Emergency and Critical Care Techniques and Nutrition

Chapter 3 Emergency and Critical Care Techniques and Nutrition



This chapter describes commonly used techniques in emergency and critical care medicine. See appropriate chapters for information about diseases that require critical care.



INTRAVENOUS CATHETERIZATION BY CUTDOWN







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INTRAOSSEOUS ACCESS FOR FLUID ADMINISTRATION






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ARTERIAL SAMPLING FOR BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS







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NASAL CATHETER PLACEMENT







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EMERGENCY TEMPORARY TRACHEOSTOMY







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10. Depending on the experience and skill of the surgeon, two approaches to incising the trachea are possible:
a. If the surgeon feels comfortable and excellent surgical precision is possible, incise the trachea transversely “between” two rings in the mid cervical trachea (Fig. 3-7). Extend the incision over the ventral two thirds of the circumference of the trachea. Do not incise into the dorsal tracheal membrane.

b. Alternatively, if the surgeon is less comfortable and a lesser degree of surgical precision is likely, incise longitudinally “through” several rings (Fig. 3-8). Holding the scalpel upside down and gripping the blade carefully to allow only 10 to 15 mm of blade to be exposed, incise approximately four tracheal rings beginning with ring 3 and continuing through ring 6 distal to the larynx.











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