Glidescope
Glidescope: difficult intubation management. Fibreoptic camera on end or laryngoscope blade + high resolution video monitor
Gastric tonometry
Gastric tonometry a method of assessing regional hypoperfusion
Administer Injections
Injections are most commonly administered IM (intramuscular) or SC (subcutaneously)
General Preparation for Procedures
Prepare yourself Familiarise yourself with the procedure, including the indications, contraindications, technique with anatomical landmarks, and the potential complications. Never perform a procedure unless you have first observed. that procedure being performed, and then performed the procedure at least once…
ECMO Literature Summaries
Peek GJ, et al; CESAR trial collaboration. Efficacy and economic assessment of conventional ventilatory support versus extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe adult respiratory failure (CESAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2009 Oct 17;374(9698):1351-63.PMID: 19762075. UK MC-RCT n = 180…
Endotracheal Tube (Standard)
there are numerous modified versions of endotracheal tubes (ETT) used in critical care, this page describes the features of a standard endotracheal tube
Emergency thoracocentesis
Emergency thoracocentesis (thoracentesis) emergency decompression of a tension pneumothorax
Electrical Safety Devices
Electrical safety devices include a range standard electric components that are mandatory to ensure patient and staff safety
Electrical Concepts, Definitions and Standards
Revised and reviewed 2 August 2015 OVERVIEW You may have noticed that much of the equipment used in critical care runs on something called electricity… Hence, it is useful to know the basics! Critical care practitioners may be exposed to, and…
ECMO Troubleshooting
ECMO Troubleshooting: Approach to problems specific to patients requiring ECMO therapy
Double Lumen Endotracheal Tube
A double lumen endotracheal tube (DLT) is an endotracheal tube designed to isolate the lungs from one another anatomically and/or physiologically
Porphyria
OVERVIEW Porphyria = group of disorders where patients have a inability to synthesis Hb resulting in an accumulation of precursors oxidised to porphyrins hepatic and erythropoietic varieties 3 hepatic forms that effect are affected by anaesthesia (1) AIP – acute…