Bier Block
Bier Block; Intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA) provides a simple, safe technique for various surgeries on the upper and lower limbs. First performed by Bier in 1908 and fell into disuse
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History of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter
History of the Development, and widespread adoption, of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) or Swan-Ganz catheter
Marie Boivin
Marie Anne Victoire (née Gillian) Boivin (1773 - 1841) was a French midwife. Boivin Intropelvimeter; Boivin Bivalve Vaginal Speculum (1825)
Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Trouble-shooting
Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Trouble-shooting QA cardiovascular curveball. Your patient has poor cardiac output after CABGx4 and starts IABP
Intra-aortic Balloon Pump
IABP one of your patients had poor cardiac output after a CABGx4 and required the insertion of an intra-aortic balloon pump, what do you do?
Mini Tracheostomy
Mini Tracheostomy: narrow bore tracheostomy tube inserted through the cricothyroid membrane
Respiratory Monitoring in the ED
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Warming blanket
Warming blanket; May be indicated if temperature <35°C; warmed air is blown over the patient allowing safe and effective heat distribution
Flexible bronchoscope
Flexible bronchoscope may be fibre optic, video or hybrid systems; diagnose diseases of the tracheobronchial tree (e.g. burns, tumours); obtain lung samples
Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System
Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System = MARS; short-term extracorporeal hepatic support; so-called ‘liver dialysis’
Autotransfusion device and cell salvage
Autotransfusion device and cell salvage; collection system used to recycle blood from a bleeding patient
CRRT Haemodialysis Filter
CRRT Haemodialysis Filter; continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration