…technique) helps when the vessel is difficult to puncture. Sterile preparation with chlorhexidine in alcohol 5 mg/mL, sterile drape, sterile gloves, mask and cap…

…Informed consent, coagulation status and an up to date medication list. A sterile fenestrated drape, chlorhexidine in alcohol, sterile gloves, a face mask. An atraumatic…

…barrier precautions: cap, mask, sterile gown, sterile gloves and a large full body drape. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL for local anaesthesia, normal saline to flush…

…tourniquet: a Penrose drain with artery forceps, or the cut off finger of a sterile glove rolled down. A nail splitter or strong pointed scissors…

…haemodynamic instability — stabilise the patient first. Marked septal deviation towards the bleeding side (relative). Preparation and equipment Personal protective equipment (gloves, a visor, an apron)…

…a dialysis fistula. Preparation and equipment Hand disinfection; gloves where there is a risk of blood contact. An alcohol or chlorhexidine swab. Let the skin…

…circles and let it dry for a couple of minutes before the needle is inserted. Sterile gloves, sterile gauze, and a fenestrated drape for injection…

…coagulation screen, medication list. Chlorhexidine in alcohol, sterile gloves, fenestrated drape, sterile gauze. Local anaesthetic: lidocaine 10 mg/mL, usually 5–10 mL, with a…

…more expensive and stiffer to mould Elastic bandage Holds the slab in place; wound on without tension Tepid water, plastic gloves, plaster scissors, cast saw…

…anything whose diagnosis you have not established. Indications Lesion Freeze time per cycle Number of cycles Margin : : : : Actinic keratosis, thin 5–10 s 1 1…

…Swabs for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, mycoplasma and a wet mount. Gloves, gauze swabs, a sheet to cover the patient. Before the examination: let the patient empty…

…vomit bowl, tissues, and a glass of water with a straw if the patient is awake and can swallow. Gloves, an apron, a visor. Suction…

…array probe. Sterile preparation (chlorhexidine in alcohol 5 mg/mL), sterile gloves, fenestrated drape; full sterile attire for therapeutic drainage with an indwelling catheter. Lidocaine…

…same probe as for echocardiography) and a sterile probe cover. Continuous ECG, blood pressure and saturation monitoring; a defibrillator to hand. Sterile gown and gloves…

…worse values. Follow the local protocol. Preparation and equipment Ultrasound with a curved array or linear probe. Sterile clothing: gown, gloves, cap, mask, fenestrated drape…

…gauze, a dressing, gloves. A cold spray or a lidocaine weal. Site Triamcinolone hexacetonide 20 mg/mL Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/mL Volume of lidocaine…

…and equipment A sterile catheterisation pack, sterile gloves, chlorhexidine solution 0.2 mg/mL or an equivalent cleansing solution, sterile gauze, sterile water for the…

…and a large bore needle. Chlorhexidine in alcohol to the skin around the wound — not into the wound. Sterile gloves, a fenestrated drape, toothed forceps…

…request form. Drainage material: rubber dam drain, a strip cut from a glove, petrolatum impregnated packing strip or a vessel loop for loop drainage. Gauze…