procedural Sedation Checklist
Step 1: Provide adequate sedation for paralysis
Step 2: Get adequate analgesia for tracheal
hypotension post-placement ... Casey Albin, MD ... Sedation #Checklist #management ... #criticalcare
Adult Post–Cardiac Arrest Care Algorithm - AHA2020
Initial Stabilization Phase - Resuscitation is ongoing during the post-ROSC
steps: • Airway management ... endotracheal tube placement ... intervention: Early ... loop • Other critical ... care management
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Distinguish early ... maintained fever CAUSES ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management