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Intubation Timeline and Medications
#Management #Pharm #CriticalCare #RSI #RapidSequenceIntubation #Timeline #Medications #Doseages #Checklist
Intubation Timeline ... and Medications ... #Management #Pharm ... RapidSequenceIntubation #Timeline #Medications ... #Doseages #Checklist
5MinuteAirway AIRWAY CHECKLIST
Everyone needs a checklist.. here’s ours.  Print it out, laminate it, don’t laminate
5MinuteAirway AIRWAY CHECKLIST ... Everyone needs a checklist ... and @bronksi_EM #Management ... #Airway #RSI #Intubation ... #Checklist #Medications
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Non-Invasive Positive ... exacerbation (↓ intubation ... CPAP - Continuous positive ... #NonInvasive #Positive ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
The checklist is ... is the actual checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Difficult #Airway #Intubation ... #Checklist #Algorithm
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... Awake o Pre-Medication ... /INDUCTION o Position ... MANAGEMENT o ... #airway #management
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... to your airway checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Intubation #Airway ... #Checklist #ETTDepths
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Noninvasive Positive ... & Inspiratory Positive ... COPD, decreases intubation ... NIPPV #CPAP #BPAP #indications ... #criticalcare #management
Differential Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusion

Trauma
Pericarditis
Recent MI
Autoimmune 
Neoplastic 
Endocrine/Metabolic 
Venous Congestion 
Medications 

- Dr. Tom Fadial https://twitter.com/thame

#Pericardial
Differential Diagnosis ... Venous Congestion Medications ... Pericardial #Effusion #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Emergency #Algorithm
Orthostatic Hypotension - Management Algorithm
Positive orthostatic vital signs defined as one of the following (within 3
Hypotension - Management ... Algorithm Positive ... No → Medication ... Yes → Medication ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
rate • Fewer position ... straightening devices and position ... time • Less position ... Endoscopy #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm