USES drainage of fluid from wounds DESCRIPTION METHOD OF INSERTION AND/OR USE inserted into a surgical bed to drain fluid (blood, pus, serosanguinous fluid) prevention of collections OTHER INFORMATION creates a negative pressure can be changed and replaced volume of…
Transcutaneous Pacing: temporary cardiac pacing using pads or paddles applied externally to the chest
Tiger tube: Self advancing nasojejunal tube; short-term enteric feeding into the jejunum (<30 days); enteric administration of medications
Thromboembolic deterrent (TED) stockings; compression stockings; DVT prophylaxis in immobile patients
Testing Gas Supply and Suction
Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing: emergency pacing via an intravenous device; life-threatening or unstable bradyarrhythmia
Epicardial Cardiac Pacing: the usual means of cardiac pacing following cardiac surgery
Swivel connector: allow ventilation without gas leak during invasive bronchial procedures (e.g. fibreoptic bronchoscopy, suctioning with a catheter); provide improved flexibility, stability and comfort to the ventilation circuit
Site of Temperature Measurement in the Critically Ill
Sengstaken–Blakemore tube (3 lumen) replaced by Minnesota tube (4 lumen) as allows aspiration of both gastric and oesophageal contents, not just gastric contents
GENERAL APPROACH Introduction Cubicle Infusions Ventilator Monitor Equipment Question specific examination GENERAL QUESTIONS Why does this patient have severe respiratory failure? Brain Cough Nerves NMJ Respiratory Muscles Pleura Airways (large and small) Parenchymal Chest wall Ventilator asynchrony Cardiac failure Abdominal…