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PRONE POSITIONING - Portsmouth ICU @icu_portsmouth

#Prone #Positioning #Procedure #Proning #Protocol #Checklist #Instructions #Protocol #Proned #Management #CriticalCare
Proning #Protocol #Checklist ... #Instructions # ... Proned #Management #CriticalCare
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist ... - Cough (Cough/gag ... interruption) S - SAT ... #Extubation #Checklist ... Mnemonic #MASCOTS #criticalcare
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
Mixing instructions for epinephrine - a "dirty epi drip"

 - Inject 1 mg of epinephrine into
Mixing instructions ... epinephrine into a liter bag ... #gtt #Mixing #Instructions ... #CriticalCare #
Push Dose Pressors - Mixing Instructions - Epinephrine and Phenylephrine

Epinephrine Preparation steps:
1. Add 9 mL of
Pressors - Mixing Instructions ... phenylephrine to 100 mL NS bag ... mL from this NS bag ... #Pharmacology #CriticalCare ... Phenylephrine #Mixing #Instructions
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... if suspected (e.g ... block (+/- daily EKG ... #Endocarditis #checklist ... #criticalcare #
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
ED Thoracotomy Instructions ... sternum: Sternal saw ... sternum: Sternal saw ... #Thoracotomy #Instructions ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... Relevant drug levels (e.g ... rigidity) Consider EEG ... nonconvuIsive status #Checklist ... #Workup #MICU #CriticalCare
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
ED Thoracotomy Instructions ... • Scissors or saw ... #Thoracotomy #Instructions ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management checklist ... septic shock (e.g ... resuscitation (e.g ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare