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Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…on a 2 mL syringe as a handle. A low speed rust ring burr if one is available. Sterile saline with a syringe for irrigation…

Joint aspiration

…mg/mL: clean with 3–4 swabs in wide circles and let it dry for a couple of minutes before the needle is inserted. Sterile…

Arterial line

…Sterile preparation with chlorhexidine in alcohol 5 mg/mL, sterile drape, sterile gloves, mask and cap. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL for local anaesthesia in the…

Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

…and a Jamshidi type biopsy needle. Syringes: a small 5–10 mL syringe for the first aspirate, larger syringes for the tube specimens. Glass slides…

Central venous catheter

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

Lumbar puncture

…advanced. An introducer for the atraumatic needle — it is too soft to pass through the skin on its own. Local anaesthesia: lidocaine 10 mg/mL…

Nail procedures — paronychia, ingrown toenail and subungual haematoma

…an iodine solution. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL without adrenaline for the block (adrenaline is safe in fingers and toes according to modern data, but there…

Oesophageal ECG

…determines the diagnosis, and it is asked of a patient who is haemodynamically stable enough for there to be time to ask it. Indications Wide…

Paracentesis

…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…

Pericardiocentesis

…to hand. Sterile gown and gloves, chlorhexidine in alcohol 5 mg/mL, a large fenestrated drape. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL for local anaesthesia, 25 G…

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