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Pleural aspiration and chest drain

…fine needle is tolerated at considerably worse values. Follow the local protocol. Preparation and equipment Ultrasound with a curved array or linear probe. Sterile clothing…

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Wound suturing

…through a 20 mL syringe and a large bore needle. Chlorhexidine in alcohol to the skin around the wound — not into the wound. Sterile gloves…

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Joint aspiration

…clean with 3–4 swabs in wide circles and let it dry for a couple of minutes before the needle is inserted. Sterile gloves, sterile…

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Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

…sterile gloves, fenestrated drape, sterile gauze. Local anaesthetic: lidocaine 10 mg/mL, usually 5–10 mL, with a longer needle so that the periosteum can…

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Paracentesis

…fluid depth with no bowel in the path of the needle and measure the skin to peritoneum distance. 2. Mark the site. Sterile preparation and…

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Pericardiocentesis

…parallel with the procedure, not before it. Preparation and equipment Ultrasound with a sector probe (the same probe as for echocardiography) and a sterile probe…

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Abscess incision and drainage

…lidocaine 10 mg/mL with adrenaline (epinephrine). Syringe, 27 G and 21 G needles. Irrigation fluid (NaCl 9 mg/mL) and a 20 mL syringe…

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Urinary catheterisation

…job, to reduce urethral trauma. The balloon is filled with sterile water according to the volume printed on the catheter , usually 10 mL in adults…

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Foreign body in the ear and nose

…Ask the patient to blow the nose gently. Clear mucus with suction without pushing the object backwards. 2. Apply the anaesthetic and vasoconstrictor and wait…

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Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…substance, where the patient arrives within about 1 hour (a liquid preparation) or 2 hours (tablets). With very large quantities of an extremely toxic preparation…

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Nasogastric tube

…A 50–60 mL catheter syringe, a collection bag or suction, and a clamp. pH indicator paper with a scale that discriminates within the acidic…

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Otoscopy and ear syringing

…2. Instil a cerumenolytic and wait 15–30 minutes. 3. The patient sits upright with a towel over the shoulder and holds the kidney dish…

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Edrophonium test

…for premedication, plus further atropine drawn up in a syringe as a standby dose. Glycopyrronium (Robinul) 0.2 mg is an alternative premedication. Peripheral venous…

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Endotracheal intubation

…up, always with the light checked. Tubes in three sizes, a stylet or bougie taken out and shaped before induction , a syringe for the cuff…

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Opioid therapy in severe pain

…is given. Oxygen with a mask and a bag available. The opioid drawn up in a 1 mL syringe at a known concentration, clearly labelled…

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Spirometry

…standard). Patient preparation — given with the appointment letter: Drug or habit Period to be withheld before the test : : Short acting beta 2 agonist (salbutamol, terbutaline…

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Laryngeal mask and difficult airway

…a syringe for the cuff in the models that have one, a cuff manometer. A videolaryngoscope with both a Macintosh like and a hyperangulated blade…

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Soft tissue corticosteroid injection

…duration of effect. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL without adrenaline , 2–5 mL. Needles: 21–25 G, 40 mm for subacromial and trochanteric injection; 25–27…