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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
Rapid Response Team ... Orders placed, treatments ... Rapid #Response #Team ... #RRT #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Hordeolum vs Chalazion

Hordeolum (Stye):
 • Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle
 •
commonly found at or near ... , swelling • Treatment ... painless lump • Treatment ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Management ... Chalazion #Comparison #Table
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... Problem: ✖ Each year ... interruption per treatment ... table ... Perioperative #Management
COVID-19 patient Extubation
Objective: Extubation of a suspected COVID-19 patient whilst minimising aersolisation of virus particles. Orly
extubate on theatre table ... tube 8) Prepare team ... facemask • Hudson mask ... Checklist #Supplies #CriticalCare
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
filter • N95 mask ... ECMO center or team ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
ulcerated • MSK ... Early latent year ... Late latent >1 year ... stages #diagnosis #management ... #Treatment
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... individuals per year ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... anterior/posterior MSK ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
difficult airway management ... and difficult mask ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table ... ventilation #obese #Management ... #CriticalCare
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
with Cardio-OB team ... Delivery • Stable ... multi-disciplinary team ... with Cardio-OB team ... #cardiology #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
& Dry) is the treatment ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare