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Prone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (P-CPR)
 - Confirm cardiac arrest
 - Shout for help
 - Commence prone CPR
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ... cardiac arrest ... Defibrillation pads ... pdf #Prone #Arrest ... #management #criticalcare
Rich Levitan teaches the VAPORS pneumonic: a quick run-through of the main issues to sort prior
from Scotland #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... RSI #Resuscitation ... Intubation #VAPORS #Mnemonic ... #Checklist
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Tube Placement Checklist ... Labs o Review Meds ... o Review Cxr ... #Procedure #Management ... #CriticalCare #
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Scoping Summary
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (VARICEAL-B):
V - Vasoconstrictor therapy: (Octreotide 50mcg bolus
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ... acquired/vasoactive meds ... as an OP R - Resuscitation ... intubation a/w adverse CP ... algorithm #VARICEALB #Mnemonic
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... esp in work-up/management ... miss MDR bugs) MEDS ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... diagnosis #workup #criticalcare
ZERO POINT SURVEY (ZPS) - STEPUP Mnemonic

Dubbed the ‘Zero Point Survey’ (ZPS), so called because first
(ZPS) - STEPUP Mnemonic ... assessment and management ... STEPUP #STEPS #Mnemonic ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Arrest #Preshospital
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Unexpected cardiac arrest ... , start CPR immediately ... hydrocortisone as part of resuscitation ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
European Resuscitation Council–European Society of Intensive Care Medicine algorithm for neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest. Reproduced from
European Resuscitation ... after cardiac arrest ... electroencephalogram, FPR ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Neurology #CriticalCare
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... antigens - Nares PCR ... Resuscitation & ... #Influenza #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare