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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Algorithm History ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... score • PERC; Well ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
odour, flash, flame ... ’s airway ❶ Call ... saline or saline soaked ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
for ultrasound ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... cause a dramatic clinical ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... X-ray and lung ultrasound ... - Infectious workup ... Intubation only if clinically ... (vital signs, clinical
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
intuitive way to use ultrasound ... spectrum, based on clinical ... I call it, “Think ... Evaluation #Protocol #Algorithm
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
intuitive way to use ultrasound ... spectrum, based on clinical ... I call it, “Think ... Evaluation #Protocol #Algorithm
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... failure, esp in work-up ... NOTES: The last clinic ... • Most will also ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... evaluation of the clinical ... /or suspicious clinical ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Overall schema for resuscitation of the bradycardic periarresting patient
A patient with bradycardic periarrest may be rescued
which therapies will ... work for which ... both types of treatments ... Bradycardic #PeriArrest #Algorithm
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
tachyarrhythmias may all ... inform immediate clinical ... of problem. ❸ Call ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup