Purpose (Description)
Indication
- Immediate decompression of suspected tension pneumothorax
Category Archives: Procedures
Basic Airway Management
Purpose (Description)
- Provide support to optimise oxygenation and ventilation using basic techniques of
- airway opening manoeuvres
- airway adjuncts
- oropharyngeal device (OP)
- nasopharyngeal device (NPA)
- bag valve mask (BVM)
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Bag Mask Ventilation
Purpose (Description)
Indication
- administration of high flow O2
- provision of PEEP
- provision of controlled ventilation
- provision of augmentation of spontaneous ventilation
Contra-indication
Procedure: Generic Checklist
Here’s a checklist for discussing or describing a procedure – whether it’s for an exam question or just for kicks…
The daily educational pearl – how to prescribe fluids in drops/min
All the syringe pumps in your department are broken and you need to prescribe 1L of fluid over 10 hours. How many drops per minute is that?
The daily educational pearl – apnoeic oxygenation
Apnoeic oxygenation is a concept introduced by Scott Weingart to minimize the risk of critical hypoxia during emergency tracheal intubation.
This is the summary of how you should do it:
And if you have time to read the whole article, it is highly recommended.
Be Prepared
We are often given warning of the impending arrival of high acuity patients by pre-hospital teams.
So how do you approach this vital and often short period of time ?