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Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Tube Placement Checklist ... ensure that the lung ... is not adherent ... #Procedure #Management ... #CriticalCare #
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
used to treat pulmonary ... injury • ECMO is ... (pulmonary support ... #ECMO #Basics #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
-19 Intubation Checklist ... Procedure • Most ... using BVM: Hold mask ... #SARSCoV2 #Management ... #CriticalCare #
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Checklist Evaluation ... Liver function tests ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... (no B-lines on ultrasound
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Chest X-ray and lung ... ultrasound (exclude ... other lung disease ... #Management #CriticalCare
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
Management of Jehovah's ... mission-critical tests ... aggressively - Early procedural ... twitter.com/PulmCrit #Checklist ... #patient #ICU #CriticalCare
Mask Oxygen Delivery Devices

Simple Mask aka Hudson's Mask:
 • Flow 6-10 LPM
 • FiO2 35-50%
Face Tent:
Mask Oxygen Delivery ... FiO2 35-50% Face Tent ... color coded; each is ... Delivery #Devices #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... intrathoracic procedure ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Pulmonary Contusion on Lung POCUS

A 20yo M presents after high speed MVA. BP 140/80, HR 95,
on Lung POCUS ... finding, which is ... the best management ... #Contusion #Lung ... BLines #clinical #ultrasound
Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy - Procedure Instructions Checklist
Tracheostomy is to establish a definitive surgical opening into the
Tracheostomy - Procedure ... Bronchoscopic ± ultrasound ... #Tracheostomy #criticalcare ... #pulmonary #checklist ... #management #procedure