Emergency Nursing Procedures

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES * Primary Survey * Secondary Survey * AIRWAY PROCEDURES* Airway Positioning * Airway Foreign Object Removal * Oral Airway Insertion * Nasal Airway Insertion * Laryngeal Mask Airway * Esophageal Obturatar Airway and Esophageal Gastric Tube Airway Insertion * General Principles of Endotracheal Intubation * Rapid Sequence Induction For Intubation * Oral Endotracheal Intubation * Retrograde Intubation * Pharyngeal Tracheal Lumen Airway * Combitube Airway * Cricothyrotomy * Percutaneous Transtracheal Ventilation * Tracheostomy * BREATHING PROCEDURES * Positioning the Dyspneic Patient * Drawing Arterial Blood Gases * Capillary Blood Gases * Pulse Oximetry * Assessing Pulsus Paradoxus * Peak Expiratory Flow Measurement * End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Detection * OXYGEN THERAPY * General Principles of Oxygen Therapy and Oxygen Delivery Devices * Application and Removal of Oxygen Tank Regulators * Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation * T-Piece * SUCTIONING * Pharyngeal Suctioning * Nasotracheal Suctioning *Endotracheal or Tracheostomy Suctioning * VENTILATION * Mouth-to-Mask Ventilation * Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation * Anesthesia Bag Ventilation * Oxygen-Powered Breathing Devices * Mechanical Ventilators * INHALATION THERAPY * Nebulizer Therapy * Metered-Dose InhalerPLEURAL DECOMPRESSION * Emergency Needle Thoracentesis * Chest-Tube Insertion * Management of Chest-Drainage Systems * One-Way Valve * Chest-Drainage Battles * Chest-Drainage Devices: Emerson * Chest-Drainage Devices: Pleur-evac * Chest-Drainage Devices: Thora-KIex * Chest-Drainage Devices: Argyle * Chest-Drainage Devices: Atrium * Thoracentesis * CIRCULATION PROCEDURES * Positioning the Hypotensive Patient * Doppler Ultrasound For Assessment of Blood Pressure and Peripheral Pulses * Measuring Postural Vital Signs * Pneumatic Antishock Garment * Therapeutic Phlebotomy * Pericardiocentesis * Emergency Thoracotomy and Internal Defibrillation * Electrocardiographic Monitoring * 12-, 15-, and 18-Lead Electrocardiograms * Continuous ST Segment Monitoring * Phlebotomy for Laboratory Specimens * Finger-Stick Blood Glucose Monitoring * VASCULAR ACCESS * Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation * Rapid-Infusion Catheter Exchange * External Jugular Venous Access * Subclavian Venous Access * Internal Jugular Venous Access * Femoral Venous Access * Venous Cutdown * Intraosseous Access * Accessing Pre-Existing Central Venous Catheters * Accessing Implanted Venous Port Devices * BLOOD PRODUCT ADMINISTRATION * Administration of Blood Products * Blood Filters * Massive Transfusion * Blood and Fluid Warmers * Blood and Fluid Pressure Infusers * General Principles of Autotransfusion * Autotransfusion Devices: Pleur-evac * Autotransfusion Devices: Thora-KIex * Autotransfusion Devices: Argyle * Autotransfusion Devices: Atrium * ELECTRICAL THERAPY * Defibrillation * Synchronized Cardioversion * CARDIAC PACING * Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing * Temporary Transvenous Pacemaker Insertion * INVASIVE HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING * Central Venous Pressure Measurement via Manometer * Arterial Line Insertion and Monitoring * Pulmonary Artery Catheter Insertion * NEUROLOGIC PROCEDURES * Positioning the Patient With Increased Intracranial Pressure * Lumbar Puncture * Intracranial Pressure Monitoring * Burr Holes * Tongs or Open-Back Halo For Cervical Traction * ABDOMINAL AND GENITOURINARY PROCEDURES * Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage * Insertion of Orogastric and Nasogastric Tubes * Gastric Lavage for Gastrointestinal Bleeding * Gastric Lavage for Removal of Toxic Substances * Whole-Bowel Irrigation * Balloon Tamponade of Gastroesophageal Varices * Urinary Bladder Catheterization * Suprapubic Urine Aspiration * Suprapubic Catheter Insertion * Pelvic Examination * Culdocentesis * Assessing Fetal Heart Tones * Emergency Childbirth * Dilatation and Curettage* MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURES * Spinal Immobilization * Helmet Removal * General Principles of Splinting * Ring Removal * Vacuum Splints * Air Splints * Traction Splints * Sling Application * Shoulder Immobilization * Knee Immobilization * Finger Immobilization * Plaster and Fiberglass Splinting * Removal and Bivalving of Casts * Elastic Bandage Application * Skeletal Traction * Heat Therapy * Cold Therapy * Measuring Compartmental Pressure * Measuring and Fitting for Ambulation Rids * Patient Teaching for Ambulation Aids * Arthrocentesis and Intra-Articular Injection* INTEGUMENTARY PROCEDURES * Wound Cleansing and Irrigation * Wound Anesthesia: Local Infiltration and Topical Agents * Digital Block * Bier Block * Fishhook Removal * Wound Care for Amputations * Surgical Tape Closures * Skin Adhesive * Suture Removal * Staple Removal * Minor Burn Care * Escharotomy * Incision and Drainage * THERMOREGULATION * Measures to Reverse Hypothermia * Measures to Reverse Hyperthermia * Heat Shield * Heat Lamp * Forced Air Warming Blanket * OPHTHALMIC PROCEDURES * Assessing Visual Acuity * Contact Lens Removal * Eye Irrigation * Fluorescein Staining of Eyes * Ophthalmic Foreign Body Removal * Instillation of Eye Medications * Eye Patching * Tonometry * Immobilization of an Ophthalmic * Foreign Body Maureen Quigley, RN, BSN, CEN * OTIC PROCEDURES * Instillation of Ear Medications * Ear Wick Insertion * Ear Irrigation * Otic Foreign Body Removal * Cerumen Removal * NASAL PROCEDURES * Topical Vasoconstrictors for Epistaxis * Electrical and Chemical Cautery for Epistaxis * Anterior Packing for Epistaxis * Posterior Packing for Epistaxis * Balloon Catheters for EpistaxisNasal * Foreign Body Removal * DENTAL AND THROAT PROCEDURES * Indirect Laryngoscopy * Esophageal Foreign Body Removal * Tooth Preservation and Replantation * MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION * Nitrous Oxide Administration * Conscious Sedation * Streptokinase Administration * tPA Administration for Acute Myocardial Infarction or Pulmonary Embolus * tPA Administration for Acute Ischemic Stroke * APSAC Administration for Acute Myocardial InfarctionReteplase Administration for Acute Myocardial Infarction * High-Dose Steroids for Spinal Cord Injury * MISCELANNEOUS PROCEDURES * Application of Restraints * Preparing and Restraining * Children for Procedures * Preparation for Interfacility Ground or Air Transport * Collection of Bite Mark Evidence * Index