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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

…with no bowel in the path of the needle and measure the skin to peritoneum distance. 2. Mark the site. Sterile preparation and draping. 3…

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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

…4 % with oxymetazoline 0.5 % on pledgets. Mineral oil or lidocaine to kill an insect in the ear canal. A 30–60 mL syringe with…

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Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…in which the patient reaches hospital early. The benefit of both methods falls steeply with the time since ingestion, and both can harm the patient…

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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

…30 minutes. 3. The patient sits upright with a towel over the shoulder and holds the kidney dish against the neck below the ear. 4…

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Edrophonium test

…half of ocular myasthenia, thereafter MuSK and LRP4 antibodies) and on neurophysiology (repetitive nerve stimulation with a decrement ≥ 10 % at 3 Hz, sensitivity about 75…

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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

…check (a 3 litre calibration syringe), a disposable mouthpiece with a bacterial filter, a nose clip, a chair with armrests, a bronchodilator with a spacer…

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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

…25–27 G, 25 mm for the carpal tunnel, de Quervain's and trigger finger. Syringes of 3, 5 and 10 mL, artery forceps, gauze…