On Call Procedures

Part 1 General considerations: the need for medical procedures; documentation of procedures; hazards of body fluid exposure; conscious sedation; sterile technique. Part 2 Procedures: endotracheal intubation - cricothyroidotomy, emergency tracheotomy, nasotracheal intubation, orotracheal intubation; intravascular access - Seldinger technique, arterial lines, peripheral artery by percutaneous technique, femoral artery by Seldinger technique, IABP, cut down approach, changing lines over a wire, central venous lines, internal jugular vein, subclavian vein, femoral vein, long arm (PIC) lines, placement of Swanz-Ganz catheters, peripheral venous lines; abdominal procedures -peritoneal dialysis access, peritoneal tap; gastrointestinal tubes - nasogastric tube, other feeding tube, replacement of enterocutaneous feeding tubes, mercury weighted tube, Minnesota tube, rectal tube; neurologic procedures - lumbar puncture, ventriculotomy; thoracic procedures - pericardiocentesis, thoracentesis, tube thoracostomy; urinary drainage - transurethral catheterization, suprapubic tube; regional nerve blocks -orofacial nerve block, digit block, wrist nerve block, median nerve, radial nerve, ulnar nerve.